Who is this Babylon, over whose demise the Heavens make so joyous a fuss (See Side Bar below: Armageddon and Brazil Rising, p. 97)? Great political, socio/economic institutions and military powers have fallen before, with little fanfare, beyond transient relief, so, why such delight here? Why the ecstasy? Why such euphoria? In the wake of our understanding of the previous chapter (Rev. 17), is this yet another metaphor for the woman who is that “great city”? If Rome or even all of Italy, including the Vatican City, were to disappear from the face of the earth today, what would be the real (net realizable) impact on the global economy (for, without question, Vatican City, home of the Great Whore—is the ‘cause’ behind the inscription ‘Babylon the Great’ scribbled across th ...