Bphlat
February 24th 2005, 01:24 PM
I believe it is a stretch beyond that which Scripture will bear to place America at the center of the prophecies that are devoted to Babylon. Not to say that America has not sunk to Babylonyish-like depths of immorality, but until recently, no one really thought that there was a possibility that America could be Apocalyptic Babylon. The choice for that infamous title was Rome. Actually, all of the scripture references used in the various articles making this proposition could just as validly be used of Rome, as Alexander Hislop proposed in his well-known work "The Two Babylon's."
1. However, in Jeremiah 50-51, where many of the scriptures in these articles are noted, Babylon has both a historical and a geographical ID tag. Historically, it is the same Babylon as that of king Nebuchaddnezar that is in view (50:17; note that both Assyria and Babylon are referenced in this text. Yet Assyria and Egypt will both appear in the last days as historically identifiable realms, i.e., Isaiah 11:11; will it be less so with Babylon?) Geographically, Babylon is associated with the River Euphrates in this passage, and surely the same was true in the mind of the prophet as the stone was cast into the waters (51:63-64) But what seals the identification with certainty is the phrase "land of the Chaldeans," or "inhabitants of Chaldea." (see Jeremiah 50:10, 25, 35, 45, and 51:4 & 35, remembering that Revelation 18 is to a great degree the New Testament restatement of Jeremiah 50 & 51) The term "Chaldea" is a historic territorial designation -- an ethnic and geographic term limited to the Babylonian people and a specific sector of land in southern Mesopotamia (Iraq). In these passages it is used interchangeably with "the land of Babylon," e.g., Jeremiah 51:29. The land of Chaldea is not New York or America.
2. This same Babylon is referred to as a literal city in Revelation 16:19, along with Jerusalem and other literal cities. Jerusalem is identified as the "great city... where also their Lord was crucified." (Rev. 11;8) Babylon is identified as another "great city" (Rev. 17:18) that is called "the Mother of Harlots and of the Abominations of the Earth." (Rev. 17:5) If the title of Jerusalem is literally true, so must be the title of Babylon. Yet, neither America, or Rome/Europe, is the "the Mother of Harlots and of the Abominations of the Earth." That distinction belongs to historical Babylon all the way back to Genesis chapters 10-11.
3. Both Europe & America are "daughters" of "the Mother of Harlots," but they are not the MOTHER. That is an important distinction that is almost always missed. The daughters of the "Mother of Harlots" have overspread the earth, from the far east to the western hemisphere. But the Mother remains in the Euphrates area. That is why the Euphrates continues to pop up in the End Time prophecies as a preeminent geographic location of satanic activity (Rev. 9:14; 16:12).
4. As far as present-day Babylon is concerned, it is predicted in Jeremiah 50:39-40 that "it will never again be inhabited or dwelt in from generation to generation.
As when God overthrew Sodom And Gomorrah with its neighbors," declares the LORD, "No man will live there, Nor will any son of man reside in it." (Jer. 50:39-40) But just HOW deserted will Babylon become? Jeremiah 51:26 explains. ""And they will not take from you even a stone for a corner Nor a stone for foundations, But you will be desolate forever," declares the LORD." The problem with proposing another site is that this particular prophecy has never been fulfilled at the original site! We have photographic evidence that in fact stones from the original city are being reused, as both foundations for rebuilding projects, and as overlaid stones in both Babylon and the nearby town of Hillah. Bible prophecy is too exact to allow this fact to be ignored. In the October, 2003 issue of National Geographic, you can see the new brick resting atop the old in the rebuilt city which Saddam Hussein began. The inscription speaks of the museum & gift shop & a caretaker. In satellite photos we have on file, there are guest houses. All of this is evidence of the fact that the ancient city has not yet attained the Biblical criteria of being "desolate forever."
5. We must remember that Babylon is "the great city," not the "great continent" of hundreds of large cities. Nor is it New York City. The "great city" will again rise to the position of "a dwelling place of demons and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird." (Rev. 18:2) But that center of End Time demonic activity emanates from the River Euphrates. That is the site of original Babylon. And it is fundamentally this "DWELLING PLACE OF DEMONS" -- located here in Revelation 9 at the Euphrates, not in Manhattan --that causes one-third of mankind, the greatest number in all of Scripture, to be killed. (Rev. 9:13-14)
There are too many current & convenient headlines in the articles (and I've seen several) which propose that America is now the Babylon of Bible prophecy. The "daughter harlots" always look like the "Mother of Harlots." The world is full of these offspring 'harlot daughters. But the "Mother of Harlots" still persists on the Euphrates in Iraq as the coming heir of the infamous glories of the Tower of Babel and the city of Nebuchadnezzar. She will continue her prophetic rise to the status of "the great city" of Revelation 18 with the influx of the West into Iraq, and her "daughters" will reconvene to her bosom on the Euphrates as the nucleus of a one-world government and a one-world religion.
