§304 - Footnotes

Revelation 18: Judgments on the Great Whore and Second Beast

[§304] Rev 18:21-24: The Final Destruction of, and Conditions in, Babylon

Footnotes for this section

  1. See Walvoord, BKCNT, 973-974; Donald W. Parry, UST, 304; Watt, JD, Vol. 18, 61; and generally Rev 11:15-19: John Introduces the Third Woe [Seventh Trumpet Angel]; The Third Woe Begins When All Things Are in Commotion; An Overview of the Last Seven Vial Plagues in Revelation 16; Rev 16:17-21: Seventh Vial: The Second Coming and Final Plagues; Rev 18:8: Seventh Vial Plague Will Destroy Babylon in One Day. ↩︎
  2. See Schaff, SPC [Rev 18:21]; Vincent, VWS [Rev 18:21]; but see Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 405; cf. Rev 18:1; and generally Rev 10:1: Christ Is the Mighty Angel from Heaven; Rev 18:1-3: The Spiritual Fall of the Great Whore [Modern Babylon]; Rev 19:1-3: A Great Voice of Much People Praise Jesus Christ. ↩︎
  3. See Watt, JD, Vol. 24, 188; Donald W. Parry, UST, 304; Wiersbe, BCNT, 1076; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 18:21]; Schaff, SPC [Rev 18:22-24]. ↩︎
  4. See Isa 13:20; Brewster, IPS, 130; Joseph Fielding McConkie, DCBM, Vol. 1, 286; George Albert Smith, CR, October 1940, 107; Largey, BMRC, 86. ↩︎
  5. See Jer 50:26, 29-30, 32; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 431; Nibley, AZ, 15-16; Lundquist, BSBF, Vol. 2, 385, 403. ↩︎
  6. See D&C 1:16; Jackson, SS, Vol. 4, 116; Donald W. Parry, UI, 190; Joseph Smith, HC, Vol. 7, 511-512. ↩︎
  7. See Joseph F. Smith, CR, April 1880, 96; and generally Daniel’s Vision of the Future Gathering at Adam-ondi-Ahman; The Second Coming Prophecies of Joel; The Second Coming Prophecies of Zechariah; Daniel’s Vision of the Great Tribulation [Daniel 12]. ↩︎
  8. See Lund, TCL, 50; Donald W. Parry, UST, 316; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 18:21]; Draper, RJA, 710-711. ↩︎
  9. See Wiersbe, WEONT, 849; Nibley, AZ, 31; Donald W. Parry, UI, 406; Sperry, VIP, 109; cf. Jer 51:8; Lundquist, BSBF, Vol. 2, 388; and generally Rev 18:8: Seventh Vial Plague Will Destroy Babylon in One Day. ↩︎
  10. See Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 540; Keener, IVPNT, 767; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 405; Henry, MHC, 2482; Constable, ENTC [Rev 18:21]; Schaff, SPC [Rev 18:21]. ↩︎
  11. See Draper, OSS, 228; Draper, OSS, 269; Donald W. Parry, UST, 254; cf. Jer 51:64; and generally Rev 9:1: The Key of the Bottomless Pit; An Overview of Satan’s Kingdom [Two Beasts] in Revelation 13. ↩︎
  12. See Dan 2:34-35; D&C 65:2; Roberts, SCT, Vol. 2, 145; Joseph Fielding Smith, AGQ, Vol. 3, 12. ↩︎
  13. See Whedon, WCB [Rev 18:21]; Jackson, SS, Vol. 4, 251; Donald W. Parry, UI, 217. ↩︎
  14. See Bullinger, BCBN [Rev 18:21]; Vincent, VWS [Rev 18:21]; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 429; and cf. Jer 51:34-35; Isa 13:8, 19. ↩︎
  15. See Adam Clarke, ACC, Vol. 6, 1048; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 405; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 716; Coke, TCC [Rev 18:21-24]; Draper, RJA, 714. ↩︎
  16. See Jer 51:63-64; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 405; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 716; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 18:21]; Wesley, JWEN [Rev 18:21]; Hengstenberg, EHJR [Rev 18:21]. ↩︎
  17. See Rev 16:21; Sperry, VOT, 117-118; and generally Rev 16:21: An Exceedingly Great Hail Falls on Men. ↩︎
  18. See Rev 19:11, 15, 21; Wiersbe, BCNT, 1076; Wiersbe, WEONT, 849; and generally Rev 19:11-21: Christ’s Second Coming at the End of Armageddon; Rev 19:11-13: Christ’s Coming Will End Armageddon; Rev 19:15-16: Christ Conquers the Gathered Nations; Rev 19:21: The Worldwide End of Physical Armageddon. ↩︎
  19. See Donald W. Parry, UST, 316-317; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 429; Hawker, HPMC [Rev 18:21-24]; Pett, PPCB [Rev 18:21]. ↩︎
  20. See Draper, RJA, 711; Draper, OSS, 204; Ice, BSNT [Rev 18:21-23]; Hengstenberg, EHJR [Rev 18:21]. ↩︎
  21. See Wiersbe, WEONT, 849; Bullinger, BCBN [Rev 18:21]; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 18:21]; Hengstenberg, EHJR [Rev 18:21]; but see also Whedon, WCB [Rev 18:21]. ↩︎
