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Babylon

• Mentioned over 300 times in the Bible

• Alluded to 3 times in Christ’s genealogy

• Capital of the

– 1 st World Dictator

– The Last World Dictator

• A “Litmus Test” for the literal view…

The Origin of Babylon

• The first world dictator: Nimrod (“Rebel”).

– “a mighty hunter in defiance of the Lord.”

Genesis 10:9

– “Bav” = gate; “El” = God:

Babel = “Gateway to the gods”

• This was the beginning of the city of Babylon.

– This ziggurat was later rebuilt by

Nebuchadnezzar as Etemenanki, “the

building which is the foundation of heaven

and earth.”

Vision of the Woman in a Basket

5 Then the angel who talked with me came out and said to me, “Lift your eyes now, and see what this is that goes forth.”

6 So I asked, “What is it?” And he said, “It is a basket[a] that is going forth.”

He also said, “This is their resemblance throughout the earth: 7 Here is a lead disc lifted up, and this is a woman sitting inside the basket”; 8 then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he thrust her down into the basket, and threw the lead cover[b] over its mouth. 9 Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were two women, coming with the wind in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.

10 So I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they carrying the basket?”

11 And he said to me, “To build a house for it in the land of Shinar;[c] when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its base.”

18 After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illuminated with his glory. 2 And he cried mightily[a] with a loud voice, saying, “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird! 3 For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury.”

4 And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached[b] to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. 6 Render to her just as she rendered to you,[c] and repay her double according to her works; in the cup which she has mixed, mix double for her. 7 In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’ 8 Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and mourning and famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judges[d] her.

9 “The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning, 10 standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.’

19 “They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she is made desolate.’

11 “And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore: 12 merchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object of most precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; 13 and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men. 14 The fruit that your soul longed for has gone from you, and all the things which are rich and splendid have gone from you,[e] and you shall find them no more at all. 15 The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, 16 and saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city that was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! 17 For in one hour such great riches came to nothing.’ Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance 18 and cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What is like this great city?’

20 “Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles[f] and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!”

21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore. 22 The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore. 23 The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived. 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth.”

2 Thessalonians 2

The Man of Lawlessness

1 Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, 2 not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come. 3 Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness[a] is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. 4 He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.

Babylon

• Mentioned over 300 times in the Bible

• Alluded to 3 times in Christ’s genealogy

• Capital of the

– 1st World Dictator

– The Last World Dictator

• A “Litmus Test” for the literal view...

The Doom of Babylon

• Fall of Babylon 539 BC

– Without a battle

– Became Alexander’s capital

– Atrophied over the centuries

– Presently being rebuilt

• Destruction of Babylon Isaiah 13, 14; Jeremiah 50, 51

– “Never to be inhabited”

– “Building materials never reused”

– “Like Sodom and Gomorrah”

• “Mystery Babylon?” Revelation 17-18

Rev 1

19 .....write the things

  • which you have seen,
  • the things which are,
  • the things which will take place after this.

Atrophy & Decay

The Bible is a collection of THEE VERY WORDS of God. There is not one superfluous nor inaccurate word, number or thought. Every pen stroke was written under completely Divine inspiration; thee very Breath of God.

• A new rival capital city, Selucia, on the

River Tigris, expedited the decline of the

ancient metropolis

• Until 75 AD: merchants kept trying

• 115 AD: Trajan visits

• 199 AD: Septimus Severus reports

Babylon deserted

• 1800s: 10,000 inhabitants on site

– Robert Kodewey hires locals on site

Strange Contrast

• Mystery Babylon:

– “She saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and

am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.”

Rev 18:7

• Israel:

– “Divorced” Isa 54:4-9; Jer 3:8,14;

Hos 2:14-19

– “Widowed” Lam 1:1; Isa 54:4

And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.

Genesis 10

8 Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.” 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel...

Genesis 11

New King James Version (NKJV)

The Tower of Babel

11 Now the whole earth had one language and one speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. 3 Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. 4 And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”

5 But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. 6 And the Lord said, “Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them. 7 Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.” 8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city. 9 Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

  • Abraham
  • Lot
  • Hebrews from Egypt
  • Jews from Babylon under Cyrys

  • Us
  • My kingdom is not of this world. John 18:36
  • The world has been crucified to me. Gal 6:14
  • You formerly walked according to the course of this world. Eph 2:2
  • Do not be bound together with unbelievers. II Cor 6:14
  • Keep yourself unstained by the world. James 1:27
  • Do not be conformed to this world. Rom 12:2
  • Come out from their midst and be separate. II Cor 6:17
  • Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. I John 2:15
  • If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. I John 2:15
  • Deman, having loved this present world, has deserted me. II Timothy 4:10
  • A friend of the world makes himself and enemy of God. James 4:4
  • Gain the whole world, and forfeit your soul. Mark 8:36
  • He who loves his life loses it. John 12:25
  • Our struggle is against the [world forces] of this present darkness. Eph 6:12
  • Whatever is born of God overcomes the world. II Peter 2:20
  • The world has hated them. John 17:14
  • They are not of the world. John 17:14
  • Men of whom the world was not worthy. Heb 11:38
  • Do not marvel, bretheren, if the world hates you. I John 3:13

Drunk with

  • the Blood of the saints AND
  • the martyrs of Jesus

Babylon

...golden cup in her hand,

filled with abominable things

and the filth of her adulteries

Revelation 17

The Scarlet Woman and the Scarlet Beast

Kings of the earth committed adultery, and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries

Egypt

MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,

THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS

AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS

OF THE EARTH.

that great city

which reigns over the

kings of the earth -vs.18

10 Horns

Adorned with gold

and precious stones

and pearls

Scarlet and

Purple

Assyria

The Great Harlot

17 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me,[a] “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, 2 with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”

her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities

ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour will receive authority as kings along with the beast.

The beast and the ten horns you saw

will hate the prostitute.

They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked;

they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.

has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird

They have one purpose

and will give their power

and authority to the beast.

3 So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.[b] 5 And on her forehead a name was written:

wage war against the Lamb

For God has put it into their hearts to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to hand over to the beast their royal authority, until God’s words are fulfilled.

MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,

THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS

AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS

OF THE EARTH.

7 Heads

6 I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.

Names of Blasphemy on heads

We

Are

Here

Judgment of the Thirds

The seven heads are:

  • seven hills on which the woman sits.
  • also seven kings.

Five have fallen,

one is,

the other has not yet come;

but when he does come,

The Beast

he must remain for only a little while.

one of his heads had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed

7 But the angel said to me, “Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns. 8 The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.[c]

The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority

Body like a leopard

11 The beast who once was, and now is not, is an eighth king. He belongs to the seven and is going to his destruction.

all the world marveled and followed the beast

Mouth like a lion

So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”

Feet like a bear

Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven.

  • once was,
  • now is not,
  • and yet will come up out of the Abyss
  • and go to its destruction

All who dwell on the earth will worship him

he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months

It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them.

authority was given him over every tribe,[d] tongue, and nation

The waters you saw,

where the prostitute sits,

are peoples,

multitudes,

nations and languages

9 “Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. 10 There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time. 11 The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition.

Waters

12 “The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. 14 These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.”

15 Then he said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues. 16 And the ten horns which you saw on[d] the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire. 17 For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. 18 And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.”

11 “And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore: 12 merchandise of gold and silver............

and bodies and souls of men.

"We will conquer your Rome, break your crosses, and enslave your

women. If we do not reach that time, then our children and grandchildren

will reach it, and they will sell your sons as slaves at the slave market."

--ISIS Spokesman Sheikh Abu Muhammad al-Adnani

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