Revelation 18:8

Therefore in one day shall her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire; for strong is the Lord God who judged her.

In one day shall her plagues come ... "The prophet sees not a decline and fall, but a sudden collapse.[40] One day the dam will break, and utter lawlessness shall engulf mankind. The tragic thing is that blind and stupid governments are doing nothing to prevent this. The basest of violent criminals are tolerated, protected, excused, and justified by silly laws enacted in the name of humanism.

Death, and mourning, and famine ... It is no light judgment that will fall.

For she shall be utterly burned with fire ... This points squarely to Revelation 17:16,17 for the agencies by which this judgment will come. The kings of the earth, the "ten kings," the ones finally identified as giving their mind to the eighth beast, whose dominion is only "one hour" before the final judgment (an indefinite, but short period), - these are they who shall execute God's wrath upon the whore, and inadvertently upon all mankind at the same time also.

For strong is the Lord God who judgeth her ... Strauss' comment on this was:

She did not consider the greatest of her enemies, the Holy and Righteous God. She thought no one could call her to give an ac count, but the Almighty is the one who judged her; and she was unprepared for that summons.[41]

[40] James Moffatt, op. cit., p. 457.

[41] James D. Strauss, op. cit., p. 226.