Scripture and Quote Reference Guide
The Second Angel’s Message: Exposing Babylon
This document contains all Bible verses and significant quotes extracted from the sermon on the Second Angel’s Message (Revelation 14:8), organized by topic for easy reference.
I. KEY SCRIPTURE PASSAGES
The Second Angel’s Message (Primary Text)
Revelation 14:8
“Then another angel, a second followed. Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great. She has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.”
II. OLD TESTAMENT BABYLON SCRIPTURES
The Origin of Babylon
Genesis 10:8-10
“Kush became the father of Nimrod. He was the first on earth to become a mighty warrior. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Therefore it is said, ‘Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.’ The beginning of his kingdom was Babel (or Babylon), Erech and Akkad. All of them in the land of Shinar.”
Isaiah’s Prophecies Against Babylon
Isaiah 14:4
“You will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased! How his insolence has ceased!”
Isaiah 21:9
“Fallen, fallen is Babylon, and all the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground.”
Jeremiah’s Warnings
Jeremiah 51:6-8
“Flee from the midst of Babylon, save your lives, each of you! Do not perish for her guilt! For this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance; He is repaying her what is due. Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, making all the earth drunken; the nations drank of her wine; therefore the nations went mad. Suddenly Babylon has fallen and is shattered.”
Daniel’s Record of Babylon
Daniel 4:30
“The king spoke, saying, ‘Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for a royal dwelling by my mighty power and for the honor of my majesty?'”
Daniel 5:4
“They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.”
Daniel 5:23
“You have exalted yourselves against the God of heaven. The vessels of His temple have been brought in before you, and you and your lords and your wives and your concubines have been drinking wine from them. You have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone.”
III. NEW TESTAMENT BABYLON SCRIPTURES
The Three Beasts of Revelation
Revelation 12:3
“Then another portent appeared in heaven: a great red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads.”
Revelation 12:9
“The great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world.”
Revelation 13:1-2
“And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth.”
The Harlot Babylon
Revelation 17:1-6
“Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, ‘Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters, with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and with the wine of whose fornication the inhabitants of the earth have become drunk.’ So he carried me away in the spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication; and on her forehead was written a name, a mystery: ‘Babylon the Great, mother of prostitutes and of earth’s abominations.’ And I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus.”
Revelation 17:15
“The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages.”
God’s Final Appeal
Revelation 18:1-5
“After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was made bright with his splendor. He called out with a mighty voice, ‘Fallen, fallen is Babylon the Great! It has become a dwelling place of demons, a haunt of every foul spirit, a haunt of every foul bird, a haunt of every foul and hateful beast. For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from her power and luxury.’ Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, ‘Come out of her, my people, so that you do not take part in her sins, and so that you do not share in her plagues; for her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.'”
Revelation 18:24
“And in you was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slaughtered on the earth.”
IV. SUPPORTING NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES
The Apostasy and Man of Sin
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4
“Let no one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first and the lawless one is revealed, the one destined for destruction. He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, declaring himself to be God.”
The Nature of Death
Ecclesiastes 9:5-6
“For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no more reward, and even the memory of them is lost. Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished; never again will they have any share in all that happens under the sun.”
John 11:11-14
“After saying this, he told them, ‘Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to awaken him.’ The disciples said to him, ‘Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will be all right.’ Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was referring merely to sleep. Then Jesus told them plainly, ‘Lazarus is dead.'”
God’s Knowledge of His People
Isaiah 43:1-4
“But now thus says the Lord, He who created you, O Jacob, He who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.”
The Second Coming
1 Corinthians 15:51-52
“Listen, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all die, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.”
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
“But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died. For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will by no means precede those who have died. For the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with the archangel’s call and with the sound of God’s trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be with the Lord forever.”
Call to Readiness
Matthew 25:6
“But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Look! The bridegroom! Come out to meet him.'”
Matthew 25:13
“Keep awake therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.”
God’s People
Titus 2:14
“He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.”
V. QUOTES FROM ELLEN G. WHITE
On the Initial Fulfillment of the Second Angel’s Message
“The churches would not receive the light of the first angel’s message. And as they rejected the light from heaven above, they fell from the favor of God. But the beloved of God, who were oppressed, answered to the message, ‘Babylon is fallen,’ and left the fallen churches.”