In the last days the Bible talks about a dominant city that is a major center of commerce that will be destroyed in one hour. Mystery Babylon The Great. The churches will tell you it is referring to the Vatican in Rome. They are wrong.
To hold the view that this Babylon is referring to the Vatican, you basically ignore 98% of the Scriptures referring to it and hold to one verse that can be easily discredited because a misunderstanding of one term in one verse that can easily be clarified.
Consider this: The former prophets all warned of this coming Great Babylon. Let's look at what each one said about it:
Isaiah said:
1. Babylon would be noted for its architecture, buildings and skyline (Isaiah 13:22)
2. Is the lone super power of the world (Isaiah 47:5,8)
3. Is the most respected and envied around the world and yet at the same time is hated by the world. (Isaiah 18:2)
4. Has a unique and remarkable beginning, different from other nations and has been awe-inspiring from it's conception. (Isaiah 18:2).
5. Babylon would the QUEEN AMONG THE NATIONS (Isa 47:5,7)
6. Babylon would be an END TIME GREAT NATION (Rev 17,18; Isa 13:6)
7. Babylon is called a lady, and has the symbol of the Lady (Isa 47:7-9). "LIBERTY" on our money, and sits in the New York Harbor.
8. Babylon is nation "peeled", or timbered, a land of open fields (Isa 18:2).
9. Babylon is land quartered by mighty rivers (Isa 18:2).
10. Babylon is a land that is measured out, and populated throughout (Isa 18:2).
11. Babylon destroys her own land, with pollution and waste (Isa 14:20, 18:2, 7).
12. Babylon is the leading INDUSTRIAL NATION OF THE WORLD
13. Babylon has a huge aviation program (Isa 14:13-14;
14. Babylon is a REPUBLIC or a DEMOCRACY, it is ruled by many counsels (Isa 47:13).
15. Babylon's governmental system breaks down (Isa 47:13).
16. Babylon is bogged down with deliberations and cannot govern properly (Isa 47:13).
17. Babylon's leaders use astrology, seers and mystics for guidance (Isa 47:13; Rev 18:2).
18. Babylon labored in the occult from her very inception (Isa 47:12).
19. Babylon is a nation of religious confusion (Isa 47:12-13).
20. THE KING OF BABYLON is called LUCIFER, the ANTICHRIST (Isa 14:4-6).
21. The King of Babylon will rule from THE GREAT CITY BABYLON (Isa 14:4-6; Rev 17: 18).
22. A world government entity will rise up to rule the world from BABYLON THE CITY
23. This entity will rise up and use the military power of Babylon the nation to RULE THE WORLD (Isa 14:4-6;
24.Babylon is a nation of higher education and learning (Isa47:10, implied throughout).
25. Babylon is a VIRGIN NATION, her lands untouched by major war (Isa 47:1).9. Babylon's enemy will lie on the opposite side of the world,over the poles (Isa 13:5)
26. The enemy of Babylon will be noted for her cruelty (Isa 13,14, Jer 50, 51, Rev 17, 18).
27. The people of Babylon would think they are God's elect and eternal (Isa 47:7-8,
28. The nation Babylon dwells carelessly before the Lord (Isa 47:8).
29. Babylon becomes proud, haughty, and does not consider her end (Isa 47:7-8).
30. Babylon deals in the occult, in sorceries and drugs (Isa 47:9, 12; Rev 18:23)
31. The people of Babylon are deep into astrology and spiritism (Isa 47:12; Rev 18:2).
32. Babylon's enemy will lie on the opposite side of the world,over the poles (Isa 13:5)
Jeremiah prophesied:
1. Babylon would be the center of a one world Luciferian religious movement (Jer 51:44)
2. Babylon would be the youngest and greatest of the end time nations (Jer 50:12). USA
3. Babylon would be the most powerful nation in the world (Isa 47, Jer 50, 51, Rev 18). USA
4. Babylon would be the HAMMER OF THE WHOLE EARTH (Jer 50:23; Rev 18:23). USA
5. Babylon would be the praise of the WHOLE EARTH (Jer 51:41). USA
6. Babylon is a land rich in mineral wealth (Jer 51:13).
7. Babylon is a the leading agricultural nation of the world (Jer 50, 51; Rev 18).
8. Babylon is the leading exporting nation in the world (Jer 51:13; Rev 18).
9. Babylon is the leading importing nation of the entire world.(Jer 50, 51; Rev 18).
10. Babylon is a nation filled with warehouses and granaries (Jer 50:26).
11. Babylon is the leading INDUSTRIAL NATION OF THE WORLD (Isa 13, 47, Jer 50, 51; Rev 18).
12. Babylon is noted for her horses (Jer 50:37). Think Kentucky
13. Babylon is noted for her cattle, sheep and other livestock (Jer 50:26, 27; Rev 18:13).
14. Babylon is noted for her fine flour and mill operations (Rev 18:13)
15. Babylon is a nation of farmers and harvests huge crops (Jer 50:16, 26, 27).28. Babylon has a huge aviation program (Isa 14:13-14; Jer 51:53; Hab 1:6-10).
