WHO IS BABYLON?
We know Gog and Ma-Gog is Russia, the land of the north. We recognize the Kings of the East, China, also called the Leopard. Rome-reborn is the European family of nations ruled by Satan. The King of the South is Africa. Yet, which nation is Babylon? If her name is on her face, why is it so hard to recognize her.

Is Babylon, as some philosophers contend, an abstract concept? Or is it a geo-political entity with national borders? Could Babylon be a religion? Is Babylon a world ruling system, a socio-economic conspiracy which ignores national borders?

EVIDENCE FROM HISTORY
Babylon was the nation who destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple between 606 and 586 B.C., and carried the Tribes of Judah and Levi into captivity. They served in Babylon for 70 years, and there Daniel wrote his book. It was to this nation Jeremiah's scroll was taken, read aloud, and thrown into the river. Jeremiah 51:63. So between 586 and 416 B.C. Babylon was a nation, a place of servitude. However, to start here is to begin in the middle of the story of Babylon.

After God created Lucifer and mankind, Satan fell. He then deluded mankind into sin and death. After the flood Satan again tempted mankind, again deluding them into bondage to sin.

What was the first lie Satan told? "The word of God does not mean exactly what He said." ("Yes, I know what He said was so and so, but what He means is thus and so.") What is recorded next? Pride. The pride of Cain brought jealousy, then hate and murder. Gen. 3:1-4, 4:6.

Nimrod was a mighty man, a famous hunter: Proud. Gen. 10:9. What would Satan tempt him with? Matthew 4:8-9 will give us a clue, and with the evidence in Gen. 10:10 we have the answer.

A NATION OPPOSED TO GOD
So rather than serve Jepeth, Nimrod chose to worship Satan in return for a kingdom. Lucifer wanted a throne in a temple, a high temple. Isa. 14:9-21. Satan gave Nimrod the strategy and system by which he could rule men and build a kingdom for himself, and a temple for Satan.

God had commanded the descendants of Noah to fill the earth with people. Gen. 9:1, 7. Satan and Nimrod opposed God. In order for Satan to have a temple which would reach to heaven, and Nimrod to have a kingdom capable of building that temple, they needed all of the people to stay in one place. Nimrod lied to the people. "Least we be scattered abroad..." Gen. 11:4.

THE FIRST PYRAMID
The temple/tower of Babel was the prototype of the pyramids. Not only was it designed to lift Satan's throne up to heaven, but it was the emblem of Satan's system which gave Nimrod rule over the people.

The Lord, looking down and seeing what Satan and Nimrod had done, confused the language of man and scattered them across the face of the earth. Gen. 10:10-20, 25, 11:6-9.

However, Nimrod shared the knowledge he received from Satan with his co-conspirators, and wherever they went they built pyramids. Some went to Egypt and to India, and some, eventually, to South America.

For generations Babylon, Egypt and Assyria fought for the privilege of serving Satan and ruling the world. During this time God groomed His People to receive their heritage; promised by Noah to Shem and by God to Abraham.

In time the Israelites came out of Egypt into the Promised Land, destroying the Canaanites who had filled up with their father's sins. They worshiped Tamuz and murdered newborn children. So God used Israel to bring judgment upon a sinful nation.

JUDAH AND ISRAEL FALL
Israel also sinned. After Solomon died the Nation divided into "Israel" and Judah. The Ten Tribes worshiped false gods. The Tribes of Judah and Levi also sinned; falling from faith in God to faith in doctrine and ritual -- the empty keeping of pompous ceremony and tradition.

The Lord, in order to bring judgment upon Judah and Levi, gave Nebuchadneezar the greatest nation on earth: Babylon. Daniel 2:36-38. God used a sinful nation to punish His People for their sins: as He had done before, has done since, and will do yet once again.

A ROSE BY ANY NAME
It is this nation established by Satan and Nimrod which gives us the definition of the term "Babylon." It is a world ruling empire, a nation opposed to God; ruled by those who oppose God, who use a system of rule opposed to God. It is a place of the gratification of every form of the lusts of the flesh. Its people live the richest most elegant lifestyle of any on the face of the earth. It is a place of defeat and servitude for God's people.

David and Solomon ruled Israel by God's law and system, the law of Moses. Babylon uses Satan's laws and system to rule her people. By this system, and her conduct, we will recognize her regardless of what she calls herself.

SATAN'S SYSTEM
What is this system? It's a complex socio-economic pyramid. There are four visible sides and one invisible side. The invisible side is the foundation on which the other four facets rest. It (the foundation) is a conspiracy. It is the secret agreement and strategy by which the King and his court subjugate the people. Ideally only they will understand how the other four facets work together to enslave the people.

The second side of the pyramid is the military. By "force of Arms" the King imposes his rule, defends his kingdom and obtains slaves, workers and territory.

The third face is Ideology. By this ideology the leaders determine the type of the bureaucracy: that is, how civil order is maintained, and nonconformists are excluded or punished.

