After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illuminated with his glory. And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, "Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for ever foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird! "For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury." And I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people lest share in her sins, and lest you receive her plagues. "For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. "Render to her just as she has rendered to you, and repay her double according to her works; in the cup which she has mixed, mix double for her. "In the measure that she has glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she has in her heart, I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow. "Therefore her plagues will come in one day, death and mourning and famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judges her.
Consideration: God calls out to us to repent. Will we heed his warning and share in His glory, or continue on the way to perdition?
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