Mystery Babylon: 'Economic System' or Actual Nation?
Babylon's greatest sin was introducing into the world the Worship of Money.
Notice that before the final Beast system rises where everyone is required to its mark on their foreheads or right hands (which is easily provable to happen at the start of the Great Tribulation, or 3½ years into the 7 year period of trials for the nation of Israel), a nation called Babylon will have already fallen. This can only be the USA as Jeremiah 50, 51 and Isaiah 47, 48 and Revelation 17, 18 point to as the only candidate that fits all the Scripture on Mystery Babylon.
Notice that before the final Beast system rises where everyone is required to its mark on their foreheads or right hands (which is easily provable to happen at the start of the Great Tribulation, or 3½ years into the 7 year period of trials for the nation of Israel), a nation called Babylon will have already fallen. This can only be the USA as Jeremiah 50, 51 and Isaiah 47, 48 and Revelation 17, 18 point to as the only candidate that fits all the Scripture on Mystery Babylon.
There are some interesting parallels between Ancient Babylon and the USA. For example, Ancient Babylon not only standardized commerce throughout the ancient world, but also exported its culture, rituals, designer clothes and fads of the time, and their pagan gods. They also were structured in a very similar manner.
Ancient Babylon was an Empire made up of many different countries it had conquered or made allegiances with. By some estimates there were as many as 127 of these “Provinces.” Contrast this with the United States of America, where originally 13 States or Countries, created a Federal Government for mutual self-interest, specifically to help govern trade between them and other outside governments, and for mutual protection.
Under the United States Constitution, the federal government was assigned specific limited powers and most government functions were left to the States. To ensure that people understood the limits on federal power, the Framers added the Constitution's Tenth Amendment:
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
The Tenth Amendment embodies federalism, the idea that federal and state governments have separate areas of activity and that federal responsibilities were "few and defined," as James Madison noted. Historically, federalism acted as a safeguard of American freedoms. Indeed, President Ronald Reagan noted in a 1987 executive order:
"Federalism is rooted in the knowledge that our political liberties are best assured by limiting the size and scope of the national government."
In other words, today the USA is a group of 50 separate countries that have covenanted together in order to form a super-government to oversee issues of mutual concern, specifically Commerce and Protection. In doing so, they became the greatest Economic Power the world had ever known, at least since the days of Ancient Babylon.
In addition to these Political States, the USA is also comprised of the following territories, protectorates and possessions:
Territories:
· United States Virgin Islands - since 1917 (original purpose of acquisition: military significance)
Commonwealths:
· Puerto Rico - under US control since 1900, became a commonwealth in 1902 (original purpose of acquisition: military significance)
· Northern Mariana Islands - under US control since 1947, became a commonwealth in 1978 (original purpose of acquisition: military significance)
Possessions:
· Howland, Baker, and Jarvis Islands - since 1857 (original purpose of acquisition: guano production)
· Midway Atolls - claimed in 1876, annexed in 1908 (original purpose of acquisition: military significance)
Compacts of Free Association:
In addition to these places it is helpful to know which places have been possessions of the United States in the past as well. Previously occupied American territories include:
- The Philippines 1901 - 1946
- Panama Canal 1903 - 1999
- Nicaragua 1912 - 1933
- Haiti 1915 - 1934
- Dominican Republic 1916 – 1924
· Palua 1947—1994
On a more subjective level there are also many countries whose leaders or political systems have been controlled or influenced by the United States in some way over the years. For the purpose of helping to understand American influence I will include some of these places here and the times in which it is generally accepted that their political systems were under significant influence of the United States.
- Nicaragua 1855 - 1860
- Liberia 1820 - 1865
- Cuba 1898 - 1952
- Germany 1945 - 1955
- Japan 1945 - 1955
- South Korea 1948 - 1960
- Congo 1960 - 1964
- Vietnam 1950 - 1973
- Chile 1964 - 1973
- Iran 1953 - 1979
- Guatemala 1953 - 1980s
- Indonesia/East Timor 1965 - 2002
- Iraq (aka: Babylon) 2003 - ?
