In this Fourth Interlude, an angel from heaven with great authority and glory that illuminates the earth
(Rev 18:1-3) pronounces God’s judgment of Babylon the great.
Babylon represents the world, a secular culture that denies the existence of God and sin.
In lieu of God and His imperative to be holy (Lev 20:26), a life in
motivated by pride and power derived by human achievement.
The motif of drinking wine and getting drunk illustrates the sin and deceit of Babylon.
The death of Believers who testify of Jesus Christ and the glory of God was celebrated. The blood of the
saints serves as the wine that inebriates Babylon; the more blood, the better.
The message of the saints is silenced, because mankind finds the deceit of the immoral
worldview pleasing, beneficial and addicting.