1. “Babylon” in this chapter represents the same religious institution that is called the “harlot” in chapter 17:4-6 and the “Great whore” in Chapter 19:2. See also 17:18. It is Roman Catholicism after all her
daughters and granddaughters have come back home.
2. All of the nations and rulers have (most have already) been corrupted by her.
3. The merchants of the earth have been made rich by her. Romanism has a far greater hold on govern-
ments and commerce than most people think.
4. The fornication here is spiritual fornication – church state intercourse.
5. God calls HIS PEOPLE out of this institution. Yes, there are some Christians in all churches, even this one. God calls His people out of this church so they will not be partakers of her sins and her Plagues. One church is not as good as another, and it DOES matter which church you join.
6. God DOES remember the sins of the wicked – V-5.
7. The church is to be given double her works; history records that they killed Christians by every means from bolling them in oil to having them torn to bits by wild beasts – but God never forgets-V-8.