Mystery Babylon :
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MYSTERY BABYLON Rev. 17 and Rev. 18; Jeremiah 50
and 51; Isaiah 13 and 14
"'Come, I will show you the punishment of the great
prostitute, who sits on many waters. With her the kings of the
earth committed adultery and the inhabitants of the earth were
intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries...' This title was
written on her forehead:
mystery
babylon the great
the mother of prostitutes
and of the abominations of the earth
After this passage in the book of Revelation, John records the
many disasters that Mystery Babylon must suffer. She will be
punished by God and attacked by the Antichrist. Some of her
plagues seem to come from nature but others are undoubtedly
super-natural. With the wickedness of Mystery Babylon and the
wrathful judgement that she receives in mind, and with all of
God's end-times prophecies coming into clearer focus, it is
important that this major subject of the book of Revelation is
not ignored or misunderstood.
According to my research the identity of Mystery Babylon, the
world power which precedes the kingdom of the Antichrist, is
painfully obvious. With a simple presentation using scripture and
logic, I hope that this article will make the case as clear as it
can be made.
Which scriptures?
The scriptures that mention Mystery Babylon by name are Revelation
17 and 18. However, many do not realize that there is
much more prophetic material written about the fall of Babylon in
the Old Testament. These scriptures are
Isaiah 13 and 14 and Jeremiah 50 and 51.
It is true that there is much Old Testament material that was
directed at Babylon and has already been fulfilled, however, much
of the above scriptures remain unfulfilled and, based on the
descriptions given, could not have been meant for ancient
Babylon.
As a Christian scholar I believe that all of biblical prophecy is
God-given and one hundred percent correct. The simple rule I go
by is that if a prophecy has not been fulfilled then that doesn't
mean it is false, it just means that we need to wait longer. I
believe we can safely apply the Old Testament prophecies that
were directed at Babylon and remain unfulfilled to the Babylon of
the end-times, that is, "Mystery Babylon," and these
prophecies combine to give us a very clear description of that
great power.
Descriptions
Mystery Babylon is the Lone Global Superpower-
Revelation 17:1, "...the great prostitute, who sits on many
waters."
Revelation 17:15, "The waters you saw, where the prostitute
sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages."
Revelation 17:18, "The woman you saw is the great city that
rules over the kings of the earth."
Revelation 18:7, "In her heart she boasts, 'I sit as queen;
I am not a widow, and I will never mourn.'"
A global superpower in three ways-
Economic Superpower-
Revelation 18:3, "...and the merchants of the earth grew
rich from her excessive luxuries."
Revelation 18:11, "The merchants of the earth will weep and
mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes any
more..."
Revelation 18:15, "The merchants who sold these things and
gained their wealth from her will stand far off, terrified at her
torment..."
Revelation 18:23, "...Your merchants were the world's great
men. By your magic spell all the nations were led astray."
Military Superpower-
Jeremiah 50:23, "How broken and shattered is the hammer of
the whole earth!"
Jeremiah 51:20, "You are my war club, my weapon for battle-
with you I shatter nations, with you I destroy kingdoms,"
Isaiah 14:4-6, "...How the oppressor has come to an end! How
his fury has ended! The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked,
the scepter of the rulers, which in anger struck down peoples
with unceasing blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless
aggression."
Political Superpower-
Jeremiah 51:44, "...The nations will no longer stream to
him..."
Revelation 17:18, "The woman you saw is the great city that
rules over the kings of the earth."
Revelation 18:9-10, "When the kings of the earth... see the
smoke of her burning... they will stand far off and cry: 'Woe!
Woe, O great city, O Babylon, city of power! In one hour your
doom has come!"
Major Port City-
Revelation 18:17-19, "...all who travel by ship... and all
who earn their living from the sea, will stand far off... and
with weeping and mourning cry out: 'Woe! Woe, O great city, where
all who had ships on the sea became rich through her wealth!'
"
Greatest and Wealthiest city the world has ever seen-
Revelation 18:18, "When they see the smoke of her burning,
they will exclaim, 'Was there ever a city like this great city?'
"
Revelation 18:16, "Woe! Woe, O great city, dressed in fine
linen, purple and scarlet, and glittering with gold, precious
stones and pearls! In one hour such great wealth has been brought
to ruin!"
Revelation 18:14, "The fruit you longed for is gone from
you. All your riches and splendor have vanished..."
