BABYLON CONTINUED.....
The Glory of the city must have been incredible a sight to behold......raised up and brought low by GOD to carry out a specific purpose. the following passages indicate her outcome
[Isa 13:19-22] 19 And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans' pride, Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. 20 *****IT WILL NEVER BE INHABITED OR LIVED IN****** from generation to generation; Nor will the Arab pitch [his] tent there, Nor will shepherds make [their flocks] lie down there. 21 But desert creatures will lie down there, And their houses will be full of owls; Ostriches also will live there, and shaggy goats will frolic there. 22 Hyenas will howl in their fortified towers And jackals in their luxurious palaces. Her [fateful] time also will soon come And her days will not be prolonged.
also,
[Jeremiah 51:64) 64 and say, 'Just so shall Babylon SINK DOWN AND NOT RISE AGAIN because of the calamity that I am going to bring upon her; and they will become exhausted.'" Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
Contextual reading of these passages are clearly referencing the ancient city and its glory...conquered by the Medes & Persians after the fall of Belshazzar.
so clearly the ancient physical city has been permanently laid to waste... never to rise as a world power or local....
That being the case there are clear and prominent end times passages referencing Babylon the Great.....
A general study of the religious atmosphere of Babylon shows from the VERY BEGINNING pride, self worth/ worship bent on establishing a HUMAN WORLD DOMINANCE, eliminating the IDEA of a single supreme being.....though there was worship of gods in a polytheistic manner, most of those gods, were self serving and created and worshiped for the things that could be given to men....
As I have read through the responses in my former post...I see many people struggling with The eschatological identity....but remember Paul calls it mystery Babylon.....the resemblance that we can ascribe to America, as well as other countries and entities...is due to the fact THAT THE PROMINENT PHILOSOPHY OF THE DAY WILL BE SELF SUFFICIENCY.....Psalms 2 , THIS WILL BE A WORLDWIDE VIEW not centered in any physical country or location.....
THE BATTLE RAGES TIL THE LION SOON ROARS!!!!!!
The Glory of the city must have been incredible a sight to behold......raised up and brought low by GOD to carry out a specific purpose. the following passages indicate her outcome
[Isa 13:19-22] 19 And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans' pride, Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. 20 *****IT WILL NEVER BE INHABITED OR LIVED IN****** from generation to generation; Nor will the Arab pitch [his] tent there, Nor will shepherds make [their flocks] lie down there. 21 But desert creatures will lie down there, And their houses will be full of owls; Ostriches also will live there, and shaggy goats will frolic there. 22 Hyenas will howl in their fortified towers And jackals in their luxurious palaces. Her [fateful] time also will soon come And her days will not be prolonged.
also,
[Jeremiah 51:64) 64 and say, 'Just so shall Babylon SINK DOWN AND NOT RISE AGAIN because of the calamity that I am going to bring upon her; and they will become exhausted.'" Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
Contextual reading of these passages are clearly referencing the ancient city and its glory...conquered by the Medes & Persians after the fall of Belshazzar.
so clearly the ancient physical city has been permanently laid to waste... never to rise as a world power or local....
That being the case there are clear and prominent end times passages referencing Babylon the Great.....
A general study of the religious atmosphere of Babylon shows from the VERY BEGINNING pride, self worth/ worship bent on establishing a HUMAN WORLD DOMINANCE, eliminating the IDEA of a single supreme being.....though there was worship of gods in a polytheistic manner, most of those gods, were self serving and created and worshiped for the things that could be given to men....
As I have read through the responses in my former post...I see many people struggling with The eschatological identity....but remember Paul calls it mystery Babylon.....the resemblance that we can ascribe to America, as well as other countries and entities...is due to the fact THAT THE PROMINENT PHILOSOPHY OF THE DAY WILL BE SELF SUFFICIENCY.....Psalms 2 , THIS WILL BE A WORLDWIDE VIEW not centered in any physical country or location.....
THE BATTLE RAGES TIL THE LION SOON ROARS!!!!!!