Into the Fire

     After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor. With a mighty voice he shouted: 

         "Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!

              She has become a home for demons

           and a haunt for every evil spirt,

              a haunt for every unclean and detestable bird.

           For all the nations have drunk

              the maddening wine of her adulteries

           The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,

              and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her

                 excessive luxuries." 

Revelation 18:1-3 (NIV)