Babylon Falls

One of the seven angels comes to John. Come with me. I will show you what happens to the great prostitute. She sits on many waters. Kings slept with her. People all over the world drank the wine of her evil ways until their minds went dark.

The angel carries John away in the Spirit to a desert place. A woman sits on a bright red beast. The beast has seven heads and ten horns. Words that curse God cover its skin. The woman wears purple and red. Gold, jewels, and pearls flash on her body. She holds a gold cup in her hand. It is full of...

Words burn on her face. Strange, dark words: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, MOTHER OF ALL WHO SELL THEIR BODIES AND ALL THAT IS HATEFUL ON EARTH. John steps closer. His belly turns. The woman is drunk. Not on wine. On blood. The blood of God's holy people. The blood of those who died for Jesus. John...

Rev 17:1