Isaiah 13:19, "Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the glory of
the Babylonians pride..."
Jeremiah 51:13, "You who live by many waters and are rich in
treasures, your end has come..."
Mystery Babylon is represented by a Woman-
Revelation 17:1, "...I will show you the punishment of the
great prostitute, who sits on many waters... ...the waters you
saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations
and languages."
Revelation 17:18, "The woman you saw is the great city that
rules over the kings of the earth."
Mystery Babylon is dressed in expensive garments-
Revelation 18:16, "Woe! Woe, O great city, dressed in fine
linen, purple and scarlet..."
The above descriptions are just a few of the many biblical
indicators that, I believe, point unequivocally and obviously to
America as the great power known as Mystery Babylon, and New York
City as the specific city destined to fall in Revelation 18. Let
me show you how America in general, and New York City in
particular, fits the biblical descriptions of Mystery Babylon:
A Global Superpower: Economically, Militarily and
Politically-
The United States of America is the world's only surviving
Superpower. We are the king of the hill, no doubt about it. To
stay in our position of power we use bullying tactics of
diplomacy, military force and economic sanctions. If the reader
has been convinced by our massive internal propaganda machine
(American Media) that the USA is a force for freedom, liberty and
compassion, then you have been duped, bamboozled, hoodwinked and
led astray. I believe that the truth, as seen from God's eyes, is
that we are immoral, oppressive, self-centered and arrogant,
greedy and terribly self-righteous and hypocritical.
If the reader find's this hard to swallow then I suggest that he
or she take some time to study 20th Century American history from
a perspective other than that promoted in the media or in our
textbooks. Believe it or not, America has many Political
Dissidents who do their best to bring out the truth.
Chief among them are the authors Noam Chomsky and Edward S.
Herman, (see note on Chomsky at the bottom of the page). Find and
read any of their books on politics or media. For a quick intro
to what is termed the 'radical' left wing, go to Z Magazine for
articles by these authors as well as others. "Z-net" is
definitely a secular site, and I don't agree with everything they
publish, but their perspective on the USA and its foreign
policies contains a lot of truth. It will be considered
refreshing or horrifying, depending on your point of view.
Economic Superpower- This aspect of Mystery
Babylon is the most-stressed aspect that can be found in the
scriptures. Time and again we find references to the
"merchants of the earth" and how they are "the
world's great men." In a 20th Century context, when we speak
of the "merchants of the earth" we can only be speaking
of Global Corporations. It is the corporations which have all the
money and it is the corporations which have all the power.
Under the guidance of the USA, global corporations are attempting
to convert the world to the religion of materialism and fanatical
consumerism, while at the same time, with the help of the
US-controlled IMF, trying to reduce third world countries into
nothing more than factories which produce cheap labor and areas
for the extraction of raw materials. This raping of the world's
resources is being done at a breakneck pace and without any
regard for the environment or the indigenous peoples.
The last thing that the power brokers of America want is a world
that is purely democratic where every culture has the right to
freely elect their leaders, the right to form labor unions, and
the right to protect their own resources.
New York City is the engine that runs the economy of the world
and it is the home of the majority of the world's wealthiest
corporations. New York is also the home of the World Trade
Center, which was started in 1960 by David Rockefeller, and also
the home of the New York Stock Exchange where the rich can invest
in, and make money from, the richer. With the demise of social
security, the common people of America:
the bewildered herd, are being tricked into gambling their future
on the well-being of these global menaces as well, through 401k
Plans, stocks, and mutual funds. This speculative economy will
not last much longer, and when it crashes it will not be the
banks who suffer - they win either way - it will be the
bewildered herd.
Here is an article by Chomsky on how the "merchants of the
earth" are trying to control labor.
Here is an important interview of Chomsky by David Barsamian that
talks about the true role of the World Bank, GATT and the
International Monetary Fund, an organization created and
controlled by the "merchants of the earth" and American
bankers, acting in an international capacity.
Military Superpower- There can be no doubt in
anyone's mind that America possesses the world's most powerful
military. The question then is,
Has America used it in an oppressive and relentlessly aggressive
manner that is described of Babylon in the scriptures?
The "bewildered herd" has been led to believe that
America only acts militarily when vital national interests are at
stake, or when democratic freedom-loving peoples are threatened
by Communism or Right-wing oppressive dictatorships, or when
illegal and heinous invasions of sovereign nations take place.