  22. See Fausset, FBD, 518; cf. Youngblood, NBD, 903; and generally The Book of Revelation Structure and Numerology; Rev 13:18: The Number of the Second Beast Is 666. ↩︎
  23. See Adam Clarke, ACC, Vol. 6, 1048; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 446; cf. Rev 18:14; and generally Rev 18:9-19: Babylon Begins to Burn and Three Groups Mourn. ↩︎
  24. See Adam Clarke, ACC, Vol. 6, 1048-1049; Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 18:15-21]; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 18:21]; Schaff, SPC [Rev 18:22-24]. ↩︎
  25. See Henry, MHC, 2482; Keener, IVPNT, 767; Walvoord, BKCNT, 973; Pett, PPCB [Rev 18:22-23]; Poole, MPEA [Rev 18:22]; Wesley, JWEN [Rev 18:22]; Whedon, WCB [Rev 18:22]. ↩︎
  26. See generally The Book of Revelation Structure and Numerology. ↩︎
  27. See Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 18:22-24]; Wesley, JWEN [Rev 18:22]; Easton, IBD, 312; Fausset, FBD, 273; McClintock, MSE, Vol. 4, 86. ↩︎
  28. See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 405; Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 18:22-24]; Wesley, JWEN [Rev 18:22]; Easton, IBD, 481-482; McClintock, MSE, Vol. 6, 751. ↩︎
  29. See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 405; Barnes, BN, Vol. 11, part 1, 263; Wesley, JWEN [Rev 18:22]; Fausset, FBD, 575; William Smith, SBD, 521. ↩︎
  30. See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 405; Youngblood, NBD, 870-871; McClintock, MSE, Vol. 6, 769. ↩︎
  31. See Robert S. Wood, CR, October 1999, “’The Tongue of Angels”’, 108; Boyd K. Packer, CR, October 1973, “Inspiring Music–Worthy Thoughts”, 21; John Taylor, TPC, 101; Ezra Taft Benson, TETB, 326; Lundquist, BSBF, Vol. 2, 370. ↩︎
  32. See Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 540; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 405; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 246; Keener, IVPNT, 767. ↩︎
  33. See Rev 14:2-3; Rev 15:2-3; Joseph Fielding Smith, CHMR, Vol. 2, 92; Draper, OSS, 155; Young, DBY, 242; and generally Rev 14:3: The New Song of the 144,000 Before the Throne; Rev 15:3-4: 144,000 Sing the Songs of Moses and the Lamb. ↩︎
  34. See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 405-406; Whedon, WCB [Rev 18:22]; McClintock, MSE, Vol. 2, 549. ↩︎
  35. See Anthony W. Ivins, CR, October 1928, 18; e.g., Alma 4:6. ↩︎
  36. Cf. Rev 18:11; and generally Rev 18:11-16: Merchants of the Earth Shall Weep and Mourn. ↩︎
  37. Cf. 2 Kgs 24:16; Largey, BMRC, 360; Galbraith, JTEC, 106. ↩︎
  38. See Bruce R. McConkie, CR, April 1979, “Stand Independent above All Other Creatures”, 132; Watt, JD, Vol. 17, 364. ↩︎
  39. See Alvin R. Dyer, CR, October 1971, “The Nobility of Man in Choosing Good Over Evil”, 148-149; Albert E. Bowen, CR, October 1939, 93; James R. Clark, MFP, Vol. 6, 67; George Reynolds, BOM, Vol. 3, 349. ↩︎
  40. See Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 18:22-24]; Whedon, WCB [Rev 18:22]; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 406. ↩︎
  41. See Donald W. Parry, UI, 409; McClintock, MSE, Vol. 6, 259; Easton, IBD, 465. ↩︎
  42. See Constable, ENTC [Rev 18:22-23]; Edwards, FBNT [Rev 18:22]; Donald W. Parry, UST, 317; McClintock, MSE, Vol. 6, 259; Fausset, FBD, 474; Orr, ISBE, Vol. 3, 2052. ↩︎
  43. See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 406; Donald W. Parry, UST, 317; Donald W. Parry, UI, 143; and cf. also Watt, JD, Vol. 1, 17; Joseph Fielding Smith, CR, April 1967, 98. ↩︎
  44. See 2 Pet 2:4; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 342; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 3, 1062; and generally The Status of Spirits in Spirit Prison [Hell]. ↩︎
  45. See Rev 22:5; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 716; Morrison, VZ, 51; Andrus, LCM, 85; and generally Rev 22:5: God’s Light Given to Those That Reign Forever. ↩︎
  46. See Jer 25:10; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 406; Donald W. Parry, UST, 317-318; Hengstenberg, EHJR [Rev 18:22-23]. ↩︎
  47. See Keener, IVPNT, 767; cf. Jer 16:9; Donald W. Parry, UST, 317; Jackson, SS, Vol. 4, 223. ↩︎
