"THAT GREAT CITY"

In a previous post,, I referred you to Revelation chapter 18. I now refer you to a portion of that scripture as follows:

Revelation 18:21-24 (NIV)
21 Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, and said: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be thrown down, never to be found again.
22 The music of harpists and musicians, flute players and trumpeters, will never be heard in you again. No workman of any trade will ever be found in you again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard in you again.
23 The light of a lamp will never shine in you again. The voice of bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again. Your merchants were the world’s great men. By your magic spell all the nations were led astray.
24 In her was found the blood of prophets and of the saints, and of all who have been killed on the earth.”


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[1] The Holy Bible : New International Version. electronic ed. Grand Rapids : Zondervan, 1996, c1984

The best interpreter of Scripture is Scripture. In order to discover which "Great City" he was speaking of, I refer you to the first, and most important occurrence of the designation “the great city” is in Rev. 11:8, which reads, “And [the two witnesses’] bodies will lie in the street of the great city which is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified”

And then, from the Old Testament Prophet, Jeremiah, there are these remarkable prophecies concerning Jerusalem that are echoed in the Book of Revelation chapter 18. Please note:

Jeremiah 7:34 (NIV)
34 I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, for the land will become desolate.

Jeremiah 16:9 (NIV)
9 For this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Before your eyes and in your days I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom in this place.

Jeremiah 25:10 (NIV)
10 I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, the sound of millstones and the light of the lamp.

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[1] The Holy Bible : New International Version. electronic ed. Grand Rapids : Zondervan, 1996, c1984

There is no doubt that these Scriptures refer to "That Great City" as being Jerusalem. I believe it is the "system" that will be destroyed, not God's chosen people, the Jews.

My earnest belief is that God is pointing to the ultimate destruction of an apostate system...not the Jewish nation, but perhaps a political-economic system that is Anti-Christ.