Saturday 27 July 2013

THE BABYLON OF TODAY'S CHRISTIANS AND THE ANTI-CHRIST SYSTEM.

Babylon the Great is a global system of false religion, it is a religion that teaches the doctrine of men and philosophies rather the than the messages and gospel of Christ and the preaching of salvation (Mark 7:6-7, Isaiah 29:13). The bible described Babylon the Great as the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. (Revelation 17:2)

The religious identity of Babylon the Great is further confirmed by the statement that she misleads all the nations by means of her spiritic practice such as idolatry, spiritism, sorcery, astrology, palmistry, human sacrifice and other practices. Since false religions are devil-inspired, it is not surprising that the Bible calls Babylon the Great ''the habitation of devils''. (Revelation 18:2, Deuteronomy 18:10-12)
However, this empire is also described as being an anti-christ by persecuting the ''prophets'' and ''holy ones''. (Revelation 18:24) Infact, Babylon the Great has such deep hatred for the gospel of Christ that she violently persecutes and even murdered the ''followers of Jesus''. (Revelation 17:6) Hence, this woman named Babylon the Great clearly represents the world empire of false religion which includes all religious that stands as anti-christ.

The modern-day religious leaders are involved in the practices of the ancient Babylon, and they are as follows:
- Religious leaders are deeply involved in the nation's political affairs.
- Religious leaders often promotes the nation's warfare.
- Religious leaders has pushed the Bible's standard of morality aside and immorality is rampant among both clergy and laity.
- Religious leaders lives in shameless luxury and acquired extensive landholdings and they became prominent in commercial activities.

The book of Revelation focuses attention on Babylon the Great. In chapter 17, the bible described her as a harlot and as we have seen, she is a global empire, she is a false religion and she is satan's system that he uses in fighting against the seed of God's woman (Revelation 12:17). The beast is both a power and a being. As a being, his subjects are his image (the body members of satan). The world council of churches are his image as a system to receive the very being (the beast) which is the headship of satan. The world council of churches leads back to Rome (the headquarter of satan).

Babylon the Great is the entire world empire of false religion. She includes all religions that preserve the religious teachings and practices of ancient Babylon and that manifest her spirit. It was at Babylon more than 4,000 years ago that God confused the tongues of the builders of the Tower of Babel. The different language groups were scattered to the ends of the earth, taking with them the apostate beliefs and practices that are the basis of most religions to this day. (Genesis 11:1-9) Babylon the Great is the religious part of satan's organisation. (John 8:43-47) Her most prominent segment today is apostate christendom, which emerged as a powerful lawless organisation in the fourth century after Christ, with creeds and formalisms derived not from the Bible but largely from Babylonish religion. (2Thessalonians 2:3-12)

One may ask, since religion still exercises great influence on the earth why does the angel announce that Babylon the Great has fallen? Well, what resulted in 539 B.C when ancient Babylon fell? Why, Israel was freed to return to their homeland and restore true worship there, so the restoration of spiritual Israel in 1919 to a radiant spiritual prosperity which continues and expands to this day stands as evidence that Babylon the Great fell in that year. No longer does she have power of restraint over God's people.

Moreover, she has come into deep trouble within her own ranks. Since 1919 her corruption, dishonesty and immorality have been widely exposed. In most of Europe, only few people went to church and in many socialistic countries, religion is regarded as ''the opium of the people''. Disgraced in the the eyes of all the lovers of God's word of truth. Babylon the Great now waits on death row as it were for the execution of God righteous judgment on her.
To examine more detail on the circumstances surrounding the disgraceful fall of Babylon the Great. The angel here tell us that ''Babylon the Great has made all the nations drink of the wine of the anger of her fornication''. What does this mean? It relates to conquest. For example, God told Jeremiah ''Take this cup of the wine of rage out of my hand and you must make all the nations to whom i am sending you drink it. And they must drink and be moved and be mad because of the sword that i will send among them''. (Jeremiah 25:15-16) In the sixth and seventh centuries B.C God used ancient Babylon to pour out a symbolic cup of tribulation for many nations to drink, including apostate Judah so that even his own people were taken into exile. Then in her turn, Babylon fell because her king exalted himself against God, ''the lord of the heavens''. (Daniel 5:23)

Babylon the Great has also made conquests, but for the most part, these have been more subtle. She has made all the nations drink by using the wiles of a prostitute committing religious fornication with them. She has enticed political rulers into alliances and friendships with her. Through religious allurements she has schemed political, commercial and economic oppression. She has formented religious persecution and religious wars and crusades as well as national wars for purely political and commercial reasons. And she sanctified these wars by saying they are God's will.

Religion's involvement in wars and politics of the 20th century is common knowledge as in Shinto Japan, Hindu India, Buddhist Vietnam, ''Christian'' Northern Ireland and Latin America as well as others not to overlook the army chaplains, part of both sides of the two world wars in urging young men to slaughter one another. A classic example of the philandering of Babylon the Great is the share she had in the Spanish civil war of 1936-39, in which at least 600,000 people were killed. This bloodspilling was provoked by supporters of the catholic clergy and their allies in part because the wealth and position of the church was threatened by Spain's legal government.

Since Babylon the Great is the religious part of satan's seed, she has always made God's woman ''Jerusalem above'' her main target. In the first century, the congregation of anointed christians was clearly identified as the woman's seed. (Genesis 3:15, Galatians 3:29, 4:26) Babylon the Great tried hard to conquer that chaste congregration by seducing it into committing religious fornication. The apostles Paul and Peter warned that many would succumb and a great apostasy would result. (Acts 20:29-30, 2Peter 2:1-3)

Jesus messages to the seven churches indicated that toward the end of John's life Babylon the Great was making some progress in her efforts to corrupt. (Revelation 2:6,14,15, 20-23) But Jesus had already shown how far she would be permitted to go.


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