Most people probably presume that after America acts militarily
then peace returns and democracy prevails. Not so.
Here is a list (from William Blum on ZNet www.lbbs.org) of all
the countries America has bombed since World War II: China
1945-46, North Korea 1950-53, China 1950-53, Guatemala 1954,
Indonesia 1958, Cuba 1959-60, Guatemala 1960 and 64, Congo 1964,
Peru 1965, Laos 1964-73, Vietnam 1961-73, Cambodia 1969-70,
Guatemala 1967-69, Grenada 1983, Libya 1986, El Salvador 1980s,
Nicaragua 1980s, Panama 1989, Iraq 1991-99, Sudan 1998,
Afghanistan 1998, Yugoslavia 1999. In how many of these cases has
the military action resulted in a true democracy that is
respectful of human rights? None.
Setting aside the cases where we have acted, lets look at the
cases where true democracies were threatened, where blood-thirsty
dictators carried out domestic terrorism and extreme human rights
abuses, or where sovereign nations were illegally invaded and we
failed to act: Cambodia, Indonesia, Chile, the Indonesian
invasion of East Timor, the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, the
genocide in Rwanda, the oppression of the Kurds, Chechnya, etc.,
etc.
The point I am trying to make is that American foreign policy is
not motivated by a sense of morals, but by overwhelming greed. We
act when our business interests are threatened, or when we can
safely enter a conflict that will allow us a chance to
demonstrate our weapons systems, to gain buyers for armaments
made by companies like Raytheon, Texas Instruments, Textron,
Northrop Grumman, MacDonnell-Douglas and Boeing. (It was
statistically safer to be a soldier on the American side during
the Gulf War than to be a black man living an ordinary life in an
inner-city ghetto at the same time.) America: We play the role of
International Policeman and Peacemaker, and yet our defense
contractors and arms manufacturers make more deadly weapons and
more profit than the arms producers of any other nation on earth.
American media has created terms and lingo that serves as a means
to our political ends. Some of the ways this is done is by
characterizing rebellions against Marxist or leftist countries as
being carried out by "freedom-fighters" (like the
Contras), and rebellions against US supported right-wing
dictatorships (El Salvador, Guatemala, Colombia, Indonesia) are
carried out by "leftist guerillas" or
"terrorists." American media has also created a term to
describe countries which refuse to bow to Western rules and
policies, countries like Libya, Iran, Iraq, North Korea,
Yugoslavia, etc. That term is "Rogue State." Well, here
is a very informative and entertaining article by Edward S.
Herman on the truly biggest and baddest Rogue State of them all.
Political Superpower- Of course being the engine
to the world's economy and possessing the world's most powerful
military guarantees that America is a political superpower as
well. However, the scriptures are pointing to something else that
Mystery Babylon possesses. Jeremiah 51:44 mentions that at one
time, before its demise, the nations of the world streamed to
Babylon. Revelation 17:18 tells us that the city of Babylon rules
over the kings of the earth. In Revelation 18:9-10 we see the
kings of the earth declaring that Babylon was the "city of
power."
New York City fulfills these scriptures by being the home to the
governing body of the Planet Earth: the United Nations. This fact
alone makes it the most important city on the planet. It is from
here that deals are made, boundaries are drawn, and lives are
bought and sold (Rev18:13). As I write, some may be skeptical
that the UN has any real power. Why question the UN's power? The
only thing holding back the United Nations right now is the
United States, which owes more than a billion dollars in back
dues. America has consistently ignored the will of the UN, and
has often blatantly acted against it. Here is an article, (by
Chomsky once again), that shows how the US is often the only
country in the world opposing many UN initiatives. It may appear
that the UN lacks teeth, but I reiterate, it is only because its
power is superceded by the last remaining superpower- the United
States of America.
It appears that after the sudden and catastrophic destruction of
the city of Mystery Babylon that the remainder of this once great
power is attacked by the Antichrist and his forces. This is
recorded in Revelation 17:16-18, "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. For God has put it into their hearts to accomplish his
purpose by agreeing to give the beast their power to rule, until
God's words are fulfilled."
I believe that what we read about here is the nations of the
earth throwing off the yoke that was the power of Mystery Babylon
and revolting against her, turning instead to the New Age
messiah, the Antichrist, and allowing him to rule over them.
