Bible Question: I was wondering if the Scriptures or text could be talking about two seperate but parallel events? Example, I believe the prophecies given to John in Revelation have been unfolding since the first century A,D. I believe that the whore of Babylon and the beast is The Roman Catholic Church. I also believe that their is a new age movement to martyr the saints and bring about a New World Order. Example antichrist is the papal system and a coming new age leader. |
Bible Answer: Hi breson1, The short answer to your question is no, Babylon and the Beast cannot be the same. See Rev. 17:16 and Daniel 2:41. The following is for your consideration. Please do your own study to see if it is true. Revelation 17:18 identify modern Babylon as “the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.” This makes it very clear that Babylon is a city. Further identification of Babylon as a city is found in: • Rev. 18:10 “…the great city, Babylon, the strong city!” • Rev. 18:16 “Woe, woe, the great city. . .” • Rev. 18:18 “. . .What city is like the great city?” • Rev. 18:19 “. . .Woe, woe, the great city. . .” • Rev. 18:21 “. . .So will Babylon, the great city. . .” Babylon is, or will be, a great city. Daniel 4 and the 7 times of punishment for the Kingdom of Babylon narrows the search considerable. 7 times equals seven 360-day years for a total of 2520 years. That punishment began in 539 BC with the fall of ancient Babylon and ended in 1982, resulting in the rebirth of the Babylonian Empire. That implies it will be an Arabic kingdom to peoples, nations and languages that live in all the earth (Compare Daniel 4:1 to Rev. 17:15). • Daniel 4:1 Nebuchandnezzar the king to all the peoples, nations, and men of every language that live in all the earth: May your peace abound! • Rev. 17: 15 “. . .The waters which you saw where the harlot (city) sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.” There should be visible progress in this Arabic city since 1982. This would exclude the United States, the Vatican, apostate Jerusalem, the Catholic Church or a World Empire of False Religion, because these are not Arabic. The new Babylon cannot be in the same location as the old Babylon since scripture states: • Isaiah 13:20 It will never be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation; Nor will the Arab pitch his tent there, Nor will shepherds make their flocks lie down there. The new Babylon will sit on the waters and will be opulent. • Rev. 17:1 “. . .the great harlot who sits on many waters. . .” • Rev. 17:4 “. . .clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. . . “ The new Babylon will be the capitol city of a combined federation of seven Islamic countries. • Rev. 17:9 “. . .The seven heads are seven mountains (countries) on which the woman sits. . .” Babylon and the Beast will align because they will have a common purpose: to conquer a common enemy and rule the world. This is the divided kingdom spoken of in Daniel 2:40-43. Once that is accomplished, the Beast will turn on Babylon and burn her up with fire (Rev. 17:16) • Daniel 2:40 Then there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; inasmuch as iron crushes and shatters all things, so, like iron that breaks in pieces, it will crush and break all these in pieces. 41 In that you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, it will be a divided kingdom; but it will have in it the toughness of iron, inasmuch as you saw the iron mixed with common clay. 42 As the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of pottery, so some of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will be brittle. 43 And in that you saw the iron mixed with common clay, they will combine with one another in the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, even as iron does not combine with pottery. I suggest you look for a modern opulent Arabic city, near the old Babylon, that sits on the water and could serve as the capitol of a new Islamic Caliphate. Hint: Also look for a new Tower of Babel. Holmes |
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