An Introduction to the Book of Revelation

possesses a violent heart, which is not calmed except through being
drunk with the blood of martyrs. She is a queen, a mother of corruption,
full of violence!
With her completely full cup, her pride reached its peak,
when she said in her heart: "I sit as a queen and am no widow, and
will not see sorrow" Rev. 18:7... Thus she is condemned to perish
totally. "The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived
luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the
smoke of her burning... saying: Alas, alas, that great city Babylon,
that mighty city! for in one hour your judgment has come... and the
cries are repeated several times: Alas, alas..." Rev. 18:10,16,19.
Jesus Christ asks us to drink, with the sons of Zebedee, the
cup that he drinks, the cup of practical devoted love, the cup of the
narrow way, the cup of His sweet yoke... For he makes us drunk
with the wine of His love, thus we rejoice and exalt in His Holy
Spirit... The effectiveness of this cup is apparently fulfilled in Revelation,
where we enjoy, with our Christ, the splendor of His resurrection
in the Lord's great day.
We cannot hold the cup of Babylon, the cup of the wide way,
the cup of luxury, spoiling, amusement, and violence that sheds the
blood of saints in one hand, and hold the cup of Jesus Christ in the
other hand!
REVELATION IS A NEW EXODUS 25
As long as we are speaking about Revelation as a fulfillment
of the divine promises mentioned in the Old Testament in the best
light, we need to speak about the Exodus of the people from Pharaoh's
bondage to the wilderness, heading for the promised land.
The book of Exodus has a special importance for the Jews
because it is the book of freedom from bondage and of heading for
liberty in order to enjoy the divine promises. It is also the book of
building the first dwelling place for the Lord, where he lived in the
tabernacle of meeting as His own tent. The book concentrated on
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