The Rise And Fall Of Babylon

According to the Book of Revelations, the city ofday - death and mourning and famine. And she will
Babylon has to be rebuilt once again. This isliterally be burned with fire, for strong is the Lord
another key event for everyone to really keepwho judges her.And the kings of the earth who
an eye on. Prophecy scholars are divided in theircommitted fornication and lived luxuriously with
opinion as to whether or not the city of Babylonher will weep and lament for her, when they see
will literally be rebuilt again. After studying thethe smoke of her burning, standing at a distance
verses mentioned below - I believe that the Biblefor fear of her torment, saying, 'Alas, alas, this
is using literal interpretation and it is meaninggreat city Babylon, the mighty city! For in one
exactly what it is saying. If this is correct - thenhour your judgment has come.' And the
the city of Babylon will once more be rebuilt somerchants of the earth will weep and mourn over
God can literally wipe this unholy city off the faceher, for no one buys their merchandise anymore
of this earth!The city of Babylon is in the country... Rejoice over her, O heaven, and your holy
of Iraq. Back in the early 70's, Saddam Husseinapostles and prophets, for God has avenged you
started to try to rebuild the city once again. Heon her."Then a mighty angel took up a stone like
probably got about half of it rebuilt before wea great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,
took him out in our war with Iraq. It remains to"Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be
be seen if Iraq will continue to rebuild this citythrown down, and shall not be found ... and the
once a new government has been put into placelight of your lamp shall not shine anymore. For
and things start to settle down.God the Fatheryour merchants were the great men of the
has a SERIOUS PROBLEM with the city ofearth, for by your sorcery all the nations were
Babylon. I personally feel that He is going to allowdeceived. And in her was found the blood of
it to be rebuilt once again so that He canprophets and saints, and of all who were slain on
personally DESTROY IT HIMSELF. Here are thethe earth." (Revelations 18:1-24)
reasons why.Back in the Old Testament in the
book of Genesis, the city of Babylon was the first3. Here is another verse that says her
city where man began to worship himself indestruction will come in one hour.
organized rebellion against God Himself. It was
where Satan officially set up his initial"For in one hour such great riches came to
"headquarters." The first official world ruler wasnothing." (Revelations 18:17)
Nimrod and he ruled from the city of
Babylon.Most, if not all of the false religions of thisConclusion1. Babylon probably has to be rebuilt
world, can be traced back to the city of Babylon.sometime before the 7 year Tribulation starts. If
As you will see in the following verses, Babylon isit is going to be a
called a harlot - because from out of her came allflourishing city by the time the Antichrist sets out
the other false religions that have set themselvesto destroy it, it has to be rebuilt sometime before
up against the one and only true God of thethe Antichrist really comes to power in order to
Bible.From these other false religions have comeproperly set the stage for it to be a "flourishing
massive persecution of God's people throughoutand wealthy" city again.Prophecy students feel
the ages. Satan and his demons have obviouslythat its destruction by the Antichrist will probably
been behind all of these other false religions suchcome somewhere around the midpoint of the
as Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam,Tribulation or shortly thereafter. Remember, the
Hinduism, Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, etc.It isAntichrist will rise to power more on peace and
a well known fact that many Muslims hatediplomacy during the first three and half years. It
Christians, and there is horrible persecution goingis in the last three and half years of the
on even right now with Muslims slaughteringTribulation that the Antichrist basically goes nuts
Christians in Sudan and parts of Indonesia. Satanand starts the mass persecution of the Jews and
and his demons rule behind these other falseall who will not accept his mark. My guess is that
religions and he is the one causing all of this hatredBabylon is included in the last three and half years
toward Christians.As we get into the 7 yearof his mass destruction of both people and
Tribulation, God arranges for this city to be rebuiltcountries.2. You'll also notice that Babylon is
again, and then He will "arrange" for the city to bedestroyed in one hour by fire. The first verse
destroyed by the Antichrist and his 10 nationabove says that the beast will burn her with fire. I
confederacy in one day! The Antichrist will havehave to believe that the Antichrist will probably
no idea that he is being used as a "pawn" by Godlaunch some type of nuclear missile or bomb on
the Father when he sets out to destroy this city.IBabylon to completely destroy it by fire in one
have a feeling Satan may be able to read what Ihour.3. The Bible says our God is a jealous God.
believe will be a very heavy sign from God as toThe first of the Ten Commandments is "You shall
why this city is being raised up again - just sohave no other Gods before Me."
