Is Babylon the United States?

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Do you think Babylon == America?

  • YES

    Votes: 4 11.8%
  • NO

    Votes: 30 88.2%

  • Total voters
    34
Babylon is a religious system. Not a city or nation. It is a religion steeped in paganism..

Hi eternally,

What would make of the following:

"The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”

"The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits."

With these two verses above, we can see that the woman, Mystery Babylon, is in fact a city and this city sits on seven hills. This would be pointing us to Rome who was literally built on and famous for her seven hills, which then points us to the headquarters of her pagan religious system, the Vatican, which exhibits those practices and rituals of the mystery religions that stemmed from Babylon. Another one of the clues that God left us, is that it is written that the woman is dressed in purple and scarlet, which are the base colors worn by the RCC's liturgy.

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The RCC is without a doubt Mystery Babylon, the woman who rides the beast
 
Ahwatukee, could you read Revelations 17-18 for me, and tell me what you think about the part of John being taken to the desert to be shown the harlot?


Also, like 50 different cities world wide sit on 7 hills, including Mecca. And verses 9-11 explain that the hills are not actual literal hills, but kings and nations, as the harlot sits on the beast itself.
 
Hi eternally,

What would make of the following:

"The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”

"The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits."

With these two verses above, we can see that the woman, Mystery Babylon, is in fact a city and this city sits on seven hills. This would be pointing us to Rome who was literally built on and famous for her seven hills, which then points us to the headquarters of her pagan religious system, the Vatican, which exhibits those practices and rituals of the mystery religions that stemmed from Babylon. Another one of the clues that God left us, is that it is written that the woman is dressed in purple and scarlet, which are the base colors worn by the RCC's liturgy.

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The RCC is without a doubt Mystery Babylon, the woman who rides the beast

the woman at the time has its main control in a city. But the woman is still a religious being steeped in paganism.

Of course. using this, I agree, it would be the roman church or some facsimile of it. depending on when it happens. (for all we know the roman church we see today may not be around then)
 
Ahwatukee, could you read Revelations 17-18 for me, and tell me what you think about the part of John being taken to the desert to be shown the harlot?


Also, like 50 different cities world wide sit on 7 hills, including Mecca. And verses 9-11 explain that the hills are not actual literal hills, but kings and nations, as the harlot sits on the beast itself.

Mecca looks nothing like Babylon spoken by John, Remember we have to interpret it by using his historical context. In his day, Babylon was rome (or the religion of rome)
 
About the paganism thing, islam is literally the continuation of the arabic pagan beliefs with the added claim of actually being the God of Abraham the entire time. But Mecca is a pagan city, and even the bowing to the black stone is taken from the worship of the goddess Diana.

And where do you get that the focus is a belief system alone, and not a place in the bible?
 
About the paganism thing, islam is literally the continuation of the arabic pagan beliefs with the added claim of actually being the God of Abraham the entire time. But Mecca is a pagan city, and even the bowing to the black stone is taken from the worship of the goddess Diana.

And where do you get that the focus is a belief system alone, and not a place in the bible?

What is Babylon What Did Israel continually get called playing the harlot with? With paganism.

Paganism started in Babylon. When Babylon at the tower of babel.. It was prevalent in Babylon (which was were it was centered) When Babylon empire was destroyed, the center was moved, In Christs day, It was centered in rome, The roman c easar was actually the high priest. (pontifus maximus) At one time, the pontifus maximus of rome became the head of the paganized church, and became known as the pope of rome.

Sorry, But I have studied islam and Catholicism, they do not even come close. Catholic is far more pagan, for mor einfluential. and fulfills everything John says about her in revelation.
 
How was babylon rome in Johns time?

The ceasar of rome was the high priest of the pagan religion of rome, who ruled the world..

Not to be nasty, but I am curious, but have you actually studied the history of religion?
 
Mecca looks nothing like Babylon spoken by John, Remember we have to interpret it by using his historical context. In his day, Babylon was rome (or the religion of rome)

Hi Eternally,

"The woman you saw is that great city that rules over the kings of the earth."

