²² “And a strong angel lifted up a stone like a great millstone and hurled it into the sea, saying: ‘Thus with a swift pitch will Babylon the great city be hurled down, and she will never be found again. . . .

Rev. 18:21-24.

23. (a) Why will the rejoicing of the atheistic conquerors of Babylon the Great be short-lived? (b) So what will those atheists then attempt, and with what consequences?

²³ The rejoicing to which the atheistic “kings” or political rulers will give way after plunging Babylon the Great into the sea of destruction will be short-lived.