God can personally destroy it Himself. I believeThe second commandment says:
God is saying with the destruction of Babylon,
that He is in the process of getting ready to"You shall not make for yourself any carved
"clean up the earth", and that all the false religionsimage, or any likeness of anything that is in
of this world are going to be taken out whenheaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or
Jesus returns back to our earth to set up Histhat is in the water under the earth; you shall not
Millennium Kingdom.God will first destroy the citybow down to them or serve them. For I, the
of Babylon and everything that it stands for andLord Your God, am a jealous God ..."
represents. And then He will eventually come
after Satan, the Antichrist, the False Prophet, allAll of the other false religions that have come
of Satan's demons and all the other unsavedonto this earth all have their origin with the ancient
people of this earth when Jesus comes back forcity of Babylon - and they all involve some form
His second coming.When the Millennium Kingdom isof idol worship.With our God the Father being the
set up for the 1000 years, all the bad andone and only true God of the entire universe, He
unsaved people and Satan and all of his demonscalls all of these other false religions originating out
will be totally taken out so that we can have trueof Babylon harlots! That is because they are not
peace on this earth during the 1000 years thatthe one and only true faith involving the God of
Jesus will rule for.As you will see in the followingthe Bible. I've already done an article titled the
verses, Babylon is once again going to be rebuilt,"The Basics of Salvation Through Jesus Christ".
and it appears to become a major governmentalThe Bible makes it very clear that there is only
and commercial place in the world. The Bible saysone faith, one God, one religion and one Savior -
that the "harlot" will initially rule in tandem with theJesus Christ. God the Father will not honor in any
Antichrist. When the city is destroyed, the Bibleway, shape or form any of these other false
says that a lot of the merchants, traders andreligious systems. All of these other religions are
seamen will mourn because they are no longeran abomination in His sight and they all have their
going to be able to trade and make money withorigin with Satan himself. And the city of ancient
her. The Bible says the kings of the earth wereBabylon was really the official starting point from
living luxuriously with her when she is destroyed,where Satan really started to develop and work
and they are all mourning because of the loss ofin all of the other false religions of the world
wealth that will occur to them as a result of hertoday into each of the other countries around the
destruction.The Scripture Verses1. This first verseworld.Once you understand and see the "big
tells us that the beast, who is the Antichrist, andpicture" as how God sees it, you can understand
his 10 nation confederacy will be the ones who willwhy He would want to resurrect the city of
destroy this city. However, this verse then goesBabylon again, just so that He can set it up for its
on to tell us that God Himself is the one who willfinal destruction at the end of times.The above
"put it into the hearts" of the beast and his 10verses also says this destruction is set up by God
nation confederacy to destroy Babylon. Here isin order to avenge all of His people who have
the verse:been martyred throughout history by all of these
other false religions.4. If you want to read more
"And the ten horns which you saw on the beast,on Babylon and its final destruction, go to
they will hate the harlot, make her desolate andchapters 17 and 18 in Revelations. Those two
burn herchapters were too long for me to type out
with fire. For God has put it into their hearts toeverything in this article. The above verses are
fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to givehighlighting the basics on this subject for you.
the kingdom to the beast, until the words of GodNote Revelations 17:3 where it says:
are fulfilled. And the woman whom you saw is
that GREAT CITY which reigns over the kings of"And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast
the earth." (Revelations 17:16-18)which was full of names of blasphemy, having
seven heads and ten horns."
2. This next verse goes further into the actualThe woman is the city of Babylon and the beast
destruction of Babylon. Apparently the city isshe is sitting on is the Antichrist. This verse tells
literally destroyed in one hour! Here is the verseyou that initially Babylon will be riding on and
that wraps up what God has to say aboutworking with the Antichrist and probably helping
destroying this unholy place.him set up his agenda.There are also predictions
that out of Babylon, will come a lot more of the
"After these things I saw another angel comingNew Age Movement, along with a heavy increase
down from heaven, having great authority, andin sorcery, magic and the occult. Demons and
the earth was illuminated with his glory. And hetheir supernatural powers will be at their peak
cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, "Babylonduring the end times, and the city of Babylon will
the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become aalso have a lot of occultic activity surrounding it
habitation of demons, a prison for every foulwhich will help draw a lot of people from all over
spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hatedthe world to visit there. This would probably
bird.'explain why it is going to become so popular and
For all the nations have drunk of the wine of thewealthy again once it is resurrected.All of the
wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earthabove is just another powerful "puzzle piece"
have committed fornication with her, and thegiven by God in the Bible to let us know when we
merchants of the earth have become richreally are starting to approach the end of times
through the abundance of her luxury ... In theand the return of His Son to our earth to set up
measure that she glorified herself and livedHis 1000 year Millennium Kingdom.Article written
luxuriously, in the same measure give her tormentby Michael Bradley of Bible Knowledge Ministries.
and sorrow; for she says in her heart,' I sit asTheir website is a resource of Bible Knowledge,
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