The enemies of the Gospel are of the devil (Satan):
1 John 3:8 (NIV) He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work.
You could even call them The Children of the Devil:
John 8:42 (NIV) Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me.
They exist in the church:
Mark 1:23 (NIV) Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an evil spirit cried out,
These are the self righteous RELIGIOUS ones. In Jesus day they were known as Pharisees. These are the weeds. Both weeds and wheat are in the church:
Matthew 13:25 (NIV) But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.
Revelation 17:4-5 (NIV) The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries. This title was written on her forehead: MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
I used to believe this was some coming new age religion. Now I believe it is the self righteous “Christian” RELIGIOUS system.
Babylon can be taken to be many things.
Have long believed it was New York City (lesser possibilities being London and HK).
The fellow on C2C AM the other night convincingly reached the same conclusion from Scripture with a list of Biblical features of the city Babylon in prophecy.
Maybe I’ll get around to transcribing key parts of that broadcast.