16. Babylon's skies are filled with the whisper of aircraft wings (Isa 18:1; Jer 51:53).
17. Babylon has a huge space industry, has "mounted up to the heavens" (Jer 51:53).
18. Babylon fortifies her skies with a huge military aviation program (Jer 51:53).
19. Babylon is portrayed as a leading in high tech weapons and abilities (Jer 51:53; Hab 1:6-10; implied throughout).
20. Babylon is a coastal nation and sits upon MANY WATERS (Jer 51:13).
21. Babylon is nation filled with a "mingled" people (Jer 50:37).
22. Babylon is a SINGULAR NATION founded upon OUT OF MANY, ONE (Isa 13, 47, Jer 50, 51, Hab 1).
23. Babylon was born as a CHRISTIAN NATION (Jer 50:12).
24. Babylon turns upon its heritage and destroys it all in the end (Jer 50:11).
25. Babylon's Christian leaders lead their flock astray in prophecy and salvation (Jer 50:6; implied Rev 18:2).
26. Babylon's Christian leaders are "strangers" in the Lord Houses of Worship (Jer 51:51).
27. Babylon sets of detention centers for Jews and Christians and rounds them up for extermination (Jer 50:7, 33; 51:35, 49; Rev 17:6; 18:24).
28. Babylon has a mother nation that remains in existence from her birth to death (Jer 50: 12). (ENGLAND)
29. The mother of Babylon has the symbol of the LION (Dan7:4; Eze 38:13; Jer 51:38; Psalms 17:12).
30. The mother of Babylon will rule over her daughter her entire life (Dan 7:4; Jer 50:12). Follow the money, we are under total control of England's Banks, and have been since 1914
31. The mother of Babylon will be a state of major decline as the end nears (Jer 50:12).
32. Babylon is considered to be a lion's whelp (Eze 38:13; Jer 51:38).58.
33. Babylon will have the symbol of the EAGLE and builds her nest in the stars (Dan 7:4 EAGLE WINGS; Isa 14:13-14; Jer 51:53). Who else has a space program as we do?
34. Babylon is a huge producer and exporter of automobiles (Jer 50:37; Rev 18:13).
35. Babylon is a nation of CRAFTSMEN, experts in their trade (Jer 50, 51, Rev 18:22).
36. Babylon is a nation with a GREAT VOICE in world affairs (Jer 51:55)
37 .Babylon will be instrumental in the setting up of Israel in the Middle East, and is the home of God's people (Jer 50:47;51:45).
38. Babylon will have a major enemy to her north (Jer 50:3, 9, 41).
39. The enemy of Babylon will also have a huge aviation military machine (Jer 50:9, 14, Rev 18:8, 18 implied throughout).
40. Babylon will have all of her borders cut off, and there will be no way of escape (Jer 50:28; 51:32).
41. Babylon is land vast land with huge cities, towns and villages throughout (Implied throughout).
42. Babylon will have been a huge missionary nation for Jesus Christ (Jer 50:11; 51:7).
43. Babylon would be a home to multitudes of Jews who leave (Jer 50:4-6, 8; 51:6, 45)
44. The people of Babylon would not know their true identity(Jer 50:6, implied throughout).
45. The people of Babylon would grow mad upon their idols (Jer 50:2, 38; Hab 2:18).
46. How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! -Jeremiah 50:23
47. O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillars; and they shall lift up a shout against thee. -Jeremiah 51:12-14
48. Plays a leadership role in Outer Space Exploration (Jer. 51:3)
49. Is where the world's leaders meet and assemble (Jer. 51:44)
50. Incorporated many aspects of the old Babylonian religion (Jer. 50:2).
The Apostle John said in the Book of Revelation:
1. Babylon deals in the occult, in sorceries and drugs (Isa 47:9, 12; Rev 18:23)
2. The people of Babylon would go into deep sins of all kinds (Rev 18:5).
3. The people of Babylon would think they are God's elect and eternal (Isa 47:7-8, Rev 18:7).
4. The people of Babylon would enjoy the highest standard of living in the world (Rev 18:7).
5. Babylon will be destroyed by nuclear fire (Implied throughout)
6. Babylon is land vast land with huge cities, towns and villages throughout (Implied throughout).
7. The enemy of Babylon will be noted for her cruelty (Isa 13,14, Jer 50, 51, Rev 17, 18).
8. The enemy of Babylon will also have a huge aviation military machine (Jer 50:9, 14, Rev 18:8, 18 implied throughout).
9. Babylon has a vast military machine (Jer 50:36; 51:30; Hab 1 & 2, Rev 13:4).
10. This entity will rise up and use the military power of Babylon the nation to RULE THE WORLD (Isa 14:4-6; Hab 1 & 2, Rev 13, 17).