Maitreya, the New Age "World Teacher" who is expected
to soon appear, (promoted by the Tara Center, the Lucis Trust,
World Goodwill and Share International- the latter two being NGOs
accredited by the UN) is even now, through Benjamin Creme and
other supporters, decrying Western culture and the society of
consumerism and materialism that has been created.
He appears to champion the causes of global democracy and
political freedom for all, causes which are diametrically opposed
to the true foreign policy goals of American power brokers.
Maitreya is a man who appears to be a savior for the starving
masses of the Third World, and he calls for a universal system of
health care and education for all. He also supports the recent
initiatives that call for the G-7 to forgive and forget the
insurmountable debt that Third World countries have accumulated
due to high-interest IMF loans. The USA and her global merchants
and bankers consider this to be inconceivable.
America's culture of materialism, consumerism and pursuit of
sensual pleasures without a regard for the consequences has been
inspired by Satan. The contemporary American lifestyle is his
masterpiece, yet it will be his counterfeit son, the Antichrist,
who will stand up and quite correctly point out its flaws,
warning of the dangers to the environment of throwaway
consumerism and of the shallowness of a secular lifestyle which
ignores the spiritual. He will point America out as the ultimate
in hypocrisy and America will suffer the consequences.
Major Port City, Greatest and Wealthiest City
New York City is undoubtedly the most important port city in the
world. What may not be known is that when a ship approaches the
New York City harbor from the south, in order to properly conform
with the shipping lanes it must aim due north straight for a
municipality on Long Island named "Babylon." A tall
water tower on the shoreline is used as a reference point for
navigation and when a ship reaches closest to shore before
turning west to enter the harbor, the name "Babylon,"
written on the tower in big bold letters can be easily read.
The wealthiest city: I haven't researched the
veracity of this statement, but I periodically hear economic
pundits state the fact that fully half of the world's capital is
located in New York City. This means that half of the world's
money is in New York. This does not seem so far-fetched to me,
given the fact that the money of the IMF and the World Bank is
located here, as well as the NYSE, and many other international
banks.
Regardless of the truth of this statement there is not another
city in the world that could come close to equaling New York in
wealth, and in total wealth the USA is by far the richest nation
on earth.
Another point is that after World War II we effectively
controlled both sides of both oceans. This fact made us the first
truly global power in the history of the world. In 1948, George
Kennan, who headed the U.S. State Department until 1950, wrote a
then-classified foreign relations document for the State
Department entitled Policy Planning Study 23, it read in part,
"we have about 50% of the world's wealth, but only 6.3% of
its population... in this situation, we cannot fail to be the
object of envy and resentment. Our real task in the coming period
is to devise a pattern of relationships which will permit us to
maintain this position of disparity... To do so, we will have to
dispense with all sentimentality and day-dreaming; and our
attention will have to be concentrated everywhere on our
immediate objectives... We should cease to talk about vague
and... unreal objectives such as human rights, the raising of
living standards, and democratization. The day is not too far off
when we are going to have to deal in straight power
concepts." (taken from What Uncle Sam Really Wants, by Noam
Chomsky, Odonian Press, 1986, pp. 7, 9-10)
Mystery Babylon is represented by a woman-
America's most famous landmark, (most famous graven image), is
the Statue of Liberty. Richard Coombes makes a solid case that
our Statue of Liberty is in fact a representation of the ancient
Babylonian goddess Ishtar. Ishtar was next to Marduk at the top
of the Babylonian pantheon of gods, and her cult promoted
"the notion of personal freedom and liberty to pursue a wild
hedonistic sexual lifestyle of immense promiscuity,"
(Coombes).
Basically her philosophy has been recreated here in America and
is the same as the '60s mantra of "if it feels good, do
it!" Central to her cult was the practice of prostitution
for religious purposes, thus the scripture of Revelation 17:5,
"...The Mother of Prostitutes..."
One of America's most profitable exports is Entertainment, and in
that industry is a widely repeated and simple cliche, "Sex
Sells!" Thus we have several scriptures that point out the
immorality of Mystery Babylon, especially the sin of
"adultery," which is celebrated and promoted all over
the world through our unparalleled entertainment industry.
And finally in Revelation 18:16, we have the identity of Mystery
Babylon revealed through her national colors,
"O great city, dressed in fine linen, purple and
scarlet..."
Here is a copy of an advertisement that I recently received in
the mail:
The "Mother of Prostitutes" of Revelation 17-18 is a
literal representation of the ancient Babylonian goddess Ishtar,
whose cult demanded prostitution as a form of religious service.
