Many believe the actual ancient city of Babylon will be rebuilt and be the center of operations for the Beast and the False Prophet. Both the city and the "spirit" of Babylon will dominate the world under the influence of the Antichrist, and it is that humanistic world city and system God will most certainly destroy.
Thus the second angel cries out, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city" Box San Diego, CA David Jeremiah Turning Point for God. All Rights Reserved. God saw the people of Babylon building this kingdom, represented by a tall tower.
Then He confused their language and scattered the people over the earth. Babylon then became a great city under the rule of King Nebuchadnezzar. Babylon became a symbol of wealth, power, and prosperity in the region, worshipping idols and not the God of Israel. In the book of Exodus, God brought the Israelites out of slavery and into a land they would claim for their nation. God ensured that their enemies would be defeated, and the Israelites were protected by Him if they remained faithful. The Israelites turned from God for hundreds of years.
Different kings came to power and influenced the people to return to God and His laws, or cause the Jews to turn away from God by worshipping idols and being influenced by the evil nations surrounding them.
God became angry with the Jews and used prophets to proclaim to the people that they should repent of their sinful ways or God will send destruction to their cities. The people refused to listen, so God allowed Babylon to come into Jerusalem and destroy their homes and the temple of God built by King Solomon 2 Kings The Jews were taken to live in Babylon for 70 years.
Even though God allowed Babylon to invade Jerusalem, He would not let their evil deeds go unpunished. Daniel was a prophet who was a part of the Babylonian exile and served King Nebuchadnezzar in his court.
The king had dreams that his own magicians and mediums could not interpret. Daniel had a reputation of being able to understand dreams and visions, so he was ordered to go before the king to interpret his dreams.
In Daniel 2 , he tells the King that other kingdoms will rise, greater than Babylon, and that the strongest kingdom set up by God and never destroyed will crush Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar was eventually dethroned for his arrogance and the fact that he exalted himself over God. King Belshazzar was the successor who also defiled God by using items taken from the temple in Jerusalem for personal use.
Daniel was immediately brought to the king to interpret the writing. Daniel reminded the king of what happened to Nebuchadnezzar in removing him from power.
This king acted just as arrogantly and did not glorify God for the abundance given to Babylon. Isaiah prophesied about the fall of Babylon in Isaiah The invasion and destruction of Babylon are also prophesied in the book of Jeremiah :.
Finally, the prophecies are fulfilled in BC as Persia conquers Babylon. Some have compared Babylon in the New Testament to the rise of Rome and their control over the region. This has been disputed. In the New Testament, Babylon is a symbol of evil and an enemy of God, found throughout the world.
In the book of Revelation, John writes of his visions and prophecy regarding the fall of Babylon and the end times. Revelation 18 depicts the sins of Babylon and evil in our world. An angel comes down from heaven and calls out:. It has fallen, Babylon the Great has fallen! She has become a home for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every clean and despicable beast — Revelation CSB.
It will come as destruction from the Almighty. Pangs and sorrows will take hold of them ; they will be in pain as a woman in childbirth; they will be amazed at one another; their faces will be like flames. Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel, with both wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate; and He will destroy its sinners from it. For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light; the sun will be darkened in its going forth, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.
I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I will halt the arrogance of the proud, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
I will make a mortal more rare than fine gold, a man more than the golden wedge of Ophir. Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth will move out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts and in the day of His fierce anger.
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