11. Babylon is a huge producer and exporter of automobiles (Jer 50:37; Rev 18:13).
12. Babylon is a nation of CRAFTSMEN, experts in their trade (Jer 50, 51, Rev 18:22).
13. Babylon is noted for her jewelry of gold and silver (Rev 18:22).
14. Babylon is a huge importer and exporter of spices (Rev 18:13).
15. Babylon is a huge exporter of fine marble products (Rev 18:22).
16. Babylon is noted for her iron and steel production (Rev 18:12).
17. Babylon has huge corporations that have bases around the world (Rev 18:23, implied throughout)
18. A world government entity will rise up to rule the world from BABYLON THE CITY (Isa 14; Hab 2, Rev 13, 17, 18).
19. Babylon turns totally antichrist and is the leading antichrist power at the end (Rev 18:2; Isa 14:4-6).
20. The King of Babylon will rule from THE GREAT CITY BABYLON (Isa 14:4-6; Rev 17: 18).
21. Babylon turns upon its own people and imprisons and slays them by millions (Jer 50:7,33; 51:35; 39; Dan 7:25; Rev 13:7;17:6; 18:24).
22. Babylon sets of detention centers for Jews and Christians and rounds them up for extermination (Jer 50:7, 33; 51:35, 49; Rev 17:6; 18:24).
23. The people of Babylon are deep into astrology and spiritism (Isa 47:12; Rev 18:2).
24. Babylon becomes the home of all antichrist religions in the world (Rev 18:2).
25. Babylon's Christian leaders lead their flock astray in prophecy and salvation (Jer 50:6; implied Rev 18:2).
26. Babylon falls to the occult just before her end by nuclear fire (Rev 18:2)
27. Babylon's leaders use astrology, seers and mystics for guidance (Isa 47:13; Rev 18:2).
28. Babylon trades with all who have ships in the sea year round(Rev 18:17-18).
29. Babylon is a nation filled with warm water seaports (Rev 18:17-19).
30. Babylon is a huge exporter of MUSIC (Rev 18:22).
31. Babylon's musicians are known around the world (Rev 18:22)
32. Babylon is noted for her cattle, sheep and other livestock (Jer 50:26, 27; Rev 18:13).
33. Babylon is noted for her fine flour and mill operations (Rev 18:13)
34. Babylon is the leading INDUSTRIAL NATION OF THE WORLD (Isa 13, 47, Jer 50, 51; Rev 18).
35. Babylon is a the leading agricultural nation of the world (Jer 50, 51; Rev 18).
36. Babylon is the leading exporting nation in the world (Jer 51:13; Rev 18).
37. Babylon is the leading importing nation of the entire world.(Jer 50, 51; Rev 18).
38. Babylon is center of world trade (Jer 51:44; Rev 17:18; 18:19).USA
39. Babylon would grow to be the richest nation in the world (Rev 18:3, 7, 19, 23). USA
40. All nations that traded with Babylon would grow rich (Rev 18:3). USA
41. The merchants of Babylon were the GREAT MEN OF THE EARTH (Rev 18:23). USA, all one need to do is look at the huge multi-national corporations that exist. American companies (merchants) the greatest on Earth.
42. Babylon would the QUEEN AMONG THE NATIONS (Isa 47:5,7; Rev 18:7). USA
43. Babylon would be the most powerful nation in the world (Isa 47, Jer 50, 51, Rev 18). USA
44. Babylon would be the HAMMER OF THE WHOLE EARTH (Jer 50:23; Rev 18:23). USA
45. Babylon would be the center for the move to a global economic order (Rev 13:16).
46. The Great City Babylon would be the economic nerve center of the world (Rev 18:3). New York is the Financial Capital of the World.
47. Babylon would be an END TIME GREAT NATION (Rev 17,18; Isa 13:6).
48. Babylon would have a huge seaport city within its borders (Rev 18:17). New York harbor is the biggest in theWorld.
49. The Great City Babylon is the home of a world government attempt (Rev 17:18). This can only be NEW YORK, where the United Nations sits.
50. Is considered intoxicating for it's high society lifestyle (Rev. 17:2, 18:3,23)
51. Is noted for its elegant and extravagant lifestyle (Rev. 18:14).
52. Is noted for being a city/nation of immigrants from all over the world (Rev. 18:15).
53. Is noted for a massive population (Rev. 18:15).
54. Is noted for its importation of drugs (Rev. 18:23).
55.Is the leading center of Commerce (Rev. 17:2)
56. Is the leading center of imports and consumption (Rev. 18:11)
57.Is a leading center of manufacturing (Rev. 18:22)
58. Is the center for world trade in gold, silver, copper, oil, precious gems, cloth, clothing, fashions, lumber, containers, household items, furniture, wine, livestock, transportation, health products, cosmetics, spices, marble, irony, and iron. (Rev. 18:11-13)
I don't know about you, but from my studying, BABYLON that is spoken of in The Bible sounds an awful lot like America to me.