In former times she was known as Inanna to the Sumerian
civilization and later she was worshiped as Venus and Libertas by
the Romans. At one time Liberty was worshiped at a temple that
was dedicated to her on Aventine Hill in Rome, and coins were
even minted with inscriptions of her image and her name (as
America has done above).
Obverse-
The head of Claudius with inscription:
TI.CLAUDIUS.CAESAR. AUG.P.M.TR.P.IMP.
Reverse-
Libertas draped, standing with head turned to the right holding a
pilus in her right hand and her left hand extended with the
inscription: LIBERTAS AUGUSTA.
On either side of the figure are letters S,C referring to senatus
consultum-by decree of the senate was this coin minted.
(Information regarding the Libertas coin taken from
http://www.dl.ket.org/latin3/grammar/inscriptions.htm .)
The Statue of Liberty was conceived of, funded by and created by
men who were intimately involved in the organization known as the
Freemasons. Edouard Laboulaye was the chief fundraiser and
Frederic August Bartholdi was the head sculptor. These men, and
the freemasons in general, idealize the pagan gods and goddesses
of ancient Rome and Greece. It is a well known fact that
Bartholdi intended the Statue of Liberty to be a representation
of the Roman goddess Liberty, also known as Inanna and Ishtar.
Here is a carving of the goddess Inanna/Ishtar which, according
to Richard Coombes, dates to about 3000 BC.
Compare it to our modern Statue of Liberty.
"The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman
sits," Revelation 17:9 (NIV).
The above passage is most often used by those who would like to
identify end-times Babylon with the Roman Catholic Church. It is
well known that at one time Rome was built over seven hills.
However, the Greek word that the NIV translates as
"hill" is the word hora. This word is more accurately
interpreted by the KJV and other versions as
"mountain." The Greek word for "hill" is the
word bounos. This word is one that was borrowed from Latin after
the Roman conquests specifically to refer to the
"hills" of Rome. To my knowledge there is no reference
in ancient Greek literature that describes the hills of Rome as
"seven hora," and they are always referred to as
"the seven bounos of Rome." There is no precedent
whatsoever to use the word hora to describe the seven hills of
Rome.
The primary definition of the Greek word hora is
"mountain," but it could also be used to refer to
"vast expanse," "large land mass," or
"continent." The official Statue of Liberty website (
http://www.nps.gov/stli/prod02.htm ) has this to say about the
seven-rayed crown which she wears,
"The seven rays of the Statue's crown represent the seven
seas and continents of the world."
"...the great prostitute, who sits on many waters."
Revelation 17:1
"The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples,
multitudes, nations and languages," 17:15.
"There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that... had
seven heads and ten horns." 17:3
"The seven heads are seven hora on which the woman
sits." 17:9
The Fall of Babylon
The fall of Babylon will take place in three phases. The first
will be a judgement that comes from God which results in the
destruction of the "great city" of Babylon. The second
will be an attack on what is left of her from the Antichrist and
the ten kings. The last phase of the fall of Babylon will be her
complete and total destruction at the end of the Tribulation.
Phase One- The destruction of the "great
city" of Babylon occurs suddenly, without warning, and when
she is at the height of her power.
Revelation 17:18, Before the judgements begin the city is called
"...that great city which reigns over the kings of the
earth."
Revelation 18:7-8, "...she says in her heart, ‘I sit as
queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’ Therefore
her plagues will come in one day."
Revelation 18:10, After the city is destroyed the kings of the
earth cry out, "Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that
mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come."
Revelation 18:15-17, The merchants of this city, who were
"the great men of the earth," cry out:
"...‘Alas, alas, that great city that was clothed in
fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold and
precious stones and pearls! For in one hour such great riches
came to nothing.' "
Revelation 18:18-19, And all the shipmasters cry out as well,
"... What is like this great city? ...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."
Jeremiah 50:31-32, "Behold, I am against you, O most haughty
one!" says the Lord God of hosts; "For your day has
come, The time that I will punish you. The most proud shall
stumble and fall..."
Jeremiah 51:7-8, "Babylon was a golden cup in the
Lord’s hand, That made all the earth drunk. The nations
drank her wine; Therefore the nations are deranged. Babylon has
suddenly fallen and been destroyed. Wail for her! Take balm for
her pain..."
