This is a very important question, as when we understand Revelation and the book of Daniel, God in mercy sends us warnings to escape what will come to pass on earth. Jesus told early Christians to escape Jerusalem because the Roman army would return. Not one Christian died in the siege of Jerusalem by Titus in AD 70.
Who is this Babylon that became an habitation of devils? This is the verse.
RE 18 1 “And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, ‘Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils,’ and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.”
Can Hinduism, atheism, Buddhism, or Islam become an habitation of devils? No. There are so many good and loving people in those religions, and often they are much better than Christians. Here we are not talking about the people who are loving in many instances. We are talking about the beliefs and the origin of the belief.
Who became an habitation of devils in Revelation 18?
The word become means it was not at one point filled with demons. So it must be an organization which was pure before and close to God, an organization that fell from its purity and became a place where evil angels love to dwell.
RE 18 3 “For all 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 are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.”
Who became an habitation of devils in Revelation 18? This message that lights the whole world is the 4th angel. The 3 angels’ message is the last message for planet earth. All nations, tongues, and peoples need to hear and make a decision. All Christians will have to listen and make a decision for or against the truth, or as Peter calls it, the present truth. As all churches rejected this message, they fell and became Babylon.
God’s last movement, the 3 angels’ movement, became lukewarm, yet the message is true. Then God sends them a 4th angel, which is AT Jones and AG Waggoner’s righteousness by faith message. Who became an habitation of devils in Revelation 18? As we saw above, all pagan religions have always been filled with demons. The Bible says that those beliefs came from Satan.
There are many wonderful people in these religions, atheism being also a religion. But the message does not come from God or heaven. Thus it has always been filled with demons. Thus when the Bible says this group became the habitation of devils, it is saying that it used to be holy and good.
Then the only religious belief on earth that matches this is some Christian church. We know that Martin Luther and other reformers taught that the papacy is Babylon mother. In searching who became an habitation of devils in Revelation 18, we find that the Catholic Church says she is the mother church, and the daughters went out from her.
Thus those churches who became habitation of devils can be none other than the Sunday Protestant churches. Something happened to these organizations to become Babylon, when they were once true. What happened to them? They have rejected the 11th angel’s message. A church can only be called thus when it teaches the Bible.
The Pharisees could no longer be called God’s people, as they taught many traditions and things contrary to the Bible. The churches today cannot be called God’s church, as most of their beliefs are from paganism.
Who became an habitation of devils in Revelation 18? The Bible says that the true church would go into the wilderness for 1260 years. Then it would come out and give the 3 angels’ message. Papal persecution lasted from 538 to 1798. When the 1st angel’s message was heard all over America and the world by William Miller, in the USA about 10 percent accepted the message. All churches refused the return of Jesus. They did not want any new light and were comfortable in their lukewarmness. Thus they became Babylon.
Thus it is very easy to find out who became an habitation of devils in Revelation 18. It cannot be pagan religions, who were never holy and always filled with demons. Even if the members are kind, the truth is from God, and these beliefs have mixed truth and error and come from the pit of hell. These religions who became a house of devils can be none other than Protestant churches. The Catholic Church had already become Babylon 2,000 years ago.
RO 2 14 “For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another; 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.”
God takes to heart many pagans who never heard the truth and will be saved. They never read the Bible, they never went to church, they never heard a sermon. But those religions are filled with demons. Some of the members are honest persons—qualities God especially loves: honesty, humility, love. Because the churches are so corrupt today, God does not let many of these people become Christians, and the Holy Spirit guides them through the heart or conscience, or as Paul says, doing by nature.
It means without the law of the Bible, they believe the truth the Holy Spirit sends them in their hearts. As the battle is in the mind where Satan or God are fighting, this pagan chooses the truth and thus will have his conscience bear witness that he is a child of God, even if he is not a Christian.
Who became an habitation of devils in Revelation 18? It is the Sunday Protestant churches.
Father God, help us understand the truth and come out of Babylon, who will receive the seven last plagues. Give us Your righteousness. Provide for our needs. Give us the desires of our hearts, please, in the name of Jesus, amen.