r the nations. She was in due time to _fall_ from the position
symbolized by the woman seated on the beast; and the kings of the earth
were to hate and burn with fire, her whom they had recognized as their
mistress, and to whose control they had submitted. The governments which
have sustained her pretensions, were to cast her off contemptuously. This
has been in progress of fulfilment from the days of Martin Luther, since
which her control of the ten kingdoms has been only limited and partial.
Many of her ecclesiastical estates have been confiscated, and she has been
deprived of her prerogatives in many countries. There may, perhaps, be
hereafter a more complete fulfilment of this prediction. It is symbolized
in the following chapter, by:

The Fall of Babylon.

"And after this, I saw another angel descending from heaven,
having great power; and the earth was enlightened by his glory.
And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, She is fallen: Babylon
the great is fallen, and is become a dwelling of demons, and a
prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and
hateful bird, for all the nations have drunk of the wine of the
fury of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed
fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become
rich through the abundance of her luxury." Rev. 18:1-3.

This announcement of the fall of the city, synchronizes with the same
symbolization in the 14th chapter: "And there followed another angel,
saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made
all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication," 14:8. The
angel, proclaiming her fall, doubtless symbolizes a body of men, who shall
give utterance to corresponding declarations.

The _epoch_ of this utterance is shown by the identity of this angel with
that of Rev. 10:1-3. They thus correspond: They both descend from heaven:
the one is a mighty angel, and the other has great power; the one is
enveloped with a robe of cloud, his head is arched with the rainbow, his
face is like the sun, and his feet like fire, and he stands on both earth
and sea; the other is so glorified, and occupies a position so
conspicuous, that the earth is enlightened with his glory; and the one
cries "with a loud voice as when a lion roareth," while the other cries
"mighty with a strong voice." Thus their position, manner and
conspicuousness, are alike. Wh