...Antichrist, in that lewd hat. (4.7.50-5) The 'unclean birds' in this passage are taken from Revelation 18:2: 'Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become...spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.' In The Alchemist, the eschatological sentiments of the two Puritan ministers mask a more deep-seated...

...an earthly thousand-year kingdom or a timeless heavenly one — awaits the Christian faithful once "Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become...spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird," as John ecstatically foretells (Rev. 18:2). For centuries theologians taught that the Jews had been...

...were types of the destruction of Roman Catholic Europe in the near future. "And after these things l saw another angel come down from heaven, having great...mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great ls fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and...

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...destroyed, so Rome would be returned to chaos by the judgement of God: "Babylon the great is fallen, fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and...spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird" (Rev. 18: 2). Echoing the prophet Isaiah's description of the ruined city as a place inhabited by "wild...

...for we are one nation to many nationalities. Are we that nation spoken of in Revelation 18; 2 have we become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every...spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird? To the atheist, the one of unbelief, the one that believes only in self, you only have to ask, there...

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...written of like import : " Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul,"* For "Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become...the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit."6 It is true that Rome has a holy church, trophies of apostles and martyrs, a true confession...

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...fornication," (Rev, 14:8) Comparing this to the verse we saw earlier, we read: 1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having...power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen.... 3 For...