“Another angel followed, saying, ‘Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication’.” Revelation 14:8
The second angel’s message announces the fall of Babylon. In the course of the centuries, religious systems that were false and contrary to Scripture developed, leading to enormous confusion (Babylon). The second angel warns against all humanly-originated forms of worship and beliefs that are not based completely on God’s Word. This message of God strongly opposes a religion of compromise. Revelation 17 depicts spiritual Babylon—apostate Christianity—as an immoral woman (verses 1-5). She stands in contrast to the pure woman of Revelation 12 who represents the true Christian church.
The woman who represents Babylon is a fallen woman who “has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.” The “wine” represents false teachings that do not follow the Bible. The “fornication” represents the Christian church forming beliefs and philosophies based on human ideas and traditions rather than on God’s Word.
The message of the second angel announces the fall of Babylon because they rejected the message of the first angel and denounces the corruption of the Protestant churches which are following the example of the Roman Catholic Church. Apostatized Christianity, united with the State, will bring about persecution of the faithful believers and the final crisis. (Revelation 14:8, Revelation 17:3-6)