Does anyone here share the same thought(s)?
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1. However, in Jeremiah 50-51, where many of the scriptures in these articles are noted, Babylon has both a historical and a geographical ID tag. Historically, it is the same Babylon as that of king Nebuchaddnezar that is in view (50:17; note that both Assyria and Babylon are referenced in this text. Yet Assyria and Egypt will both appear in the last days as historically identifiable realms, i.e., Isaiah 11:11; will it be less so with Babylon?) Geographically, Babylon is associated with the River Euphrates in this passage, and surely the same was true in the mind of the prophet as the stone was cast into the waters (51:63-64) But what seals the identification with certainty is the phrase "land of the Chaldeans," or "inhabitants of Chaldea." (see Jeremiah 50:10, 25, 35, 45, and 51:4 & 35, remembering that Revelation 18 is to a great degree the New Testament restatement of Jeremiah 50 & 51) The term "Chaldea" is a historic territorial designation -- an ethnic and geographic term limited to the Babylonian people and a specific sector of land in southern Mesopotamia (Iraq). In these passages it is used interchangeably with "the land of Babylon," e.g., Jeremiah 51:29. The land of Chaldea is not New York or America.
2. This same Babylon is referred to as a literal city in Revelation 16:19, along with Jerusalem and other literal cities. Jerusalem is identified as the "great city... where also their Lord was crucified." (Rev. 11;8) Babylon is identified as another "great city" (Rev. 17:18) that is called "the Mother of Harlots and of the Abominations of the Earth." (Rev. 17:5) If the title of Jerusalem is literally true, so must be the title of Babylon. Yet, neither America, or Rome/Europe, is the "the Mother of Harlots and of the Abominations of the Earth." That distinction belongs to historical Babylon all the way back to Genesis chapters 10-11.
3. Both Europe & America are "daughters" of "the Mother of Harlots," but they are not the MOTHER. That is an important distinction that is almost always missed. The daughters of the "Mother of Harlots" have overspread the earth, from the far east to the western hemisphere. But the Mother remains in the Euphrates area. That is why the Euphrates continues to pop up in the End Time prophecies as a preeminent geographic location of satanic activity (Rev. 9:14; 16:12).
4. As far as present-day Babylon is concerned, it is predicted in Jeremiah 50:39-40 that "it will never again be inhabited or dwelt in from generation to generation.
As when God overthrew Sodom And Gomorrah with its neighbors," declares the LORD, "No man will live there, Nor will any son of man reside in it." (Jer. 50:39-40) But just HOW deserted will Babylon become? Jeremiah 51:26 explains. ""And they will not take from you even a stone for a corner Nor a stone for foundations, But you will be desolate forever," declares the LORD." The problem with proposing another site is that this particular prophecy has never been fulfilled at the original site! We have photographic evidence that in fact stones from the original city are being reused, as both foundations for rebuilding projects, and as overlaid stones in both Babylon and the nearby town of Hillah. Bible prophecy is too exact to allow this fact to be ignored. In the October, 2003 issue of National Geographic, you can see the new brick resting atop the old in the rebuilt city which Saddam Hussein began. The inscription speaks of the museum & gift shop & a caretaker. In satellite photos we have on file, there are guest houses. All of this is evidence of the fact that the ancient city has not yet attained the Biblical criteria of being "desolate forever."
5. We must remember that Babylon is "the great city," not the "great continent" of hundreds of large cities. Nor is it New York City. The "great city" will again rise to the position of "a dwelling place of demons and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird." (Rev. 18:2) But that center of End Time demonic activity emanates from the River Euphrates. That is the site of original Babylon. And it is fundamentally this "DWELLING PLACE OF DEMONS" -- located here in Revelation 9 at the Euphrates, not in Manhattan --that causes one-third of mankind, the greatest number in all of Scripture, to be killed. (Rev. 9:13-14)
There are too many current & convenient headlines in the articles (and I've seen several) which propose that America is now the Babylon of Bible prophecy. The "daughter harlots" always look like the "Mother of Harlots." The world is full of these offspring 'harlot daughters. But the "Mother of Harlots" still persists on the Euphrates in Iraq as the coming heir of the infamous glories of the Tower of Babel and the city of Nebuchadnezzar. She will continue her prophetic rise to the status of "the great city" of Revelation 18 with the influx of the West into Iraq, and her "daughters" will reconvene to her bosom on the Euphrates as the nucleus of a one-world government and a one-world religion.
In the last days the Bible talks about a dominant city that is a major center of commerce that will be destroyed in one hour. Mystery Babylon The Great. The churches will tell you it is referring to the Vatican in Rome. They are wrong.
