Conclusion to the verse-by-verse portion of the study of the 18th Chapter of the Book of the Revelation.

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Introduction to Episode #4

All of heaven and the Almighty will be thrilled at the annihilation and fall of this Babylon the Great. Her fall, like that of ancient Babylon, will be final. She will never rise from the ashes of her calamity, nor will she ever be inhabited again (before the Millennial Reign). On this basis then, if on no other, we may safely conclude that, to the degree that ancient Babylon is located within the confines of a region controlled by modern-day, troubled and war-torn Islamic/Shia dominated Iraq, to the same degree it is highly unlikely that Babylon the Great could ever be linked thereto. No coalition of cash-strapped European nations could ever unite to pull off reconstruction of an entity more powerful than they, having an independence, a stability and prosperity far greater than any they have ever known individually (their adherence to the Kissinger doctrine will likely preclude any possibility that they will ever coalesce to form another like the one they will destroy.). Their existence, even now under the EU banner, is burdened and strained by near constant, virtually insurmountable differences (a young German visitor to the US in the summer of 2012 affirms the prevailing, worrisome discord that exists amongst EU nations, even as Brexit several years later affirms the readiness of certain to break off relations altogether, where their demands are not agreed upon by the majority). One could argue that it is questionable whether the Muslims of Iraq and Persia combined have the incentive, ingenuity, or the initiative to do so, left to their own devices. Moreover, as we view the imminent return of Jesus Christ for His church, against the backdrop of the Bibles fulfilled prophecy, one might well argue that there is simply not enough time for such a risky venture to blossom to the level of stability, prosperity and influence needful to fill the extra-oversized shoes of Babylon the Great. Remember, this Babylon is justifiably proud and haughty to the bone due to her ability to subsist (ostensibly) completely independent of anyone else, on a par unmatched by any other economic power—past or present (See Side Bar below: Great Babylon, p. 33). She is a pillar of stability for the nations out of whom she was bred, and, who are purposed and prepped by God to deliver her imminent, inevitable plunge into everlasting oblivion.

“I will be merciful, to whom I will be merciful…” (God).

“In My Father’s House, there are many dwelling places” (John 14:1-4). Oddly, the language of this segment of the Revelation suggests strongly that there will be practically none reserved for the inhabitants of Babylon the Great (some, yes! For those who obey the call to “distance, and to distinguish themselves” from her and her brand of Christianity, but not many.). She is discarded, like a dirty, filthy, nasty white rag; a worthless, useless thing of no further value. She is proof positive that not everyone who calls Jesus “Lord,” will be saved (Matthew 7:21-23). Contrary to popular evangelical or fundamentalist thought, there is no dwelling place for her ‘religious’ remnants, in the Father’s House!

“Like squeezing a camel through the eye of a needle, so is the difficulty in getting the wealthy, the intellectual, into the Kingdom of God”, Jesus said.

Solomon was the legitimate son born to King David and Bathsheba, in an otherwise illegitimate, blood-soaked marriage, rooted in the shame, the sham and the sin of adultery (the illegitimate son was received into glory by God, at his birth—i.e., per the will of God, he died while still a newborn). The well-favored son of the King-after-God’s-own-heart, God’s love for this legitimate son of the illegitimate union was supreme. God showered this love freely and royally, giving the New King, not only his humble request for wisdom so that he might rule over the people of God wisely, but God gave him great wealth as well. In spite of its otherwise happy outlook, however, there is, and was from the start, a dark side to this saga of Solomon.

Not surprisingly, of course, God ultimately knew Solomon better than Solomon the wise man knew himself. The problem for this neophyte King lay not at all in that God, knowing the downside, failed to inform Solomon. Rather, this incident served to dramatize and play up the fact that this, the wisest man who ever lived, was yet utterly unperceptive and lacking in understanding. With the perceptivity and immense wisdom God imparted to him, Solomon appears to have sought diligently and found out profound statements of information on every subject under the sun. The one thing he did not know early in life, however, was himself.

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Similarly, in a manner mindful of the plight of King Solomon, Babylon the Great has been served notice of her status in God’s eyes—she is rejected. Although, without controversy, she is the brainchild of Almighty God (He takes full responsibility for her being), all her wealth, all of her good deeds, her appearance and the image she portrays upon the global stage will avail her nothing in terms of deliverance, in light of the awesomely awful plan of God for her. Stuffed to the brim with wealth, overflowing with prosperity untold, strutting in the stupidity of her arrogance, even as she revels in grand illusions of superiority, she is to Him like a fatted calf, built and set up only to be struck through, knocked down in humiliation and, eternal damnation. In keeping with the “Divine formula” to “…extend mercy…” where He sees fit while, by implication, withholding it as He chooses, all mercy is to be, and will be withheld from Babylon the Great.

Currently, the world is said to have this unquenchable, growing desire for the spillage of the blood of all Jews. It has nurtured this lust for quite some time…perhaps since 1948 and/or the days of Yassar Arafat. The Bible, the infallible word of the Living God, assures us that at some point in the not-too-distant future (on His command), a hostile, bloodthirsty consortium of nations will do just that…they will come literally gunning for the blood of all Jews. As the deck is stacked now, however, there is a major, powerful and highly influential impediment to that grand initiative that must, and the Bible assures us, will be removed. Informed Bible prophecy students know that this impediment cannot but be the hated and despised Babylon the Great.

Join us in this riveting study as we reveal the “who” of Babylon the Great, and the “why” driving God’s unabated loathing of her and His relentless determination to see her forever demolished, never to rise again.