Message Notes

SSS 4 12 October 2025
Text: Revelation 18

21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore.

22 The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore.

23 The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived.

24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth.”

Revelation 18:21-24

1. A great millstone

a) Cast into the sea

b) Cast by a mighty angel

2. An ominous Pronouncement of the angel

21“Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore.

22 The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore.

23 The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived.

24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth.”

Revelation 18:21-24

a) Babylon will be cast down

b) It will sink into the sea and be found no more

c) No more merry-making

d) No more craftsmen

e) No more millstone grinders

f) No light (just darkness)

g) No marriages

3. Important details

a) Deceived by sorcery

b) Shedding of innocent blood

i) Prophets

ii) Saints