All the nations have drunk the strong wine of her terrible sins. The kings of the earth took part in the wrong things she did, and the traders of the world grew rich from her great wealth.”
“Celebrate this, you heavens! Celebrate, people of God! Celebrate, apostles and prophets! God has judged her with the same judgment she passed against you.”
The smoke of their terrible suffering will rise for ever and ever. Day and night, there will be no rest for anyone who worships the beast and its statue or who receives the mark of its name.”
Give her as much pain and suffering as she gave glory and wealth to herself. She brags in her heart, ‘I rule on a throne like a queen. I’m not a widow; I’ll never mourn.’
But don’t put younger widows on the list of those the church is supporting. They might promise to serve only Christ, but later they might have a strong desire to get married again
Since she’s always encouraging people to “go to bed” with others, she’s going to “go to bed” herself: She’ll be sick in bed for a long time. Those who’ve been committing adultery with her will suffer greatly too, unless they turn away from what she has taught them to do.