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"Great hail from heaven fell"

Text: Revelation 16:21

THE GREAT CITY OF BABYLON

The text that we are reading is like a prelude to God’s judgment on Babylon. The plague of hail is specific judgment targeted at Babylon. This is not the 8th plague for there were only 7 Bowls of Wrath.

“Now the great city was divided into three parts,
and the cities of the nations fell.
And great Babylon was remembered before God,
to give her the cup of the wine
of the fierceness of His wrath.
Then every island fled away,
and the mountains were not found.
And great hail from heaven fell upon men,
each hailstone about the weight of a talent.
Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail,
since that plague was exceedingly great.”
Revelation 16:19-21

1. Babylon the Great.

a) It was called “the great city”.

b) It was divided into three parts.

c) The cities of the nations linked to Babylon fell.

d) Babylon was the capital city.

2. The mountains and the islands.

a) All the islands fell away.

b) The mighty mountains were affected adversely.

c) These would have been affected by the mighty earthquake that God would send in the 7th plague.

3. Great hail from heaven fell on the earth.

a) These were giant hailstones.

b) Each one weighed was about a talent (45 kg).

c) These hailstones would create havoc on the city of Babylon.

4. Response to divine act of judgment.

a) The wicked did not repent.

b) They cursed God instead.

c) The great plague was not chastisement.

d) It was judgment!