God's judgment on Babylon is assured through prophetic revelation and historical consistency of His justice.
The certainty of God's judgment on Babylon is reinforced by the emphasis on divine justice throughout Scripture, particularly in Revelation 18 where the angel asserts Babylon's fall as a completed action (Revelation 18:2). The historical context shows that God has consistently judged nations and systems that oppose Him, like Sodom and Gomorrah or the Babylon of ancient times. God remembers the iniquities of His enemies and punishes sin with perfect justice and without mercy (Revelation 18:5-8). This pattern of divine judgment assures believers that the same will occur with the prophetic Babylon, thus reaffirming the truth of God's Word.
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