Topic: How does Babylon affect our Christian life today?
Before we delve into Influence of Babylon on Christianity today, we must first of all understand what Babylon in this book of revelation stands for. Who or what is Babylon? We are told to Come out of her Rev 18:4 but how can you come out of something you dont recognize?
Different Opinions
1) Jerusalem - Matt 23:37
2) America - Rev18:3
Babylon cannot be a single city or nation. Is the Lord telling His children in Jerusalem or USA to leave? Will the judgement of Jerusalem or USA occur differently from the rest of the world? No!
Babylon may have started from a city or nation but it has become a system that has covered the whole earth Rev17:18
Rev17:7-9 locates Babylon as sitting on seven mountains. That is Rome. Note that it is not the city that is Babylon. It is the woman. Rome is just her base.
Religion is often described as a woman. Rev 12:1,2
The true Church is a woman, the bride of Christ. Eph 5:22-32
So Babylon here symbolises a religion whose headquarters is Rome - Roman Catholic Church
All characteristics of Babylon in scripture matches the origin and conduct of the Roman Catholic denomination. Gen11:1-9 and Gen10:8,9
- First denominator
- Blasphemy
- wealthy
- universal Influence
- birthed others
Before we delve into Influence of Babylon on Christianity today, we must first of all understand what Babylon in this book of revelation stands for. Who or what is Babylon? We are told to Come out of her Rev 18:4 but how can you come out of something you dont recognize?
Different Opinions
1) Jerusalem - Matt 23:37
2) America - Rev18:3
Babylon cannot be a single city or nation. Is the Lord telling His children in Jerusalem or USA to leave? Will the judgement of Jerusalem or USA occur differently from the rest of the world? No!
Babylon may have started from a city or nation but it has become a system that has covered the whole earth Rev17:18
Rev17:7-9 locates Babylon as sitting on seven mountains. That is Rome. Note that it is not the city that is Babylon. It is the woman. Rome is just her base.
Religion is often described as a woman. Rev 12:1,2
The true Church is a woman, the bride of Christ. Eph 5:22-32
So Babylon here symbolises a religion whose headquarters is Rome - Roman Catholic Church
All characteristics of Babylon in scripture matches the origin and conduct of the Roman Catholic denomination. Gen11:1-9 and Gen10:8,9
- First denominator
- Blasphemy
- wealthy
- universal Influence
- birthed others
Topic: How does Babylon affect our Christian life today?
Before we delve into Influence of Babylon on Christianity today, we must first of all understand what Babylon in this book of revelation stands for. Who or what is Babylon? We are told to Come out of her Rev 18:4 but how can you come out of something you dont recognize?
Different Opinions
1) Jerusalem - Matt 23:37
2) America - Rev18:3
Babylon cannot be a single city or nation. Is the Lord telling His children in Jerusalem or USA to leave? Will the judgement of Jerusalem or USA occur differently from the rest of the world? No!
Babylon may have started from a city or nation but it has become a system that has covered the whole earth Rev17:18
Rev17:7-9 locates Babylon as sitting on seven mountains. That is Rome. Note that it is not the city that is Babylon. It is the woman. Rome is just her base.
Religion is often described as a woman. Rev 12:1,2
The true Church is a woman, the bride of Christ. Eph 5:22-32
So Babylon here symbolises a religion whose headquarters is Rome - Roman Catholic Church
All characteristics of Babylon in scripture matches the origin and conduct of the Roman Catholic denomination. Gen11:1-9 and Gen10:8,9
- First denominator
- Blasphemy
- wealthy
- universal Influence
- birthed others
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