Great Noise

Could Great Noise be another reference to Babylon? Let's examine.

GREAT NOISE: BABYLON USED OF GOD IN JUDGMENT?

2Pe 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a GREAT NOISE, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Zec 9:15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a NOISE as **through wine**; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.

Isa 28:7 But they also have ERRED **through wine**, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

Ex 20:18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the NOISE of the trumpet, and the mountain SMOKING: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.

Joe 2:5 Like the NOISE of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the NOISE of a **flame of fire** that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

Jer 5:14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make ** my words in thy mouth FIRE**, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

Eze 43:2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a NOISE of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.

Re 1:15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his VOICE as the sound of many waters.

Eze 37:7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a NOISE, and behold a SHAKING, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.

Eze 26:10 By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the NOISE of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.

Isa 17:12 Woe to the **multitude of many people**, which make a NOISE like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!

La 2:7 The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a NOISE in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.

Ex 32:17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a NOISE of **war** in the camp.

Jer 4:19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the SOUND OF THE TRUMPET, the alarm of **war**.

GREAT NOISE DESTROYED: BABYLON JUDGED OF GOD?

Jer 51:55 Because the LORD hath spoiled BABYLON, and destroyed out of her the GREAT VOICE; when her waves do roar like great waters, a NOISE of their voice is uttered:

Jer 50:46 At the NOISE of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.

Jer 49:21 The earth is moved at the NOISE of their **fall**, at the cry the NOISE thereof was heard in the Red sea.

Re 14:8 And there followed another angel, saying, BABYLON is **fallen**, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

Re 18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the VOICE of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

Isa 29:6 Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and GREAT NOISE, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.

Isa 14:11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the NOISE of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

Isa 13:4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great PEOPLE; a tumultuous NOISE of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.

MAKING A NOISE UNTO THE LORD: FAITHFULNESS OF THE REDEEMED BODY?

Ps 100:1 Make a JOYFUL NOISE unto the LORD, all ye lands.

Ps 93:4 The LORD on high is mightier than the NOISE of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.

Ps 33:3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a LOUD NOISE.

Ps 65:7 Which stilleth the NOISE of the **seas**, the NOISE of their waves, and the tumult of the people.

Mt 8:26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and **the sea**; and there was a great calm.

Job 37:2 Hear attentively the NOISE of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.

Jer 5:14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make MY WORDS IN THY MOUTH FIRE, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

Mic 2:12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make GREAT NOISE by reason of {} men.

Eze 26:13 And I will cause the NOISE of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.

PASSING AWAY: DEATH OF THE CHURCH?

2Pe 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which **the heavens** shall PASS AWAY with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Mt 24:35 **Heaven and earth** shall PASS AWAY, but my words shall not pass away.

Job 34:20 In a moment shall they die, and **the people** shall be troubled at midnight, and PASS AWAY: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.

Jas 1:10 But **the rich**, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall PASS AWAY.

Lu 21:32 Verily I say unto you, **This generation** shall not PASS AWAY, till all be fulfilled.

Re 18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city **Babylon** be thrown down, and shall be FOUND NO MORE AT ALL.

SUMMARY CONCLUSION

The Bible appears to associating Great Noise with Babylon. It is the voice of war as the church falls in tribulation with false gospels. God brings judgment on Babylon by giving her up to her own devices destroying herself in judgment. The redeemed believers, however, make a joyful or loud noise to God (revelation of Christ) as they come out of Babylon.