Revelation 8:13 Revelation 8:13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound! By this angel, we may understand Christ or some of his holy angels, or some of his prophetical angels; that is, some of his ministers, or messengers: And for the better understanding of this verse, I shall premise a few things; First, that heaven and earth, in this prophecy, of the Revelation, are often used metaphorically. \ Secondly, that the inhabitants of the earth are put in opposition to them that dwell in heaven. \ Thirdly, as by heaven is meant Sion so by earth we may understand Babylon. \ Now I proceed; by the inhabitors of the earth, here we are to understand those people who are members of, and continue in the anti-Christian state of the Roman papal church, (called mystery Babylon, Revelation 17:5 the great whore and mother of harlots) both ministers and people, who have been made drunk with wine of her fornications, \ and do worship the beast, or his image, \ or received the mark in their forehead, or in their hand. Those are the persons and people against whom these three woes are denounced by Christ and angels. \ If any man worship the Beast and his Image, and receive his Mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture, etc.