│ Antichristian │ │ power, under │ (a) By kings, that had │ the image of │ lived delicately with her, │ a rich and │ ver. 9, 10. │ luxurious │ │ city; a │ (b) By merchants that had been │ further │ enriched by her, ver. 11‒17. │ _explanatory │ │ Episode_, │ (c) By mariners that had │ Ch. xviii. │ trafficked with her, │ │ ver. 17‒19. │ │ │ │ 4. Rejoicing over her fate, │ │ ver. 20. │ │ │ │ 5. The final destruction of │ │ the mystical Babylon――the │ │ Papal power――represented by a │ │ millstone cast by an angel into │ │ the sea, ver. 21‒24. │ └ │ ┌ │ VIII. A further │ 1. A hymn of the heavenly hosts │ _episodical │ in view of the destruction of │representatation_│ the mystical Babylon, │ of the │ ver. 1‒7:―― │ effects that │ │ would result │ (a) A voice of many people in │ from the fall │ heaven, shouting Hallelujah, │ of the powers │ ver. 1, 2. │ that opposed │ │ the reign of │ (b) The sound echoed and │ the Son of │ repeated as the smoke of her │ God and the │ torment ascends, ver. 3. │ introduction │ │ of the │ (c) The four and twenty elders, │ Millennium, │ and the four living creatures │ with an │ unite in the song, ver. 4. │ account of │ │ the final │ (d) A voice heard commanding │ destruction │ them to praise God, ver. 5. │ of these │ │ powers, │ (e) The mighty shout of │ Chap. xix. │ Hallelujah echoed and │ │ repeated from unnumbered │ │ hosts, ver. 6, 7. │ │ │ │ 2. The marriage of the Lamb as │ │ the reason of this increased │ │ joy, ver. 8, 9. │ │ │ │ 3.