At the time that John was receiving this information from the angel, Rome was the city that ruled over the kings of the earth. It is meant to point us to Rome and the Vatican as her headquarters and what she has become. Rome and her pagan system, the RCC, fits every criteria that God gave us in his word. In Rev.17 the following is written:

"With her the kings of the earth committed adultery, and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries."

The kings and inhabitants of the earth will be committing spiritual adultery with her, meaning that they will be engaging with her in her pagan practices and rituals. To be committing spiritual adultery is figuratively defined by Strong's as "to be unfaithful to Christ, while posing as His true follower". This would fit perfectly with the RCC for that is exactly what she is doing. Satan mixed in just enough Christianity in to deceive the inhabitants of the earth. But for those who know the word of God, the RCC is not even close to being the true Church of Christ. I've said it before, she is just paganism wearing Christian clothing. She is the mother of all prostitutes, meaning that she is the crème de la crème of false religions. Obviously the deception is working since there are over 1.2 billion devoted to the RCC, her pope and her liturgy.
 
Some people think that the beast kingdom in Revelation referred to as Babylon will be Babylon rising again,but this is not true,for Babylon will never have dominion again.

In Daniel chapter 7 the 4 beasts are Babylon,Medo-Persia,Greece,and the Roman Empire.The first 3 beasts had their dominion taken away,which means they will never have physical dominion again,but the 4th beast,the Roman Empire,did not have their dominion taken away until Jesus puts them down,which they will become the power base of the man of sin,which will pull all nations together.

In Daniel chapter 7 king Nebuchadnezzar recognized the God of Israel as the God of gods,and proclaimed that throughout his kingdom,so it was represented as having eagle's wings,because of their high revelation of God.King Nebuchadnezzar's son took over the kingdom,and took the vessels of the LORD and drank out of them praising the gods of wood,metal,and stone,so the kingdom was stripped from them,and the eagle's wings were plucked,and they were made to stand upon the feet of a man,and a man's heart was given it,which means Babylon would be referred to as the kingdom of man.

In Revelation,Babylon is there in spirit,because Babylon represents the kingdom of man,and the beast kingdom is the kingdom of man in it's entirety,nothing wavering,like the kingdoms before,which were not the kingdom of man in it's entirety.

In Revelation the only one that can fit that description is America,which the world trade center is in America,United Nations,and United headquarters,is in America,they live deliciously,and in pleasure,and engage in worldliness above any other nation,have a country that allows all religions,and races,to live their,which appears to be a system to show that the world can get along despite their differences to bring them together,which on the back of the dollar bill it states,out of many,one,and a phrase in Latin,announcing the conception of a new order of the ages.

America seems to do more to the contributing of the beast kingdom than any other nation,which when God judges Babylon,the other nations stand back for the fear of her torment,and say how did she fall so quickly,and no nation does business with them anymore,which means God is judging a nation,or nations,but not the world,that is responsible for the beast kingdom being set up,doing it intentionally,and the other nations did not have anything to do with setting it up,but went along thinking that was the best way to solve the problems on earth,or out of fear of the power and went along.
 
What is Babylon What Did Israel continually get called playing the harlot with? With paganism.

Paganism started in Babylon. When Babylon at the tower of babel.. It was prevalent in Babylon (which was were it was centered) When Babylon empire was destroyed, the center was moved, In Christs day, It was centered in rome, The roman c easar was actually the high priest. (pontifus maximus) At one time, the pontifus maximus of rome became the head of the paganized church, and became known as the pope of rome.

Sorry, But I have studied islam and Catholicism, they do not even come close. Catholic is far more pagan, for mor einfluential. and fulfills everything John says about her in revelation.

Babylonian pagan symbols are practices and beliefs are still being used to this day in islam, the symbol of islam itself is the symbol used by almost every religion that came out of that part of the world, the crescent moon. The name allah itself existed before islam, pagans of the area worshiped the god allah along with the goddess allat. And allah was even the moon god of the Arabs, and had three offspring with the goddess allat named al-lat, al-uzza and manat. The moon god was worshipped all around the mideast, as well as in Israel, and the city of mecca worshipped a moon god as well. The black stone in Mecca was not put there by muhammad, but left there by him, as he taught that it was sent to Abraham by allah. The entire islamic religion is in fact a pagan religion. Catholicism has pagan routes, but it is still a form of Christianity with pagan practices and unbiblical teachings. Islam is a pagan religion entirely. In fact, there is evidence that allah is the continuation of baal worship, not just by its own symbols, Mecca was the housing of the god Hubal, whos image was taken by the moabites, who worshiped baal, and they continue to worship the same rock today.