The fact that Phase One occurs when Babylon is at the height of
her power makes it clear that this is before she is attacked by
the Antichrist. This is evidence that the catastrophe which
causes the destruction of the great city of Babylon occurs quite
early in the tribulation.
The great city of Babylon may fall as a result of the second
trumpet judgement of Revelation 8:8, "Then the second angel
sounded: And something like a great mountain burning with fire
was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. And
a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of
the ships were destroyed."
If this giant meteor impacts into the Atlantic Ocean then the
angel in Revelation 18:21 was offering a literal description of
the nature of the great city's fall, "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.' "
This possibility is reinforced by Jeremiah 51:42, "The sea
has come up over Babylon; She is covered with the multitude of
its waves." However, the next verse of this passage
indicates that the final state of Babylon will be a "dry
land and a wilderness." This is more evidence of a great
tsunami, or tidal wave, which may strike the East Coast of the
United States, destroy New York City, and then roll back leaving
destruction and, ultimately, a wilderness in its wake.
More evidence that the destruction of the city of Babylon comes
as a result of a direct judgement from God can be found in Isaiah
13:5 and Jeremiah 50:25 which both refer to the Lord's
"weapons of His wrath." Jeremiah 50:46 also records,
"At the noise of the taking of Babylon, the earth
trembles..." The earth would definitely tremble at the
impact of a good sized meteor into the ocean.
Phase Two- The Antichrist and the Ten Kings
attack what is left of Babylon to forcefully bring her into the
New World Order.
The Bible is clear that the Antichrist will rise out of a
previously established world government that is led by ten kings,
"The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on
earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will
devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it. The
ten horns are ten kings who will come from this kingdom. After
them another king will arise, different from the earlier ones; he
will subdue three kings. He will speak against the Most High and
oppress his saints and try to change the set times and the
laws..." (Daniel 7:23-25).
The Antichrist and the ten kings which lead this one world
government will attack Babylon to bring her into submission,
"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. For God has put it
into their hearts to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to give
the beast their power to rule, until God's words are
fulfilled," (Revelation 17:17-18).
Phase Three- The end result of Babylon will be
her complete and total destruction.
This is made clear by a number of texts including,
Isaiah 13:19-22, "Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the glory
of the Babylonians' pride, will be overthrown by God like Sodom
and Gomorrah. She will never be inhabited or lived in through all
generations; no Arab will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will
rest his flocks there. But desert creatures will lie there,
jackals will fill her houses; there the owls will dwell, and
there the wild goats will leap about. Hyenas will howl in her
strongholds, jackals in her luxurious palaces. Her time is at
hand, and her days will not be prolonged."
Jeremiah 51:25-26, " 'I am against you, O destroying
mountain, you who destroy the whole earth,' declares the LORD. 'I
will stretch out my hand against you, roll you off the cliffs,
and make you a burned-out mountain. No rock will be taken from
you for a cornerstone, nor any stone for a foundation, for you
will be desolate forever,' declares the LORD."
Jeremiah 51:43, "Her towns will be desolate, a dry and
desert land, a land where no one lives, through which no man
travels."
Revelation 18:2, "She has become a home for demons and a
haunt for every evil spirit, a haunt for every unclean and
detestable bird."
The prophet Zechariah witnessed the removal of the demonic
spiritual force that once inspired the ancient nation of Babylon.
This woman was placed in a basket and Zechariah was told that she
was being taken away to a new land where Babylon would again
re-emerge.
Then the angel who was speaking to me came forward and said to
me, "Look up and see what this is that is appearing." I
asked, "What is it?" He replied, "It is a
measuring basket. " And he added, "This is the iniquity
of the people throughout the land." Then the cover of lead
was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman! He said,
"This is wickedness," and he pushed her back into the
basket and pushed the lead cover down over its mouth. Then I
looked up--and there before me were two women, with the wind in
their wings! They had wings like those of a stork, and they
lifted up the basket between heaven and earth. "Where are
they taking the basket?" I asked the angel who was speaking
to me. He replied, "To the country of Babylonia to build a
house for it. When it is ready, the basket will be set there in
its place." Zechariah 5:5-11
On October 28th, 1886, President Grover Cleveland accepted the
Statue of Liberty on behalf of the United States. In the ceremony
which celebrated the unveiling of this ancient pagan deity, he
spoke these words,
"We will not forget that Liberty has here made her home;
nor shall her chosen altar be neglected."
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