Who Will Begin The Armagoddon War?

Revelation, Chapters 17-18 contain prophecies Babylon likened to a prostitute and destruction of Babylon:

“18:20 (Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has pronounced judgment against her on your behalf!)

18:21 Then one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said, “With this kind of sudden violent force Babylon the great city will be thrown down and it will never be found again!” (Revelation)

Based on this prophecy, the city of Baghdad was likened to Babylon and Saddam Hussein was likened to Nebukadnessar, the king of ancient Babylon: US invasion in Iraq that started on March 23^rd, 2003 was considered realization of a prophecy which was expected prior to Messiah. Now, Chapters 17 and 18 of the Revelations Book are read carefully. it can be easily understood that Iraq and Saddam shall seem terribly innocent compared to Babylon that is symbolized here :

“17:1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke to me. “Come,” he said, “I will show you the condemnation and punishment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters,

17:2 with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality and the earth’s inhabitants got drunk with the wine of her immorality.”

17:3 So he carried me away in the Spirit to a wilderness, and there I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.

17:4 Now the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet clothing, and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup filled with detestable things and unclean things from her sexual immorality.

17:5 On her forehead was written a name, a mystery: “Babylon the Great, the Mother of prostitutes and of the detestable things of the earth.” (Revelation)

In Torah (Old Test.)and Jewish history, the most important place on the face of earth is, undoubtedly, Jerusalem and Solomon’s Temple. Throughout the history of Judaism, it was Nebukadnessar, the king of Babylon, who burnt down the Jewish State to the ground for the first time in B.C. 586 and sent the Jews to exile. Babylon is mentioned in Torah as the capital of the country of Keldanies. In the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel and Jeremiah of Torah, there are several prophecies about destruction of Babylon. The name Babylon means gate of God , according to the Babylonians, while the name refers to chaos and disorder in Torah. In the Holy Bible, Babylon means an administration that corrupted in political, religious and economic terms. If Jerusalem is the Land of God, Babylon is the land of evil, prostitution and devil. Prostitution, witchcraft, fortune telling, nastiness, faithlessness and all sorts of ceremonies based on the same originated from Babylon. Also, any perverted tribe, church and formations that broke up with the Bible are likened to Babylon. The kings and governments who do not obey these rules are the powers that perform adultery with the prostitute called Babylon. Based on these realities, it is evident that the miracles of Babylon depicted in the book of Revelations may not be Iraq and Saddam. It is clear that there is a greater formation which affects the world. There are others who comment on these prophecies in other ways. It is too hard to derive a conclusion from prophecies describing Babylon. Because prophecies contain many conflicts and oppositions. Nonetheless, it is possible to derive a conclusion based on some clues:

“18:3 For all the nations have fallen from the wine of her immoral passion, and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have gotten rich from the power of her sensual behavior.”

18:5 because her sins have piled up all the way to heaven and God has remembered her crimes.

18:10 They will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment, and will say, “Woe, woe, O great city, Babylon the powerful city! For in a single hour your doom has come!”

18:11 Then the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her because no one buys their cargo any longer

18:15 The merchants who sold these things, who got rich from her, will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment. They will weep and mourn,

18:16 saying, “Woe, woe, O great city – dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet clothing, and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls –

18:17 because in a single hour such great wealth has been destroyed!”And every ship’s captain, and all who sail along the coast – seamen, and all who make their living from the sea, stood a long way off

18:18 and began to shout when they saw the smoke from the fire that burned her up, “Who is like the great city?”

18:19 And they threw dust on their heads and were shouting with weeping and mourning, “Woe, Woe, O great city – in which all those who had ships on the sea got rich from her wealth – because in a single hour she has been destroyed!” (Revelation)

If we need to define a Babylon bearing the features contained in these prophecies in our time, everyone agrees that the country that suits this definition most is the USA. Also, it suits the newly established Roman Empire of EU more. EU has no dominance over the world like the Roman Empire for now. Since it is the USA that rules the world, the USA that can be likened to Roman Empire, sits by the vast waters of the sea, was shocked by the attacks of September 11 is the country which suits this definition most. Also, the name America is a feminine name. Actually, there are Evangelic Christian theologians from USA who agree with us. Because the spear does not fit within the sack. David Wilkerson, the Evangelic priest of New York Times Square Church, says the city of New York is Babel depicted in Vahiy-18 . He proves this argumentation with 11 evidences derived from Torah and Bible.⁶² Of course, the fact that USA is the major actor of the Jewish and Evangelic policies at the moment is quite confusing. However, these complexities shall be eradicated at the final chapter of the book.

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