When the roman empire collapsed in the city of rome, it actually moved to Turkey, which was taken over by the Ottomans, and became the islamic empire. The roman empire also was spread out into the lands of the same babylonian empire the beast will come from, over to nations like Turkey, Syria, Iran and Arabia. So it would in fact be from the roman empire itself.

And I dunno about islam not having major influence. Islam is a major religion, it rules many nations around the earth, and has many followers, it is one of the worlds largest religions, right next to Christianity, and its numbers are growing. People all around the world come to Mecca to kiss the kabaa stone. Mecca rules the world with its wine, oil, and all the worlds kings practice adultry with her because of it. Revelation tells you its in a desert.
 
Revelation 17:15 tells us that the many waters the harlot sits on is many people and nations. Muslims from all around the world go to Mecca to perform the hajj, and bow before and kiss the kabaa stone.

When muslims are called to prayer, they are called through the music played through the minuets, and the times they pray are determined by the position of the sun (see sun salat positioning), the babylonians practiced this same thing.

Revelations 17 calls the city the "mother of all abominations", the word 'abominations' often refers to idolatry, so this is calling the city the mother of them all. Mecca has had many false idols worshipped in it, is a land thats called holy by many pagans throughout time, and the name itself means "mother of all settlements".

The people of this religious city continue to kill many of His followers to this day. The catholic church does have a history of doing so in the past, but the muslims continue this act to this day. Revelations tells us this harlot is doing this.

Revelations 18:17 tells us the saliors and those who make a living at sea will see its demise, and cry out for the city. Mecca sits right next to the worlds biggest shipping lane, the red sea.

The prophecy of the destruction of the harlot is in Isaiah, as written in Isaiah 21:9, the cries of "babylon has fallen" are written there, just as they are in Revelations 18:2. And in Isaiah 21:1 we are told that the prophecy against the harlot is the prophecy against the /desert by the sea/, rome is not a desert by the sea.
And the name Al-Jazeera Al-Arabia means "desert by the sea".

Jeremiah writes a prophecy about Edom in Jeremiah 49, which is modern day Arabia, and even names cities in Arabia, that He will bring destruction down on it, and He will do it with a foriegn army, and that nothing will be left with it when He is done with it.

And in Ezekiel 25, God says again that He will lay waste to Edom, and all man and beast will be destroyed by a foreign land.

And in Isaiah 34, The Lord talks about the end times, when the heavens will roll up like a scroll, and and the stars will fall, and the armies of the earth will be destroyed, their bodies littering the land. You should really read this chapter, it also tells about the total destruction of Edom, and how nothing will be left but its pitch (oil), and that it will burn forever.
This is not a prophecy one could claim happened or will happen spiritually, as Edom has not been destroyed and burned up yet, and the fact that it fits the end times prophecy as well.


There are many prophecies of Arabia being complete destroyed, even in the end times. There are no prophecies of Rome being destroyed, however. And islam is a major religion that is pagan, has world influence, kills Christians, has influence over the nations of the earth with its wine, is made of many people, has a religious city in a desert by the sea, and is the mother of all false idols, whos people bow before a pagan image. I absolutely believe Mecca has far more scriptual evidence than Rome of being mystery babylon.
 
Babylonian pagan symbols are practices and beliefs are still being used to this day in islam, the symbol of islam itself is the symbol used by almost every religion that came out of that part of the world, the crescent moon. The name allah itself existed before islam, pagans of the area worshiped the god allah along with the goddess allat. And allah was even the moon god of the Arabs, and had three offspring with the goddess allat named al-lat, al-uzza and manat. The moon god was worshipped all around the mideast, as well as in Israel, and the city of mecca worshipped a moon god as well. The black stone in Mecca was not put there by muhammad, but left there by him, as he taught that it was sent to Abraham by allah. The entire islamic religion is in fact a pagan religion. Catholicism has pagan routes, but it is still a form of Christianity with pagan practices and unbiblical teachings. Islam is a pagan religion entirely. In fact, there is evidence that allah is the continuation of baal worship, not just by its own symbols, Mecca was the housing of the god Hubal, whos image was taken by the moabites, who worshiped baal, and they continue to worship the same rock today.