  48. See Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 18:22-24]; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 716-717; and cf. Isa 62:4-5; Donald W. Parry, UI, 551. ↩︎
  49. See D&C 132:15; Matt 22:30; Daniel H. Ludlow, SWDL, 419; Bruce R. McConkie, CR, April 1949, 93; Watt, JD, Vol. 18, 114; and generally The New and Everlasting Covenant of Marriage. ↩︎
  50. See Nyman, WJ, 52; Talmage, JC, 260; Donald W. Parry, UST, 430-431; and generally Rev 19:7-8: Marriage of the Lamb and His Wife [the Church]. ↩︎
  51. See Joseph Fielding Smith, DS, Vol. 2, 84-85; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 2. ↩︎
  52. See Stuy, CD, Vol. 4, 260; Lee, THBL, 232; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 435; and generally Rev 14:8: The Second Angel Proclaims the Fall of Babylon. ↩︎
  53. See Constable, ENTC [Rev 18:22-23]; Whedon, WCB [Rev 18:23]; Schaff, SPC [Rev 18:22-24]; but see Hengstenberg, EHJR [Rev 18:22-23]. ↩︎
  54. See Draper, RJA, 712. ↩︎
  55. See Rev 17:15; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 406; Donald W. Parry, UST, 318; Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 18:22-24]; Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 540; Hengstenberg, EHJR [Rev 18:23]; and generally Rev 17:15: The Latter-day Whore Sits upon Many Waters. ↩︎
  56. See Watt, JD, Vol. 2, 332; Nibley, BBCS, 48; Nibley, AZ, 42-43, 61. ↩︎
  57. See Watt, JD, Vol. 9, 60; Wesley, JWEN [Rev 18:23]; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 18:21]; and cf. Nibley, PBM, 360-361. ↩︎
  58. See Donald W. Parry, UST, 318; Bruce R. McConkie, DNTC, Vol. 3, 562; Adam Clarke, ACC, Vol. 6, 1049; Vincent, VWS [Rev 18:23]; Draper, RJA, 712; and generally Rev 13:12-13: The Power and Miracles of the Second Beast. ↩︎
  59. See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 406; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 717; Walvoord, BKCNT, 973; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 18:23]; Vincent, VWS [Rev 18:23]; Hengstenberg, EHJR [Rev 18:22-23]; and generally Rev 13:14-15: The Wicked Make an Image to the First Beast. ↩︎
  60. See Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 462; James E. Faust, CR, October 1987, “’The Great Imitator”’, 40; Watt, JD, Vol. 3, 41; Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 540. ↩︎
  61. See D&C 1:16; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 4, 1596; Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 18:22-24]; Poole, MPEA [Rev 18:22]; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 18:21]; and cf. Alma 1:32. ↩︎
  62. See Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 462-463; Pett, PPCB [Rev 18:22-23]; Ice, BSNT [Rev 18:21-23]. ↩︎
  63. See Wiersbe, BCNT, 1075; Adam Clarke, ACC, Vol. 6, 1049; Beza, GSG [Rev 18:24]; Constable, ENTC [Rev 18:24]; Draper, RJA, 712-713; cf. Rev 17:7; and generally Rev 17:7: The Mystery of the Woman and the Beast to Be Explained. ↩︎
  64. See Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 446; Draper, OSS, 203-204; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 247; Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 18:22-24]. ↩︎
  65. See Rev 18:20. ↩︎
  66. See Constable, ENTC [Rev 18:24]; Pett, PPCB [Rev 18:24]; Alford, GTCEC [Rev 18:21-23]; Schaff, SPC [Rev 18:22-24]. ↩︎
  67. See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 406; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, 717; Wesley, JWEN [Rev 18:24]; and generally Rev 6:9-10: Martyrdom During the Fifth Seal; Rev 13:7: Satan’s Wars Overcome the Saints; Rev 13:9-10: The Saints of the Renaissance and Reformation. ↩︎
  68. See Rev 6:11; Adam Clarke, ACC, Vol. 6, 1049; and generally Rev 6:9-10: Martyrdom During the Fifth Seal; Rev 14:13: Saints That Die in the Lord Will Rest, and Labor as Spirits. ↩︎
  69. See Abbott, AINT [Rev 18:24]; Hengstenberg, EHJR [Rev 18:24]; Watt, JD, Vol. 5, 371. ↩︎
  70. See Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 717; Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 18:22-24]; Ice, BSNT [Rev 18:24]. ↩︎
  71. See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 406; Keener, IVPNT, 767; Walter Scott, WSCR [Rev 18:21-24]. ↩︎