"That is the great word-picture of the merchandising empire of religious Babylon! The luxuriance of the language must not blind our eyes to the fact that though it involves the kings of the earth, the merchants of the earth, and the ship-masters and sailors, it is really just one great lamentation, and one too of unequalled pathos; for the saddest sight imaginable is not the judgment of a World but the crashing to destruction of a professing Christian Church — the vision of a church first faithless, then fallen, and finally destroyed, consumed by the fire of God’s judgment! So great a space is devoted in the Revelation to the lamentations over her — one entire chapter — because so momentous, surprising, complete, and far-reaching is her destruction! The age and the land in which we live are full of the merchandising of Mystery Babylon. On every side we see the church and the world on the best of terms, and in such close alliance the one with the other that in reality they can only fall together! Thus, while Babylon burns, the world stands by and wrings its hands, casts dust on its head, and in stark fear weeps and mourns!"
Much more in the link:
https://www.godfire.net/eby/rev202.html
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Yes I see that the saints will rule with Him as kings and priests. But He is the King of kings.
We are witnessing the greatest time. Read Joel 2.
Thank you for considering these things, also, the woman giving birth to a manchild is not Mary, Revelation occurs fully after Jesus Christ's ascension. Jesus Christ is many players in the Book, but the manchild cannot be Jesus Christ, it most certainly can be the many sons inchristed, by the new birth and leading of the Holy Spirit.
BTW, this is part 202 of a 250 part study of the book of Revelation. The interpretive meathod is Idealist or Spiritual. I share it because I'd never considered it in my 4 decade Christian walk, it opened my eyes to the book of Revelation.
I read this book many times in the past and could not make sense of it. But I've been given new eyes, and ears to hear in the past couple years, but much more so in the past few months.
It's very sobering to realize how little attention Christians have paid it. And then you read REV 22:18-19 and see that it destroys some very popular (false) doctrines being taught every Sunday. We're in for some upheaval to put it mildly.
Yes, that's great, we are in spectacular times, thank you for your patience, it's a mark of Christ leading, one body in Him!