We have traced the "Line of Confusion" from the Garden of Eden (the lie of lack), through the Plains of Shinar (the bricks of effort), and through the Exile (the blindness of legalism). Now, we see how the "Deadly Concoction" meets its final end. In Revelation, the "mixture" is finally exposed and estranged, the "mystery" is denounced, and the "Finished Work" is fully exhibited so that the blind are no longer blind.
The Golden Cup
In Revelation 17, we see the personification of the Babylonian system: a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, holding a golden cup.
"And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour... having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication" (Revelation 17:4, KJV).
The final moments of the "seething pot" is recounted as the "mixture" is now poured into a golden religious cup decked with the seemingly precious stones and pearls that makes it look even more desirable. It looks like the "Gate of God" (Babylon), it looks expensive, and it looks holy—but inside, it is a "Deadly Concoction." Let’s look at the descriptive words used:
Porneia (πορνεία - Fornication): In the context of the New Testament, this refers to spiritual adultery. The "Whore of Babylon" is the religious system that tells the Bride of Christ she needs something more than Yah’shua to be righteous. It is the deadly mixture of Grace mixed up with the "many lovers" of paganist traditions, rituals and like things, the laws of the old covenant together with self-righteous efforts devised by man under the suggestion of the snake.
Pharmakeia (φαρμακεία - Sorcery): This is the intoxication of religious performance. It is a "drug", the pharma that numbs the conscience. It brings you on a “high” making you believe that you performed well, instilling pride. As it wears off you “crash” and sink into a “low” showing your failure and shame bringing guilt and depression that makes you come back for more "pharma."
Mysterion (μυστήριον - Mystery): Babylon is described as the apparent "Mystery" because its deception is subtle and conniving. It is the Mixture-Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. The mystery is how a system can use the Bible and the name of God to actually keep people in bondage and separated from the finished work of Yah’shua.
The Mirror that Ends Confusion
To understand how the confusion finally ends in Revelation, we must see it as a Chiasmus (a chiasma). A chiasmus is a literary structure where the first half of a story is mirrored and resolved in the second half (A-B-C-B'-A').
The book of Revelation is written as a Chiasmus, at the same time being a "mirror" to Genesis. It proves that the Holy Spirit is not reacting to history, but relating it perfectly. By looking at the book of Revelation through this lens, it shows that the "mixture" is explicitly identified and removed.
The pivot point of this entire chiasmus is Yah’shua. He is the one who ends the center of human confusion to separate the Darkness from the Light. The "confusion" of the Old Covenant kings and the "mixture" of the seething pot are resolved because the structure of God's Word forces a final separation: you are either in the City of Man (Babylon) or the City of God (New Jerusalem). There is no middle ground.
"Come Out of Her"
From the beginning, God has called against the mixture of good and evil.
In the Garden: God warned against the Tree of Knowledge-of-good-and-evil to the preservation of the Tree of Life.
In Babel: God confounded the language to stop the impossible pursuit of man in attaining his own righteousness.
In Revelation: The cry goes out: "Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins" (Revelation 18:4, KJV).
To "come out" of Babylon is to stop drinking from the cup of mixture. It is to move from the "Iron and Clay" feet of the statue to the Stone that has become a mountain, to stand on the fully accomplished work of the Rock.
Tetelestai vs. Gegonen
The "Line of Confusion" ends with a final declaration. In the Garden, man's "unfinished work" began. On the Cross, Yah’shua cried out:
"Tetelestai!" (Τετέλεσται) — "It is finished" (John 19:30).
In Revelation 16:17, when the final judgment falls on the Babylonian system, a great voice comes out of the temple of heaven, saying:
"Gegonen!" (Γέγονεν) — "It is done!"
The "It is finished" of the Cross becomes the "It is done" of history. Every man-made tower, every "deadly mixture," and every "seething pot" of religious effort is pulverized by the Stone. The "Whore" (the religious system) is replaced by the virgin Bride (those resting in Grace).
The Bride is not arrayed in the "purple and scarlet" of human royalty and religious status, but in "fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints" (Revelation 19:8). And even this linen is a gift—it is granted to her, not earned by her.
The Marriage Supper of the Lamb
We have come full circle. The confusion that started in a Garden ends at a Marriage Supper. In Babylon, there is "agitation" and "stirring," but at the table of the Lamb, there is only Rest.
There is no "mixture" at the Marriage Supper. You won't find the "bitter herbs" of the law or the "bricks" of your performance there. You will only find the "New Wine" of the Kingdom—the pure, unadulterated joy of being one with Yah’shua.
The Holy Spirit is speaking to us one last time in this series: The confusion is over.
You don't have to "improve" yourself to be acceptable.
You don't have to "build" a way to God.
You don't have to "mix" your obedience with His grace.
Yah’shua has done it all. He has drunk the cup of mixture so you can drink the cup of blessing. The "Gate of God" system fails, but the Door, Yah’shua, is wide open.
"And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb." (Revelation 19:9)
We are all invited. We are ready. We are enough in Him.
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