The Millstone
The apostle John recognizes that judgment is being made against Babylon when he sees the strong angel toss
a stone like a great millstone (Rev 18:21).
Two heavy circular millstones are used for grinding grain: one lying flat as a base and the
other standing up rolling on an axel atop of the flat circular base.
Then a strong angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the
sea, saying, "So will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down with violence, and will not be found any
longer." (Rev 18:21)
When speaking of deceit and causing others to go astray, Jesus mentions the use of a
millstone in the figurative sense to warn against and emphasize the seriousness of the offense. And this is
what Babylon was precisely guilty of.
Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe to stumble, it would be better
for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he had been cast into the sea. (Mark 9:42)
John is informed that the action of the strong angel tossing a stone resembling a great millstone as
judgment against Babylon (Rev 18:21).
Then a strong angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea,
saying, "So will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down with violence, and will not be found any longer."
(Rev 18:21)
When the Seventh Bowl is poured, Babylon is destroyed.
Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon the air, and a loud voice came out of
the sanctuary from the throne, saying, "It is done." And there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals
of thunder; and there was a great earthquake, such as there had not been since man came to be upon the earth, so
great an earthquake was it, and so mighty. And the great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the
nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the wrath of His
rage. (Rev 16:17-19)