16: 19. To give her the cup Of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. And every island fled away, And the mountains were not found, And great hail, Every stone about a hundred pounds weight, Because of the plague of hail. For its plague was very great. FIRST ACT. OVERTHROW OF BABYLON. (Secret Truth About Babylon.) And one of the Seven Angels Who had the Seven Bowls, Came and talked with me, And said: "Here! I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute, Who is sitting on many waters, With whom the kings of the earth Committed fornication. And they who were living on the earth Were made drunk with the wine of her fornica tion." 17: 3. And he carried me away in the spirit Into a wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet Wildbeast, Full of names of blasphemy, With seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, And decked with gold and precious stone And pearls. And she had in her hand a gold cup Full of abominations, That is, the unclean things of her fornication, And on her head a name written, SECRET TRUTH, BABYLON THE Great, THE MOTHER OF THE PROSTITUTES, AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman Drunk with the blood of Christ's devoted ones, And with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered greatly. And the Angel said to me: "Why did you wonder? I will tell you the secret truth about the woman, 17: 7. And about the Wildbeast which was carrying her, Which has the seven heads and the ten horns. And those who are living on the earth will wonder,— Those whose name has not been written in the book of life, From the foundation of the world, When they look at the beast, How he was, and is not, and shall come. Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, And they are seven kings. The five have fallen, the one is, The other has not yet come. And when he comes, He must continue a little while. And the Wildbeast which was, and is not, Is itself also an eighth, and is of the seven ; And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, But they are receiving authority as kings, These have one mind, And they are giving their power and authority To the Wildbeast. 17:14. These will war against the Lamb, And the Lamb will overcome them. For he is Lord of lords, And King of kings; And they also will overcome, And are called and chosen and faithful." And he said to me: "The waters which you saw, Where the prostitute is sitting, Are peoples and crowds, And nations and languages, And the ten horns which you saw, And the Wildbeast, These will hate the prostitute, And will make her desolate and naked, And will eat her flesh, And will burn her up with fire. For God put into their hearts to do his mind, And to give their kingdom to the Wildbeast, Till the words of God should be accomplished. And the woman whom you saw is the great city, Which has kingly power over the kings of the earth." And the earth was lit up with his brightness. "She fell! She fell! Babylon the great! And became the habitation of demons, And a hold of every unclean spirit, And a hold of every unclean and hateful bird. For by the inflaming wine of her fornication All the nations have fallen; And the kings of the earth Committed fornication with her, And the merchants of the earth Grew rich by the power of her wantonness." |