To hold the view that this Babylon is referring to the Vatican, you basically ignore 98% of the Scriptures referring to it and hold to one verse that can be easily discredited because a misunderstanding of one term in one verse that can easily be clarified.
Consider this: The former prophets all warned of this coming Great Babylon. Let's look at what each one said about it:
Isaiah said:
1. Babylon would be noted for its architecture, buildings and skyline (Isaiah 13:22)
2. Is the lone super power of the world (Isaiah 47:5,8)
3. Is the most respected and envied around the world and yet at the same time is hated by the world. (Isaiah 18:2)
4. Has a unique and remarkable beginning, different from other nations and has been awe-inspiring from it's conception. (Isaiah 18:2).
5. Babylon would the QUEEN AMONG THE NATIONS (Isa 47:5,7)
6. Babylon would be an END TIME GREAT NATION (Rev 17,18; Isa 13:6)
7. Babylon is called a lady, and has the symbol of the Lady (Isa 47:7-9). "LIBERTY" on our money, and sits in the New York Harbor.
8. Babylon is nation "peeled", or timbered, a land of open fields (Isa 18:2).
9. Babylon is land quartered by mighty rivers (Isa 18:2).
10. Babylon is a land that is measured out, and populated throughout (Isa 18:2).
11. Babylon destroys her own land, with pollution and waste (Isa 14:20, 18:2, 7).
12. Babylon is the leading INDUSTRIAL NATION OF THE WORLD
13. Babylon has a huge aviation program (Isa 14:13-14;
14. Babylon is a REPUBLIC or a DEMOCRACY, it is ruled by many counsels (Isa 47:13).
15. Babylon's governmental system breaks down (Isa 47:13).
16. Babylon is bogged down with deliberations and cannot govern properly (Isa 47:13).
17. Babylon's leaders use astrology, seers and mystics for guidance (Isa 47:13; Rev 18:2).
18. Babylon labored in the occult from her very inception (Isa 47:12).
19. Babylon is a nation of religious confusion (Isa 47:12-13).
20. THE KING OF BABYLON is called LUCIFER, the ANTICHRIST (Isa 14:4-6).
21. The King of Babylon will rule from THE GREAT CITY BABYLON (Isa 14:4-6; Rev 17: 18).
22. A world government entity will rise up to rule the world from BABYLON THE CITY
23. This entity will rise up and use the military power of Babylon the nation to RULE THE WORLD (Isa 14:4-6;
24.Babylon is a nation of higher education and learning (Isa47:10, implied throughout).
25. Babylon is a VIRGIN NATION, her lands untouched by major war (Isa 47:1).9. Babylon's enemy will lie on the opposite side of the world,over the poles (Isa 13:5)
26. The enemy of Babylon will be noted for her cruelty (Isa 13,14, Jer 50, 51, Rev 17, 18).
27. The people of Babylon would think they are God's elect and eternal (Isa 47:7-8,
28. The nation Babylon dwells carelessly before the Lord (Isa 47:8).
29. Babylon becomes proud, haughty, and does not consider her end (Isa 47:7-8).
30. Babylon deals in the occult, in sorceries and drugs (Isa 47:9, 12; Rev 18:23)
31. The people of Babylon are deep into astrology and spiritism (Isa 47:12; Rev 18:2).
32. Babylon's enemy will lie on the opposite side of the world,over the poles (Isa 13:5)
Jeremiah prophesied:
1. Babylon would be the center of a one world Luciferian religious movement (Jer 51:44)
2. Babylon would be the youngest and greatest of the end time nations (Jer 50:12). USA
3. Babylon would be the most powerful nation in the world (Isa 47, Jer 50, 51, Rev 18). USA
4. Babylon would be the HAMMER OF THE WHOLE EARTH (Jer 50:23; Rev 18:23). USA
5. Babylon would be the praise of the WHOLE EARTH (Jer 51:41). USA
6. Babylon is a land rich in mineral wealth (Jer 51:13).
7. Babylon is a the leading agricultural nation of the world (Jer 50, 51; Rev 18).
8. Babylon is the leading exporting nation in the world (Jer 51:13; Rev 18).
9. Babylon is the leading importing nation of the entire world.(Jer 50, 51; Rev 18).
10. Babylon is a nation filled with warehouses and granaries (Jer 50:26).
11. Babylon is the leading INDUSTRIAL NATION OF THE WORLD (Isa 13, 47, Jer 50, 51; Rev 18).
12. Babylon is noted for her horses (Jer 50:37). Think Kentucky
13. Babylon is noted for her cattle, sheep and other livestock (Jer 50:26, 27; Rev 18:13).
14. Babylon is noted for her fine flour and mill operations (Rev 18:13)
15. Babylon is a nation of farmers and harvests huge crops (Jer 50:16, 26, 27).28. Babylon has a huge aviation program (Isa 14:13-14; Jer 51:53; Hab 1:6-10).