On the Bible as the Standard of Doctrine
The Great Controversy, page 595
“But God will have a people upon the earth to maintain the Bible, and the Bible only, as the standard of all doctrines and the basis of all reforms. The opinions of learned men, the deductions of science, the creeds or decisions of ecclesiastical councils, as numerous and discordant as are the churches which they represent, the voice of the majority—not one nor all of these should be regarded as evidence for or against any point of religious faith. Before accepting any doctrine or precept, we should demand a plain ‘Thus says the Lord’ in its support.”
VI. SIGNIFICANT STATEMENTS AND QUOTES FROM THE SERMON
Summary of the Three Angels’ Messages
“In the first angel’s message, God is revealed. He is our creator and our redeemer. And in the second angel’s message, Satan is exposed as a liar and a deceiver and a killer and a cheat. And in the third angel’s message, we are called to make a decision either for God or for Satan.”
“The first angel’s message is God revealed. The second angel’s message is Satan exposed. And the third angel’s message is make a choice.”
“A lack of a choice for God is a de facto choice for Satan.”
On Prayer and Citizenship
“Our citizenship is in heaven above. From where we are expecting our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.”
“Today, it is a kingdom of grace and tomorrow a kingdom of glory.”
On the Nature of Babylon
“Babylon is a union of church and state. Babylon is a persecuting power of the saints of God. Babylon encourages the nations of the earth to kill those who are faithful to God. Babylon promotes paganism which is the worship of demons.”
“Babylon is a persecuting power promoting satanic doctrines who attacks God’s people and is drunk with the blood of God’s people.”
On the Gospel and Judgment
“The gospel is everlasting, but Babylon is not permanent.”
“There is a limit beyond which evil cannot go.”
On the Original Lie
“The first lie ever spoken was by a theologian. It was by Satan.”
“The first person in the Bible to discuss the meaning of the words of God was Satan himself. So that makes him the first theologian.”
“If you’re immortal, then the wages of sin are not death. And if sin does not lead to death, you have no need of a Messiah.”
“If you believe in the lies of Satan, the original lie that you shall not surely die, this is a faith that emanates from the pits of hell. Because if you are not going to die, you don’t need a savior.”
On Living in the Time of the End
“We are living today in the time of the end.”
“In this moment in time when God needs a people to shine for him in earth’s darkest hour, in his mysterious providence, he didn’t put Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob here. He didn’t put Esther, Mary, or Mary Magdalene here. It’s we who are his representatives in earth’s darkest hour.”
“If God has placed us in this moment in history, he sees that we can do far more than we can begin to imagine for ourselves. There is no limit to what God can do through a man or woman who is wholly consecrated to God.”
“In earth’s darkest hour, he didn’t choose brave Joseph or brave Daniel or brave Esther. He chose us here today. We weren’t just born in this time. Weren’t just born into this time. And by God’s providence, we were born for this time to be God’s champions in earth’s darkest hour.”
On Knowing Scripture
“If we don’t know the original for ourselves, we’re going to be seduced by the lying doctrines of devils.”
“You should be able to know as a Seventh-day Adventist what each of those 28 fundamental beliefs are. And you should be able to know at least one Bible text that supports that belief. And if you can’t do that, you’re not prepared for what’s coming down the pike.”
“People fill their minds with garbage, with dross, with fluff, with nonsense. And what are we filling our minds with? Our minds are to be saturated with the word of God.”
On God’s Justice
“God knows and he will hold them to account.”
“God sees the persecution of his children. He knows them by name.”
“Judgment is coming for those who persecute the saints of God.”
“God is a God of justice. The blood of righteous Abel cries from the ground as has the blood of all those through the centuries who’ve experienced oppression and murder and bloodshed and persecution particularly for their faith.”
On God’s People
“God is looking for a peculiar people, a prophetic people, a pure people, a people who will not participate in the sins of this world or have nothing to do with the fallen systems of this world either.”
“Our loyalty, our primary loyalty and our only loyalty is to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.”
Final Appeal
“Kneel down today and confess your sins before God. And stand up and look up to heaven and receive the righteousness of our Lord and Savior and step out and speak up and shine for Jesus in these coming weeks, months, and years. If we’re not going to be his witnesses in earth’s dying hours, God will find somebody else. Shine for Jesus. Win souls for Christ. And when Jesus comes again, each one of us will receive a heavenly reward for his name’s sake. Amen.”
VII. HISTORICAL REFERENCE
Book Recommendation: My Escape from the Inquisition (also referenced as “My Escape from the Outer Daf”) – A true legal testimony of a man who escaped the Spanish Inquisition, available on Amazon.