Babylon can be taken to be many things.
Have long believed it was New York City (lesser possibilities being London and HK).I feel Babylon in Revelation has two senses. The world Babylon system and religious Babylon.
Also possibly a literal Babylon coming to Iraq.Have thought that there is some likely truth to the NWO building a new capital in Babylon, Iraq.
Why do we have the largest, most secure new embassy in the world in Iraq? What’s the point if Iraq is a temporary thing?
Nevertheless, the fellow was quite convincing with his list of items from Scripture identifying the Biblical prophetic Babylon = New York City.On thought I am moving away from is Rome. The seven hills do mean Rome. This has been used too much by some protestants to bash the Roman Catholic Church. What if it is all Christian religious institutional systems including Protestants.
Certainly RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS are a type of Babylon.
So, dispensationalists will ditch their "strict letteralistic interpretation" when it suits them.
< sarc>Come on. Babylon is Babylon. Can't mean anything except that heap of ruins in Iraq.< /arc>
“Alas, alas, for the great city that was clothed in fine linen, in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold, with jewels, and with pearls!
17 For in a single hour all this wealth has been laid waste.” And all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off
18 and cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning, “What city was like the great city?”
