A Great Millstone - Revelation 18:20-21

Revelation 18:20-21 ESV 

Rejoice over her, O heaven,

and you saints and apostles and prophets,

for God has given judgment for you against her!”

Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,

“So will Babylon the great city be thrown down with violence,

and will be found no more;

Jeremiah 51:61-64 

And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: “When you come to Babylon, see that you read all these words, and say, ‘O Lord, you have said concerning this place that you will cut it off, so that nothing shall dwell in it, neither man nor beast, and it shall be desolate forever.’ When you finish reading this book, tie a stone to it and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates, and say, ‘Thus shall Babylon sink, to rise no more, because of the disaster that I am bringing upon her, and they shall become exhausted.’”

Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

Babylon signifies the great burden of the darkness of man. When she is destroyed, a great weight like a millstone will be lifted off of man and cast into the sea. She will sink into the deep and the sea will be no more. 

Thus the unfolding events on earth reflect a spiritual reality. 

And from heaven arises a joyful cry,

"Amen. Hallelujah!"