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Babylon in the Bible

Revelation 17 & 18

  1. Start at the flood

    1. Noah – Ham – Cush – Nimrod

    2. Genesis 10:8-10

  2. Babylon #1 – Tower of Babel

    1. Started by Nimrod

    2. Genesis 11:8-9

    3. Violated God's instructions

    4. Babel / Babylon – Hebrew pronounced Baw-bale

    5. Both are the same word in Hebrew

  3. Babylon #2

    1. Time of Daniel and Ezekiel

    2. Judah spent 70 years in captivity there

    3. Great, wealthy city, hanging gardens

    4. Almost invincible city –

    5. Medes and Persians took city without a fight

  4. Babylon #3 – Revelation 17 & 18

    1. Revelation 17:5 mother of harlots

    2. All that is wrong, evil, immoral, unrighteous = Babylon

    3. Persecution – Revelation 17:14

    4. Today – whole world is Babylon – 17:15

    5. Read – Revelation 18:21-24

    6. Where is Babylon today?

    7. What will happen to Babylon? Revelation 18:1-3

  5. Do not be a part of the modern day Babylon.

 

Some information was gained from:

http://www.keyway.ca/htm2011/20110526.htm

http://www.revelationunderstoodcommentary.com/modern-babylon.html


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