A Doubter's Guide to Jesus by John Dickson

Author:John Dickson [Dickson, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Published: 2018-02-05T16:00:00+00:00

And, in what is perhaps the most disturbing of all the Bible’s visions of future judgment, Revelation 18 describes the fate awaiting the city of Rome. Her obscene opulence while terrorising the innocent (including, no doubt, Nero’s massacre of Christians in the AD 60s) makes her doubly suited for divine punishment:

“ ‘Woe! Woe to you, great city, where all who had ships on the sea became rich through her wealth! In one hour she has been brought to ruin!’ Rejoice over her, you heavens! Rejoice, you people of God! Rejoice, apostles and prophets! For God has judged her with the judgment she imposed on you.”

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. The music of harpists and musicians, pipers and trumpeters, will never be heard in you again. No worker of any trade will ever be found in you again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard in you again. 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 important people. By your magic spell all the nations were led astray. In her was found the blood of prophets and of God’s holy people, of all who have been slaughtered on the earth.” (Revelation 18:19–24)

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