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NASB | Revelation 18:9 ¶ "And the kings of the earth, who committed acts of immorality and lived sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her when they see the smoke of her burning, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 18:9 ¶ "And the kings and political leaders of the earth, who committed immorality and lived luxuriously with her, will weep and beat their chests [in mourning] over her when they see the smoke of her burning, [Ezek 26:16, 17] |
Subject: Rev. 18:9-19 sounds like WTC? |
Bible Note: Scroggs Many hold that the Babylon of Rev. is in fact Babylon rebuilt. They further believe Isaiah was seeing the immediate future with the Medes destroying the city and the distant future where God will destroy it. Others see this prophecy as coming to past gradually, where it will finally become desolate. Many Arabs will not spend a night in the city believing it is haunted. In any case for New York and the WTC to fulfill Revelation prophecy the devastation would have to been even more extensive. The devastation described in Revelation is the total collapse of commerce, economics, and trade in general for the City Babylon. While all of this was severely impacted by the WTC attacks we know none of the destruction occurred to such completeness. Again not trying to downplay the horrendous nature of what took place, or to minimize the seriousness or violence of the attacks we tend to hold an overly magnified view of America in relation to rest of the world. Especially in light of Biblical prophecy which is devoid of any mention of United States or America. David Wilkerson explained this lack of mention of America in prophecy as being caused by a previous financial collapse of America either through reckless manipulation of the financial market or by internal anarchy. That to me is a far more likely scenario, especially in light of the house of cards we call Wall Street, designed and built by men that cared for little more that today’s profits. |