Page 73 - 14 The Three Messages

DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 14 – The Three Messages
so called in Revelation 11. The unlawful

union with the world, of which Babylon is

guilty, is positive proof that it is not the civil

power. That the people of God are in her midst

just before her overthrow is proof that she is

professedly a religious body. For these

reasons, it is not very evident that the Babylon

of the Apocalypse is the professed church

united with the world.

The fall of Babylon will next claim attention.

Having now learned what constitutes

Babylon, it will not be difficult to decide what

is meant by the declaration that Babylon is

fallen. As Babylon is not a literal city, the fall

cannot be a literal overthrow. We have

already seen what an absurdity this would

involve. And besides, between the fall and the

destruction of Babylon, the clearest