Revelation 18

Looking at Revelation 18 according to the alphabet - -is very indirect for the most part. If gematria values were looked at or a Hebrew translation might reveal 'closer hits', although what I do know of Hebrew I didn't see an alphabetical sequence even there. Eighteen is the letter TZADI / TZADIK - the RIGHTEOUS ONE. Jerusalem is called as a TZADIK, to be righteous, but will succumb to a harlot nature. Whether this is by 'her people estranged form Messiah' or by a political take over - is yet a question for history to play out - at least for me. It does say that Jerusalem will be trodden by the Gentiles [other than Jews] until the time of the Gentiles is over. And that most definitely would be of an 'unholy / unrighteous' nature. But for the record:

The Fall of Babylon the Great

) ALEF: MASTER: READY TO ACCEPT CONTROL OR INSTRUCTION
1 After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven,
.. having great authority, and the earth was illuminated with his glory.

b BEYT: HOUSE: SON / WIFE RELATIONSHIP
2 And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, "Babylon the great
.. is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a
.. prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird!

g GIMEL: ANGEL OF DEATH: REWARD or PUNISHMENT / RICH MAN
3 For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication,
.. the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the
.. merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance
.. of her luxury."

d DALET: DOOR: LIFE & DEATH (in the power of the TONGUE) / POOR MAN
4 And I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my
.. people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.

h HEI: EXTENDED ARM: BEHOLD, also TAKE SEED and THOUGHTS, WORDS, ACTIONS
5 For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered
.. her iniquities.

w VAV: NAIL / CONNECT / LIGHT / UPRIGHT MAN
6 Render to her just as she rendered to you, and repay her double according
.. to her works; in the cup which she has mixed, mix double for her.

z ZAYIN: SWORD: WORD of GOD / SABBATH REST / SHABBAT QUEEN
7 In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in
.. the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her
.. heart, "I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.

x CHET: CHUPPA: CONSUMMATE LOVE / LIFE
8 Therefore her plagues will come in one day death and mourning and
.. famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God
.. who judges her.

The World Mourns Babylon's Fall

+ TET: SNAKE or GOOD WORD"
9 The kings of the earth who committed fornication* and lived luxuriously with
.. her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning,
* in bed with the snake

y YUD: HAND: AUTHORITY
10 standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, "Alas, alas, that
.... great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment * has come.'
* Not being able to grasp God's authority / Son - judgment now comes.

k KAF: PALM of hand or CLOUD: POWER to SUPPRESS evil
11 And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her,
.... for no one buys their merchandise anymore:
* Evil has been suppressed

l LAMED: HEART or SHEPHERD STAFF: DISCIPLES
12 merchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen
.... and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kind of object
.... of ivory, every kind of object of most precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;
*desires of the heart

m MEM: WATER / WISDOM of the WORD: MESSIAH
13 and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil,
....fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots,
....and bodies and souls* of men.
* Due to lack of wisdom men have lost their lives.


n NUN: FISH or SEED: KINGDOM HEIR (S) / OFFSPRING
14 The fruit that your soul longed for has gone from you,
.... and all the things which are rich and splendid have gone
.... from you, and you shall find them no more at all.

s SAMEK: CIRCLE or WEDDING RING
15 The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, will stand
.... at a distance for fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
* the one they loved / fornicated with / is now judged

( AYIN: EYE or SHEEP: DIVINE PROVIDENCE
16 and saying, "Alas, alas, that great city that was clothed in fine linen,
.... purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!
* Divine providence for her care.

p PEH: MOUTH: CURSE or BLESSING
17 For in one hour such great riches came to nothing. Every shipmaster,
.... all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood
.... at a distance
* Receiving of curse

c TZADI: FISH HOOK / RIGHTEOUSNESS / CHAOS
18 and cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying,
.... "What is like this great city?'
* Not righteous.

q QUF: MONKEY / EYE of NEEDLE / CROWN
19 They threw dust on their heads and cried out,
.... weeping and wailing, and saying, "Alas, alas, that great city,
.... in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth!
.... For in one hour she is made desolate.'
* Profane rather than holy

r REISH: HEAD / BEGINNING
20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets,
.... for God has avenged you on her! "
* The apostles are foundational / beginning - of the New Jerusalem

Finality of Babylon's Fall

# SHIN: TEETH / FIRE / STEWARD
21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone
.... and threw it into the sea, saying, "Thus with violence the great city
.... Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore.
* No longer has stewardship

t TAV: MARK / SIGN / SEAL / FAITH / MORE
22 The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall
.... not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be
.... found you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be
.... heard in you anymore.
* Those of faith are no longer with her.

j KAF SOFFIT: PALM of hand / CLOUD
23 The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, and the voice of
.... bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For your
.... merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all
.... the nations were deceived.
* Her power was by sorcery.

e MEM SOFFIT: MESSIAH / WATER of the WORD
24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of
.... all who were slain on the earth."

Shin and Tav speak of the millstone - Shechaqim - of which, in Shin / fire / steward, an angel takes something of like kind - - and throws into the sea signifying Babylon's end - - and in TAV [identity] the sound of a millstone, its grinding, the voice of the bridegroom and the bride - - is heard in you no more. The 'righteous' would then be 'with the Lord'.

Selah
Shalom!