16. Babylon's skies are filled with the whisper of aircraft wings (Isa 18:1; Jer 51:53).
17. Babylon has a huge space industry, has "mounted up to the heavens" (Jer 51:53).
18. Babylon fortifies her skies with a huge military aviation program (Jer 51:53).
19. Babylon is portrayed as a leading in high tech weapons and abilities (Jer 51:53; Hab 1:6-10; implied throughout).
20. Babylon is a coastal nation and sits upon MANY WATERS (Jer 51:13).
21. Babylon is nation filled with a "mingled" people (Jer 50:37).
22. Babylon is a SINGULAR NATION founded upon OUT OF MANY, ONE (Isa 13, 47, Jer 50, 51, Hab 1).
23. Babylon was born as a CHRISTIAN NATION (Jer 50:12).
24. Babylon turns upon its heritage and destroys it all in the end (Jer 50:11).
25. Babylon's Christian leaders lead their flock astray in prophecy and salvation (Jer 50:6; implied Rev 18:2).
26. Babylon's Christian leaders are "strangers" in the Lord Houses of Worship (Jer 51:51).
27. Babylon sets of detention centers for Jews and Christians and rounds them up for extermination (Jer 50:7, 33; 51:35, 49; Rev 17:6; 18:24).
28. Babylon has a mother nation that remains in existence from her birth to death (Jer 50: 12). (ENGLAND)
29. The mother of Babylon has the symbol of the LION (Dan7:4; Eze 38:13; Jer 51:38; Psalms 17:12).
30. The mother of Babylon will rule over her daughter her entire life (Dan 7:4; Jer 50:12). Follow the money, we are under total control of England's Banks, and have been since 1914
31. The mother of Babylon will be a state of major decline as the end nears (Jer 50:12).
32. Babylon is considered to be a lion's whelp (Eze 38:13; Jer 51:38).58.
33. Babylon will have the symbol of the EAGLE and builds her nest in the stars (Dan 7:4 EAGLE WINGS; Isa 14:13-14; Jer 51:53). Who else has a space program as we do?
34. Babylon is a huge producer and exporter of automobiles (Jer 50:37; Rev 18:13).
35. Babylon is a nation of CRAFTSMEN, experts in their trade (Jer 50, 51, Rev 18:22).
36. Babylon is a nation with a GREAT VOICE in world affairs (Jer 51:55)
37 .Babylon will be instrumental in the setting up of Israel in the Middle East, and is the home of God's people (Jer 50:47;51:45).
38. Babylon will have a major enemy to her north (Jer 50:3, 9, 41).
39. The enemy of Babylon will also have a huge aviation military machine (Jer 50:9, 14, Rev 18:8, 18 implied throughout).
40. Babylon will have all of her borders cut off, and there will be no way of escape (Jer 50:28; 51:32).
41. Babylon is land vast land with huge cities, towns and villages throughout (Implied throughout).
42. Babylon will have been a huge missionary nation for Jesus Christ (Jer 50:11; 51:7).
43. Babylon would be a home to multitudes of Jews who leave (Jer 50:4-6, 8; 51:6, 45)
44. The people of Babylon would not know their true identity(Jer 50:6, implied throughout).
45. The people of Babylon would grow mad upon their idols (Jer 50:2, 38; Hab 2:18).
46. How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! -Jeremiah 50:23
47. O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillars; and they shall lift up a shout against thee. -Jeremiah 51:12-14
48. Plays a leadership role in Outer Space Exploration (Jer. 51:3)
49. Is where the world's leaders meet and assemble (Jer. 51:44)
50. Incorporated many aspects of the old Babylonian religion (Jer. 50:2).
The Apostle John said in the Book of Revelation:
1. Babylon deals in the occult, in sorceries and drugs (Isa 47:9, 12; Rev 18:23)
2. The people of Babylon would go into deep sins of all kinds (Rev 18:5).
3. The people of Babylon would think they are God's elect and eternal (Isa 47:7-8, Rev 18:7).
4. The people of Babylon would enjoy the highest standard of living in the world (Rev 18:7).
5. Babylon will be destroyed by nuclear fire (Implied throughout)
6. Babylon is land vast land with huge cities, towns and villages throughout (Implied throughout).
7. The enemy of Babylon will be noted for her cruelty (Isa 13,14, Jer 50, 51, Rev 17, 18).
8. The enemy of Babylon will also have a huge aviation military machine (Jer 50:9, 14, Rev 18:8, 18 implied throughout).
9. Babylon has a vast military machine (Jer 50:36; 51:30; Hab 1 & 2, Rev 13:4).
10. This entity will rise up and use the military power of Babylon the nation to RULE THE WORLD (Isa 14:4-6; Hab 1 & 2, Rev 13, 17).
