21.  And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

22.  And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;

23.  And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee:  for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

    24.  And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints,
    and of all that were slain upon the earth.

Following the moral fall of Babylon and the call of God’s people out of her, a mighty angel predicts her eternal doom.  “With violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.”  This doubtless has reference to the entire city of Babylon in all her divisions brought to view in this series of prophecy and shows her final destruction at the coming of Christ, when she shall suddenly be thrown with terrific force, like a great millstone descending into the sea, and “shall be found no more at all.”  According to the symbols here given she will be like a city completely destroyed, not one inhabitant or living creature remaining.  Thus her eternal doom is pictured and remains to be yet fulfilled.

“And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.”  We have already shown that Protestantism, as well as her mother Romanism, has been guilty of shedding innocent blood; and as the term Babylon includes both these divisions, when the great city is thrown down with violence, Romanism and Protestantism will sink together, and then this awful treasure—­the blood of prophets and of saints—­shall be brought to light in that last great day of God Almighty.

CHAPTER XIX.

    And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in
    heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and
    power, unto the Lord our God: 

    2.  For true and righteous are his judgments:  for he hath judged
    the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her
    fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her
   hand.

    3.  And again they said, Alleluia.  And her smoke rose up for ever
    and ever.

    4.  And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down
    and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen;
    Alleluia.

    5.  And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God,
    all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.