In addition to the above, the United States also has relationships with the following 176 “Occupied Territories” which have some measure of autonomy. These areas were Judicially Established in 1978 and does not include dozens of others still attempting to gain recognition.
| 1. Seneca 2. Delaware, Wyandot, Potawatomi, Ottawa, Chippewa 3. Ottawa 4. Delaware, Ottawa, Shawnee, Wyandot 5. Delaware 6. Shawnee 7. Potawatomi, Ottawa, Chippewa 8. Potawatomi 9. Potawatomi 10. Potawatomi 11. Potawatomi 12. Potawatomi 13. Potawatomi 14. Potawatomi 15. Potawatomi 16. Sault Ste. Marie Band 17. Ottawa, Chippewa 18. Saginaw Chippewa 19. Saginaw Chippewa 20. Grand River Band 21. Miami, Potawatomi 22. Miami, Potawatomi 23. Miami 24. Miami, Eel River 25. Miami, Delaware 26. Miami, Wea 27. Potawatomi, Wea 28. Potawatomi, Wea, Kickapoo 29. Wea, Kickapoo 30. Wea 31. Delaware, Piankeshaw 32. Potawatomi, Kickapoo 33. Kickapoo 34. Kaskaskia, Kickapoo 35. Piankeshaw 36. Kaskaskia 37. Cherokee 38. Creek 39. Creek 40. Creek 41. Seminole 42. Lake Superior Bands, Mississippi Bands 43. Lake Superior Bands, Mississippi Bands 44. Lake Superior Bands 45. Bois Forte Band 46. Mississippi Bands 47. Lake Superior Bands, Mississippi Bands 48. Pillager & Lake Winnibigoshish Bands 49. Pillager Band 50. Red Lake Band 51. Red Lake Band, Pembina Band 52. Pembina Band 53. Potawatomi 54. Winnebago 55. Sac & Fox 56. Sac & Fox 57. Sac & Fox 58. Sac & Fox 59. Sac & Fox 60. Iowa, Sac & Fox 61. Sac & Fox 62. Iowa 63. Iowa 64. Otoe & Missouria, Iowa, Omaha, Sac & Fox 65. Omaha 66. Ponca 67. Otoe & Missouria 68. Pawnee 69. Osage 70. Osage 71. Osage 72. Quapaw 73. Caddo 74. Medawakanton Band 75. Eastern or Mississippi Sioux 76. Yankton 77. Sisseton & Wahpeton 78. Sisseton 79. Teton & Yanktonai 80. Yankton 81. Sioux (Dahcotah) Nation 82. Arikara, Mandan, Hidatsa 83. Arikara, Mandan, Hidatsa 84. Assiniboine 85. Crow 86. Blackfeet & Gros Ventre 87. Flathead 88. Upper Pend D'Oreille | 89. Kootenai 90. Nez Perce 91. Coeur D'Alene 92. Kalispel 93. Spokane 94. Palus 95. Cayuse 96. Walla Walla 97. Umatilla 98. Yakima 99. Colville 100. Lake Tribe 101. Sanpoil-Nespelem 102. Okanogan 103. Methow 104. Warm Springs 105. Clatsop 106. Tillamook 107. Tillamook 108. Coquille, Chetco, Too-too-to-ney 109. Snake 110. Lemhi 111. Shoshone 112. Cheyenne & Arapaho, Northern Cheyenne, Northern Arapaho 113. Klamath 114. Modoc 115. Pitt River 116. Northern Paiute 117. Washoe 118. Indians of California 119. Western Shoshone 120. Goshute 121. Uintah Ute 122. Southern Paiute 123. Hopi 124. Navajo 125. Acoma 126. Laguna 127. Zia, Jemez, Santa Ana 128. Santo Domingo 129. San Ildefonso 130. Nambe 131. Santa Clara 132. Taos 133. Kiowa, Comanche & Apache 134. Jicarilla Apache 135. Mescalero Apache 136. Mescalero Apache 137. Lipan Apache 138. Chiricahua Apache 139. Chiricahua Apache 140. Western Apache 141. Tonto Apache 142. Havasupai 143. Hualapai 144. Mohave 145. Chemehuevi 146. Yavapai 147. Pima-Maricopa 148. Quechan 149. Papago 150. Nooksack 151. Lummi 152. Samish 153. Upper Skagit 154. Swinomish 155. Lower Skagit 156. Kikiallus 157. Stillaguamish 158. Makah 159. S'Klallam 160. Snohomish 161. Quileute 162. Skokomish 163. Skykomish 164. Snoqualmie 165. Suquamish 166. Duwamish 167. Quinaielt 168. Squaxin 169. Muckleshoot 170. Puyallup 171. Steilacoom 172. Nisqually 173. Lower Chehalis 174. Upper Chehalis 175. Cowlitz 176. Chinook |
Now Revelation 17 and 18 specifically then must be dual, they speak of America as the Center of World Trade and Commerce (aka: The World Trade Center), and the actual reborn Nation of Babylon in the Middle East. This is why Revelation 18 and 14 say "Babylon has fallen (1), has fallen (2)". There is no reason any angel would need to declare the fall of Babylon twice unless it literally does fall twice. It's dual, and not limited to one fulfillment. America, called technically a daughter of Babylon by Jeremiah and Isaiah, can only fall once. Then the full and final embodiment of the Nation of Babylon reborn will fall at a later date.