11. Babylon is a huge producer and exporter of automobiles (Jer 50:37; Rev 18:13).
12. Babylon is a nation of CRAFTSMEN, experts in their trade (Jer 50, 51, Rev 18:22).
13. Babylon is noted for her jewelry of gold and silver (Rev 18:22).
14. Babylon is a huge importer and exporter of spices (Rev 18:13).
15. Babylon is a huge exporter of fine marble products (Rev 18:22).
16. Babylon is noted for her iron and steel production (Rev 18:12).
17. Babylon has huge corporations that have bases around the world (Rev 18:23, implied throughout)
18. A world government entity will rise up to rule the world from BABYLON THE CITY (Isa 14; Hab 2, Rev 13, 17, 18).
19. Babylon turns totally antichrist and is the leading antichrist power at the end (Rev 18:2; Isa 14:4-6).
20. The King of Babylon will rule from THE GREAT CITY BABYLON (Isa 14:4-6; Rev 17: 18).
21. Babylon turns upon its own people and imprisons and slays them by millions (Jer 50:7,33; 51:35; 39; Dan 7:25; Rev 13:7;17:6; 18:24).
22. Babylon sets of detention centers for Jews and Christians and rounds them up for extermination (Jer 50:7, 33; 51:35, 49; Rev 17:6; 18:24).
23. The people of Babylon are deep into astrology and spiritism (Isa 47:12; Rev 18:2).
24. Babylon becomes the home of all antichrist religions in the world (Rev 18:2).
25. Babylon's Christian leaders lead their flock astray in prophecy and salvation (Jer 50:6; implied Rev 18:2).
26. Babylon falls to the occult just before her end by nuclear fire (Rev 18:2)
27. Babylon's leaders use astrology, seers and mystics for guidance (Isa 47:13; Rev 18:2).
28. Babylon trades with all who have ships in the sea year round(Rev 18:17-18).
29. Babylon is a nation filled with warm water seaports (Rev 18:17-19).
30. Babylon is a huge exporter of MUSIC (Rev 18:22).
31. Babylon's musicians are known around the world (Rev 18:22)
32. Babylon is noted for her cattle, sheep and other livestock (Jer 50:26, 27; Rev 18:13).
33. Babylon is noted for her fine flour and mill operations (Rev 18:13)
34. Babylon is the leading INDUSTRIAL NATION OF THE WORLD (Isa 13, 47, Jer 50, 51; Rev 18).
35. Babylon is a the leading agricultural nation of the world (Jer 50, 51; Rev 18).
36. Babylon is the leading exporting nation in the world (Jer 51:13; Rev 18).
37. Babylon is the leading importing nation of the entire world.(Jer 50, 51; Rev 18).
38. Babylon is center of world trade (Jer 51:44; Rev 17:18; 18:19).USA
39. Babylon would grow to be the richest nation in the world (Rev 18:3, 7, 19, 23). USA
40. All nations that traded with Babylon would grow rich (Rev 18:3). USA
41. The merchants of Babylon were the GREAT MEN OF THE EARTH (Rev 18:23). USA, all one need to do is look at the huge multi-national corporations that exist. American companies (merchants) the greatest on Earth.
42. Babylon would the QUEEN AMONG THE NATIONS (Isa 47:5,7; Rev 18:7). USA
43. Babylon would be the most powerful nation in the world (Isa 47, Jer 50, 51, Rev 18). USA
44. Babylon would be the HAMMER OF THE WHOLE EARTH (Jer 50:23; Rev 18:23). USA
45. Babylon would be the center for the move to a global economic order (Rev 13:16).
46. The Great City Babylon would be the economic nerve center of the world (Rev 18:3). New York is the Financial Capital of the World.
47. Babylon would be an END TIME GREAT NATION (Rev 17,18; Isa 13:6).
48. Babylon would have a huge seaport city within its borders (Rev 18:17). New York harbor is the biggest in theWorld.
49. The Great City Babylon is the home of a world government attempt (Rev 17:18). This can only be NEW YORK, where the United Nations sits.
50. Is considered intoxicating for it's high society lifestyle (Rev. 17:2, 18:3,23)
51. Is noted for its elegant and extravagant lifestyle (Rev. 18:14).
52. Is noted for being a city/nation of immigrants from all over the world (Rev. 18:15).
53. Is noted for a massive population (Rev. 18:15).
54. Is noted for its importation of drugs (Rev. 18:23).
55.Is the leading center of Commerce (Rev. 17:2)
56. Is the leading center of imports and consumption (Rev. 18:11)
57.Is a leading center of manufacturing (Rev. 18:22)
58. Is the center for world trade in gold, silver, copper, oil, precious gems, cloth, clothing, fashions, lumber, containers, household items, furniture, wine, livestock, transportation, health products, cosmetics, spices, marble, irony, and iron. (Rev. 18:11-13)
I don't know about you, but from my studying, BABYLON that is spoken of in The Bible sounds an awful lot like America to me.
Does anyone here share the same thought(s)?
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