...inhabitants of heaven are called upon to sing a song of triumph on the event of her destruction. 20. Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets ; for God hath avenged you on her. , The same rejoicing is announced upon the predicted fall of ancient Babylon; and her eternal desolation...

...marked by comprehending the peoples and tongues, and languages and nations, and iu which was found all the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth. Words cannot describe the world more clearly, which our Saviour so continually uses in the Gospel of...

...harlots, and the kingdom of antichrist and Satan: therefore rejoice ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them rejoice over her; thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you upon her. Rev. xii. 12. and Rev. xviii. 20. which certainly will be fulfilled at her...

...her burning, and cast dust on their heads, in token of thei; great grief, Ezek. xxvn, 30. Terse 20. Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets ; for Gotl hath avenged you on her. This verse is a continuation of the preceding voice from htaven, which...

...perished with fallen Babylon shall not hinder the call from being fully and cordially responded to, " Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy Apostles and Prophets ; for God hath avenged you on hert" I,, i it not be said that we are now opening the door which we formerly closed, and sanctifying...

...light. 1 Or, according to another reading, " And he that saileth to the place, and sailors." 20. " Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets, for God hath avenged you of her. And a mighty angel took up a stone, like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying,...

..."Lord, lay not this sin HI their charge." A> explained above, tlie martyrs' cry is perfectly natural. her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets ; for God hath avenged you on her ;" to which the adoring inhabitants of the upper world respond, " Alleluia ; salvation, and glory,...

...of devils, and the hold of every unclean spirit, and the hold of every unclean and hateful bird. — Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets, for God hath judged your judgment on her," Rev. xviii. 1. 20. " After these things, I heard, as it were, the voice...

...power, on her behalf, against her enemies. Thus, at the fall of the mystic Babylon, it is said — ' Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets, for God hath avenged you on her.' Rev. xviii. 20. 12. ' Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.' 13. ' Mark...

...of Jesus : And • (Rev. xviii.23, 2-4.) by her f sorceries are all nations deceived : And in her is found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that are slain upon the earth. And this person, [the political person,] to whom these titles and characters...