Fall of End-Time Babylon: The Use of Jeremiah in Revelation 18 = Fall of End-Time Babylon: The Use of Jeremiah in Revelation 18

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This study has explored the passages of Rev 18 that seem to allude to the Old Testament prophetic book of Jeremiah. The passages examined in this study generally include the end-time consummation of the Jeremian prophecies, especially concerning judgment of Babylon. As John portrays the destruction of Babylon, he alludes to different passages of Jeremiah to articulate the evil condition and arrogance of Babylon (18:5), the reason for her judgment (v. 5), the foretelling of Babylon’s fall (v. 4), the announcement of her punishment (v. 6), the assurance of her destruction (vv. 20-21), the state of her desolation (v. 2), and so forth. On the other hand, instead of the Old Testament racial Israel we now have the end-time people of God, which is Christian church, as its fulfillment and consummation. John reasserts and assures the readers, by alluding to the book of Jeremiah with a specific intention, that the destruction of the end-time Babylon will be as surely realized as the ultimate fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecy.