Chapter 5—The Angel of Revelation 18 ^{*The message of the angel of Revelation 18 is closely related to the messages of the three angels in chapter 14. As the three messages are heralded in the final days of earth’s history, special power and glory accompany their proclamation as the angel of chapter 18 “joins in the last great work,” and “it swells into a loud cry” (Spiritual Gifts 1:194).}

After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illuminated with his glory. And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird! For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury.”
And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, My people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities....
“Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!” —Revelation 18:1-5, 20, NKJV3AM 131.1