Now in the opening of the nineteenth chapter we have the rejoicing of heaven over the judgment of the harlot city. A great voice of much people in heaven says: "Alleluia; salvation, and glory, and honor and power, unto the Lord our God; for true and righteous are his judgments; for he hath judged the great whore, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand." This is sufficient to show that we are still dealing with the series of events that occupied the book from the thirteenth chapter onwards. Let it be kept clearly in mind that the theme has not changed thus far, that the events of the story are well knit or close woven.