Revelation Lesson-35: The Doom of Babylon - Part I

Today we are in Lesson-35 in the series “Come Lord Jesus!” from the book of Revelation.
 
This lesson is titled “The Doom of Babylon – Part I” and our focus passage is Revelation 17:1-7.

In our previous episode, we concluded our study of Revelation 15-16, “The Endgame: Bowls of Wrath”. In Rev. 15, we saw the table for the endgame being set. We studied the preparation and the setup for the final outpouring of God’s judgment.
 
Then in Rev. 16, we saw the final stages of God’s plan to reclaim Eden being played out. The Day of the LORD, the great day of His wrath had arrived.
 
In today’s lesson we begin our study of Revelation 17-18. In these two chapters the focus is on the fate of that entity referred to in Scripture as Babylon.

Babylon represents the opposition system to God driven, engineered by Satan, and led by the Beast, the Antichrist.
 
From the tower of Babel to the Babylonian empire to the Roman empire (under which John is living), Babylon opposes God and persecutes His people.

In today’s lesson we will focus on verses 1-7 the vision of the great harlot and what it represents.
 
Then next time we will focus on verses 8-18 and we will see how the Scarlet Beast and the Lamb of God play into the doom of Babylon.
 
Let’s get started.