That Great City -tf

(Every use of the term follows.)

Genesis 10:12 [The first time it's used]

Joshua 10:2

(Zidon was "great.")

11:7-8

19:28

Jeremiah 22:8

Jonah 1:2

3:2-4

4:11

Revelation 11:8-13 (Jerusalem is called "great," and this isn't a good thing at all.)

(Matthew 5:34-35 However, "Jerusalem . . . is the city of the great King.")

14:8 [Mystery Babylon (Rome) is called "great," and this city is evil.]

16:19 (There is the wrath of God against this greatness.)

17:18 "And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth."

18:10,16,18,19 (It is revealed here why men think this is such a "great" city: $$$)

v. 21 (The "great" and "mighty" city is destroyed by a "mighty" angel with a "great" millstone. Perfect!)

(Revelation 16:7 "Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.")

[It is true that this city is "great":]

17:1 ". . . the great whore that sitteth upon many waters . . ."

v. 5 "MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS. . . ."

19:2 ". . . true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore. . . ."

The Lord will Answer Greatness with Greatness:

Titus 2:13 by ". . . the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. . . ."

(Hebrews 7:4 "Now consider how great this man was. . . .")

(13:20 ". . . that great shepherd of the sheep. . . ."

2nd Peter 3:10 and ". . . the day of the Lord will come . . . with a great noise. . . ."

Revelation 6:17 on ". . . the great day of his wrath. . . ."

16:14 by ". . . the battle of that great day of God Almighty."

6:12 by ". . . a great earthquake . . ."

Also: 11:13 & 16:18

8:8 by ". . . a great mountain burning with fire . . ."

v. 10 by ". . . a great star . . ." (Angel)

11:11 by ". . . great fear . . ."

(Luke 21:26 ". . . Men's hearts failing them for fear . . .")

v. 17 with ". . . great power . . ."

v. 19 & 16:21 by ". . . great hail . . ."

14:19 by ". . . the great winepress of the wrath of God."

16:9 ". . . with great heat . . ."

20:11 by ". . . a great white throne . . ."

21:10 and by ". . . that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God. . . ."

[This is the last time "great city" is used.] (The Lord gets in the last word!)

(Again) Revelation 18:10 [The "great city" is also a "mighty city" in their opinion.]

"Mighty"

Genesis 6:4 ". . . the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown." [Esteemed of men!]

[This is the first time the word "mighty" is used.]

10:8-9 "Nimrod . . . began to be a mighty one in the earth . . . a mighty hunter before the Lord. . . ."

[This is the second time.]

11:1-8 "So the Lord scattered them . . . and they left off to build the city."

vs. 9 "Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language. . . ."

[Apparently, the Lord didn't want this thing to turn into a "great and mighty nation," yet. Why?]

18:18 Because: ". . . Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation. . . ."

[According to the Lord's promise.]

12:1-3 ". . . I will make of thee a great nation, and I will . . . make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing. . . ."

[The citizens of Babylon have always rejected this: they are anti-Semitic.]

Exodus 1:7 "And the children of Israel . . . waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them."

[But, by the hand of the Lord, it came to pass anyway!]

Revelation 2:13 ". . . where Satan's seat is . . . where Satan dwelleth."

Babylon

Nineveh

Egypt

Pergamos

Rome ("Mystery Babylon")

Revelation 18:2 "Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen. . . ."