When the roman empire collapsed in the city of rome, it actually moved to Turkey, which was taken over by the Ottomans, and became the islamic empire. The roman empire also was spread out into the lands of the same babylonian empire the beast will come from, over to nations like Turkey, Syria, Iran and Arabia. So it would in fact be from the roman empire itself.

And I dunno about islam not having major influence. Islam is a major religion, it rules many nations around the earth, and has many followers, it is one of the worlds largest religions, right next to Christianity, and its numbers are growing. People all around the world come to Mecca to kiss the kabaa stone. Mecca rules the world with its wine, oil, and all the worlds kings practice adultry with her because of it. Revelation tells you its in a desert.

lol.. Islam has no power dude. Catholicism holds power over most every nation on earth. Islam can not even rule its own nations because it is too splintered..

This fear of islam is nuts!

Catholicism is roman and greek mythology with a chritian flavor.

Islam is not even like the false gods Israel practiced when they first went the way of the harlot.
 

lol.. Islam has no power dude. Catholicism holds power over most every nation on earth. Islam can not even rule its own nations because it is too splintered..

This fear of islam is nuts!

Catholicism is roman and greek mythology with a chritian flavor.

Islam is not even like the false gods Israel practiced when they first went the way of the harlot.


Haha, no Islam has lots of power, it even has more say over our own nation then the vatican right now : p It both rules over many nations, and has control over the worlds most valuable resource. The vatican has like.... a history of ruling, and respect of many people, but does not hold real power over the world anymore : p It has alot of money, and can sometimes have sway over some people at times, but for the most part its a symbol now.

And yeah, catholicism is Christianity with some pagan pracitices here and there, as well as unbiblical things, like having a high priest they put on the level of God, and exalting the mother of Christ, it puts regular people on Godly levels, yeah. But islam is the literal worship of a pagan god, who bow before a pagan idol. It is a pagan religion. If youre looking for modern day paganism, islam is where you should be looking.
 
BABYLON is the chief city of the DAUGHTER OF BABYLON..THE HINDERMOST OF THE NATIONS, THE LADY OF THE KINGDOMS WHICH MOUNTS HER DEFENSES TO THE UTMOST HEAVENS.....the WOMAN WHO HOVERS OVER THE MIDDLE EAST OVERSHADOWING WITH WINGS!
 
Haha, no Islam has lots of power, it even has more say over our own nation then the vatican right now : p It both rules over many nations, and has control over the worlds most valuable resource. The vatican has like.... a history of ruling, and respect of many people, but does not hold real power over the world anymore : p It has alot of money, and can sometimes have sway over some people at times, but for the most part its a symbol now.

lol. If you say so. Sorry I am not buying it.. look in the m idle east. the islamists are killing themselves. the only power they have is suicide bombers, as they promise whoever is a martyre will automatically get to heaven no matter how sinful they are..

And yeah, catholicism is Christianity with some pagan pracitices here and there, as well as unbiblical things, like having a high priest they put on the level of God, and exalting the mother of Christ, it puts regular people on Godly levels, yeah. But islam is the literal worship of a pagan god, who bow before a pagan idol. It is a pagan religion. If youre looking for modern day paganism, islam is where you should be looking.

hm. The Pagans had a high priest they put on the level of God (pontifus maximus) they also had the mother of God (queen of heaven) Catholics do not worship Christ or God. any more than jews did.
again, Catholicism is pagans who claim the name of Christ. Islam may be pagan, but they are a one god religion (much like jews) whereas catholics have multiple Gods..
 
Babylon, New York is on the South shore of Long Island about 35 miles west of Montauk Point.

There may be others but the Babylon of the Bible is on the Euphrates River in what is now Iraq.


I agree that Dallas is in Texas; but the one in Oregon was named and incorporated first.
 
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