1 After these things I saw another
angel coming down from heaven, having
great authority, and the earth was
illuminated with his glory.
A new angel which John sees who
has authority lit up the earth.
2 And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and
has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a
cage for every unclean and hated bird!
Isaiah 21:9
And look, here comes a chariot of men with a pair of horsemen!” Then he
answered and said, “Babylon is fallen,
is fallen! And all the carved images
of her gods He has broken to the ground.”
Jeremiah 50:2-3
“Declare among the nations, Proclaim, and set up a standard;
Proclaim—do not conceal it— Say, ‘Babylon
is taken, Bel is shamed. Merodach is broken in pieces; Her idols are humiliated. Her images are broken in pieces.’ For out of the north a nation comes up against
her, Which shall make her land
desolate, And no one shall dwell
therein. They shall move, they shall depart, Both man and beast.
Isaiah 46:1
Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; Their
idols were on the beasts and on the cattle. Your carriages were heavily
loaded, A burden to the weary beast.
Judges 8:26
Now the weight of the gold earrings that he requested was one thousand
seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescent
ornaments, pendants, and purple robes which were on the kings of Midian,
and besides the chains that were around
their camels’ necks.
The angel cries out with a quote
from Isaiah, Babylon is fallen. Jeremiah also prophesied about this very event.
Babylon is taken, and the false god Bel is put to shame. It is my belief, Allah
and Bel are one and the same. All the idols, such as the Kabbah stone and the
crescent moons are broken. No man will live in this city ever again.
3 For all the nations have drunk
of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have
committed fornication with her, and the
merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her
luxury.”
All the nations of the world have
engaged in supporting this city. This city supports the division of the land of
Israel and the removal of the people of God.
Joel 3:2-3
I will also gather
all nations, And bring them down to
the Valley of Jehoshaphat; And I
will enter into judgment with them there On account of My people, My
heritage Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations; They have also divided up My land. They
have cast lots for My people, Have given
a boy as payment for a harlot, And sold
a girl for wine, that they may drink.
Notice a few things here. First,
YHWH is judging these people for splitting up His land. We also see the harlot
mentioned along with the wine. This is very interesting in my opinion because
it can be directly linked to the Islamic nations surrounding Israel today.
Psalm 83:2-8
For behold, Your enemies
make a tumult; And those who hate You
have lifted up their head. They have
taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones. They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation,
That the name of Israel may be
remembered no more.” For they have consulted together with one consent; They form a confederacy against You: The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;
Moab and the Hagrites; Gebal, Ammon,
and Amalek; Philistia with the
inhabitants of Tyre; Assyria also has joined with them; They
have helped the children of Lot. Selah
Looking at this passage, we see
some things very clearly. First, I would like to point out many theologans
claim this is a passage of events which have already taken place. I disagree.
We can turn on the daily news and see there are a specific group of people today
who make this very claim, “let us cut them off from being a nation” and they
would prefer “the name of Israel” is to be “remembered no more”. What is even
more interesting is that specific group of people are the surrounding countries
of Israel. Now, looking at the list given in Psalm 83, every one of those
countries are countries making that very claim today, and they all surround
Israel. These people are stated to be the enemies of YHWH.
4 And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.
Jeremiah 51:6
Flee from the midst of Babylon, And every one save his life! Do not be cut
off in her iniquity, For this is the
time of the Lord’s vengeance; He shall recompense
her.
John hears a voice commanding the
people of YHWH to flee Babylon. The warning is if they do not, they will share
in the sin and plagues coming upon this city.
5 For her sins have reached to
heaven, and God has remembered her
iniquities.
Jeremiah 51:9
We would have healed Babylon, But she
is not healed. Forsake her, and let us go everyone to his own country; For her judgment reaches to heaven and is
lifted up to the skies.
The sin of Babylon is high. YHWH
has not forgotten what this city has done.
6 Render to her just as she rendered to you, and repay her double according to her works; in the cup which she has
mixed, mix double for her.
YHWH will repay this city double according
to the deeds committed.
7 In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in
the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will
not see sorrow.’
Acts 19:35
And when the city clerk had quieted the crowd, he said: “Men of
Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is
temple guardian of the great goddess Diana,
and of the image which fell down from Zeus?
Isaiah 47:8-9
“Therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures, Who dwell
securely, Who say in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, Nor shall I know the loss of children’; But these two things shall come to you In a
moment, in one day: The loss of children, and widowhood. They shall come upon you in
their fullness Because of the multitude of your sorceries, For the great
abundance of your enchantments.
Diana was originally a goddess of
the woodlands, a maiden huntress who spurned romance and men in general…She was
identified by the Romans as being the same as the Greek Artemis. Artemis was
the daughter of Zeus and the twin sister of Apollo…The “image which fell from
heaven” was a black meteor which was worshiped as an image of the goddess
Cybele.