It is important to note that the Backup World Trade computer system had already been set up and came online exactly one hour after commerce ceased in New York City on September 11, 2001. This is in fulfillment of –Revelation 18:8-17.
It is important to note that the Backup World Trade computer system had already been set up and came online exactly one hour after commerce ceased in New York City on September 11, 2001. This is in fulfillment of –Revelation 18:8-17.
8 Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her:
death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,
for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.
death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,
for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.
9 “When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her and shared her luxury see the smoke of her burning, they will weep and mourn over her. 10 Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry:
“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,
you mighty city of Babylon!
you mighty city of Babylon!
In one hour your doom has come!’
11 “The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes anymore— 12 cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble; 13 cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and human beings sold as slaves.
14 “They will say, ‘The fruit you longed for is gone from you. All your luxury and splendor have vanished, never to be recovered.’ 15 The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her will stand far off, terrified at her torment. They will weep and mourn 16 and cry out:
“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,
dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet,
and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!
dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet,
and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!
17 In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin!’
Now you might wonder where this backup computer system is for World Commerce that came online exactly one hour after the Twin Towers fell.
Answer: Babylon
Specifically in the city known today as Baghdad, but in ancient times was known as Babylon.
And people wonder why the USA immediately went to war with Iraq? The computer system and world commerce needed to by protected by a multi-national force to prevent it being monopolized by a dictatorial régime.
Jeremiah 50-51 says 5 times to leave Babylon and go to Jerusalem/Zion.
They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to God in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of God our God, the vengeance of his temple.
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of God's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompense.
God hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of God our God.
As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember God afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
Revelation 18 also tells people to flee so to not take part in her sins and her judgment on them. I am not convinced that this means to physically leave America, but I am convinced it does mean that we should remember that this world is not our ultimate home, and that we should be prepared for anything.
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
While these certainly work on a spiritual level (stop sinning), this does not negate plain sense literal interpretation (physical). How this will play out precisely is yet to be experienced.
Lot, too, had to physically leave Sodom before her judgment (Genesis 14). Did not Jesus say the last days would be like the days Noah (Genesis 6-9), all over again? Like Noah, if Lot had stayed in Sodom to witness to the Sodomites, we might instead be told, "Remember Lot", instead of "Remember Lot's wife" in our instructions for these last days (Luke 17:32). If Noah had not obeyed and built an ark so he could leave the land soon to be judged by being under water, he would have died prematurely and ended his testimony as a different kind of example for our admonishment.
However, Lot's wife's testimony teaches us it’s not enough to just physically leave, but we must really get the love for the world and its ways out of us as well. We need to leave Babylon and get Babylon out of us. Israel, too, had to leave Egypt and get Egypt out of them. On top of all this, Jeremiah 50 and Isaiah 13 speak of the downfall of the American Babylon as exactly like Sodom's. Perhaps the righteous will be fleeing America in the future, just as Lot fled then, or at least fleeing certain more guilty regions of the Empire known currently as the USA.
This brings me to a criticism about the Church in America that continues to preach the "prosperity" of Christians, and socially relevant messages with more foundation in secular psychology and issues of today than Biblical foundation:
This brings me to a criticism about the Church in America that continues to preach the "prosperity" of Christians, and socially relevant messages with more foundation in secular psychology and issues of today than Biblical foundation:
Why would God give this American Christian people more of their Idol?
If you can't say Amen, say Ouch.
If you can't say Amen, say Ouch.
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