The fourth side is economics. It is the system of finance by which people are rewarded and enslaved. Taxation was 1 in 5, or 20 percent. Temple tax was 10 percent. By outright ownership of the economic infrastructure the King (and his co-conspirators) collect the remaining income generated by the people.

The last facet is religion, also used to reward or enslave the people. The religion was idolatry -- the worship of Satan by any name. The High Priests were Magi, Astrologers, Numerologists, prostitutes and sodomites. Exo. 7:11, Dan. 2:2.

PROPHECY OF DESTRUCTION
It was to this nation Jeremiah sent his scroll: the prophecy of its complete destruction. Jer. 50:42, 51:6-7, 51:33. Prophecies of complete and total destruction for Babylon were also recorded by Isaiah. Isa 13:19, 21:9, 47:1. John also described the total destruction of Babylon about 800 years after Jeremiah. Rev. 17 and 18.

SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE
So now we have a complete pictograph of Babylon. It is a nation opposed to God, given to the quest for power, wealth, luxury and the lusts of the flesh of any kind. It is a nation whose people worship false gods. It is supported by Satan's socio-economic pyramid system.

Is Babylon an abstract concept? No.

Is Babylon a religious establishment? No. However, her religion is the freedom to pursue the lusts of the mind and flesh, and she has male and female homosexual high priests in her churches.

Is Babylon a socio-economic system? No. However, she uses Satan's system to enslave her people. She is, in other words, supported by Satan.

MODERN BABYLON REVEALED
Is Babylon a Nation? Yes. She is a nation, the richest most powerful in the world today. She both uses and promotes the economic system and religion of her mother, ancient Babylon. It's a place of servitude, her people having been sold into slavery to the One-World Government for over nine trillion dollars. (Perhaps they can take pride in the price.)

IF THE SHOE FITS
How many wives have sent their unemployed husband off to apply for a job saying, "early bird gets the worm?" How many husbands have called home to tell their wives, "I can't make it home for supper, I'm all tied up?" We all use metaphors in communicating with each other, and we know they have a literal meaning.

Cinderella became a queen because the shoe fit. If the shoe fits America, she is Babylon.

NO PROPHECY OF AMERICA?
Many Theologians teach the United States of America is not in the Bible. The theory may sound reasonable, since the Bible was completed almost 1,895 years ago, and which wise man could have foreseen the United States? She wasn't even a gleam in her mommies eye then.

Why wouldn't the richest, most powerful nation in the world be included in Bible prophecy? Since the invention of the atomic bomb she has, in a manor of speaking, ruled the world. She has never been visited by war. She led the world in the industrial revolution and gave it modern life saving medicine. She introduced the world to electric power, nuclear energy, television, the computer and modern technology. She won the space race.

Because the Zionists wanted land, She and Briton, through the League of Nations, arranged for them to have Palestine. She has been a treasure chest to the Zionists since that day.

She gave the world (via Hollywood) the "sexual revolution." She led the world in the destruction of the family (divorce) and the murder of innocent unborn children (abortion). She is the homosexual cesspool of the world.

The old and feeble are abandoned in rest homes. The (poor) sick are not healed, nor are the hungry given food. There is no justice for the innocent, the guilty are not punished. Both Indian and African have been oppressed for three hundred years, while her high priests proclaim "justice and equality for all."

Her false prophets preach, "Peace, peace. Peace through power." And She will sell slaughter weapons to anyone, to maintain the balance of (terror) power, and make herself rich.

THE SHOE FITS
In ancient Babylon the High Priests taught the people "the waters contained the seed of life." In which nation today do high priests teach, "life came from the sea?" In which nation of the world is this ancient lie taught to innocent school children?

The wise men of ancient Babylon were astrologers, alchemists, numerologists, magicians and sorcerers. The "wise men" of Modern Babylon are astrologer-astronomers, Nuclear Chemists-alchemists, and Mathematician-numerologists. The magicians and witches are still with us too. Though many have changed their names, their potions and spells are found on store shelves, some even using the term "magic" on the label.

Her people are given to the pursuit of material goods, success and happiness, and the richest most luxurious lifestyle in recorded history. They are ruled by the lusts of the mind and flesh, and sensuousness of every imaginable kind.

For the past 40 years the United States of America has been the richest most powerful nation in the world. She; by keeping her troops in the lands which once were Rome, and will be Rome again; sat on the seven hills of Rome for a lifetime. Daniel 7:1-12 and Revelation 13, 17 and 18 describe the nations, including this whore Babylon, which will co-exist at the time of The End.

HER NAME BY DEFINITION
According to Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Babylon was the ancient capital city of that nation which bore her name. It was regarded as rich, luxurious, wicked and given to the gratification of the lusts of the flesh and senses. The name came to be applied to any nation which lived the same life style. Which nation, in your own mind, fits that description today?

As certainly as Israel has been reborn, Babylon has been reborn and Rome will be reborn, we are the generation who will see the Lord come.

"Come out of her, my people..." Jer. 51:8-9, 45, Rev. 14:8, 18:4.