Artemis is the Greek rendering of
the Hebrew goddess Ashtoreth, who was known as the Queen of Heaven. The meteor,
if carefully followed throughout history, moves from Ephesus to Saudi Arabia,
long before Muhammad started Islam. When he conquered Mecca, he associated the
meteor with Allah. This stone is currently sitting in Mecca and worshipped by
the Muslims. It is said, the Kaaba forgives the sins of the Muslims. Mecca is the
great city, and Mecca sits inside Saudi Arabia. Mecca is the whore of Babylon,
with the Diana meteor sitting in the middle of the city.
Isaiah is referring to the city
known as the daughter of Babylon. We can understand then, Mystery Babylon, the
Harlot, and the daughter of the original Babylon are one and the same. This
means, Isaiah is not referring to Babylon in Iraq. But to be a daughter is to
be an offspring. The offspring looks and acts similar to the parent.
8 Therefore her plagues will
come in one day—death and mourning and famine. And she will be utterly
burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judges her.
This city will be destroyed in
one day. There will be death, sadness and famine. The entire city will be
completely burned with fire.
Jeremiah 51:25-26
“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, Who destroys all the
earth,” says the Lord. “And I will stretch out My hand against you, Roll you
down from the rocks, And make you a burnt mountain. They shall not take from
you a stone for a corner Nor a stone for a foundation, But you shall be desolate
forever,” says the Lord.
Some of these prophecies against
Babylon have already taken place between the Medes and ancient Babylon.
However, not all has come to pass. This leads me to believe the very same thing
will go down again, but only not with ancient Babylon, but with the new city,
Babylon the Great.
Jeremiah 51:33
For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “The daughter of Babylon is like a
threshing floor When it is time to thresh her; Yet a little while And the time
of her harvest will come.”
This is a direct link to a
different Babylon which is birthed from the original. There are significant correlations
between ancient Babylon and modern Mecca.
9 “The kings of the earth
who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning, standing at a distance for fear of
her torment, saying, ‘Alas, alas, that
great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.’
All the rulers of the nations of
the world will mourn deeply due to the destruction of this city. It seems they
even understand the city has come under judgement.
11 “And the merchants of the
earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore: merchandise of gold and
silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple, silk and scarlet,
every kind of citron wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object
of most precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; and cinnamon and incense,
fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and
sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men.
Again we see how the destruction
of this city causes major issues with the merchants. The list of merchandise is
pretty extensive and encompasses almost everything that can be made.
14 The fruit that your soul longed for has gone from you, and all the
things which are rich and splendid have gone from you, and you shall find them
no more at all.
The people of Babylon had committed
deeds to become rich, but the desire will be removed. All the things considered
valuable will be taken.
15 The merchants of these
things, who became rich by her, will
stand at a distance for fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, and saying,
‘Alas, alas, that great city that was
clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious
stones and pearls!
The merchants will mourn from a
distance due to fear of being sucked into the destruction. They will all be
upset over the destroying of the city.
17 For in one hour such great riches came to nothing.’ Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship,
sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance and cried out
when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What is like this great city?’
YHWH destroyed the entire city in
only one hour. Potentially a nuclear bomb will be dropped on the country of Saudi
Arabia specifically the city of Mecca.
19 “They threw dust on their
heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, ‘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.’
Now, this verse is of particular
interest. These people, merchants, shipmasters, and sailors, “threw dust on their
heads and cried out”. The throwing of dust on one’s head in mourning is a Middle
Eastern practice. I can not imagine a Middle Eastern custom being adopted by
any other nation, nor can I imagine any Muslims mourning over the destruction
of the Vatican, or New York City. This verse alone seems to indicate Mystery
Babylon is at minimum located in the Middle East.
20 “Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for
God has avenged you on her!”
The prophets and apostles are
considered avenged because of the destruction of this city. This makes sense as
well because Saudi Arabia has strict laws for any non-Muslim to convert to
Islam if living within its borders. The city of Mecca specifically has a split
on the roadway into the city. It reads something along the lines of non-Muslims
must not enter and if they do, they will face death.
21 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.
A strong angel throws a massive
stone into the sea, likely the Red Sea, and makes the statement,
“Babylon shall
be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore”.
22 The sound of harpists,
musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall
not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in
you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore.
Nothing of pleasantness shall be
found or heard in this city, ever again.
23 The light of a lamp shall not
shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be
heard in you anymore. For your merchants
were the great men of the earth, for by
your sorcery all the nations were deceived.
Those considered great men of the
earth were the merchants of this city and do to what YHWH calls their sorcery,
they deceived the whole world.
24 And in her was found the
blood of prophets and saints, and of all
who were slain on the earth.”
The blood of believers was found
in this city. Something very interesting to consider, we will get to it in a
later chapter, but Believers in the Islamic countries are having their heads
literally cut off. Islamic nations are the only ones in the world today who
still behead anyone. It just so happens they are doing this to anyone who
claims to follow Yeshua and stands by the understanding that He is the son of
God. If anyone will not deny Yeshua as the son of God, they are killed, not pay
close attention to the next two verses.
Revelation 20:4
And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to
them. Then I saw the souls of those who
had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image,
and had not received his mark on
their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a
thousand years.
1 John 2:22
Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and
the Son.
