Prophecy and Current Events

Behold, I set thee a watchman on the wall" (Isaiah 62:6)

America under Judgement?

8/25/2000, Vince Aquilino

Signs of Judgement

This is only for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear

MAT 16:2 He answered and said to them, "When it is evening you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red'; "and in the morning, 'It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times. (Matt 16:2-3)

In the article "America is Burning", you were updated on the spiritual significance of the wildfires consuming America and the significance of draught and flooding in a nation at the same time. As of this date, there are now 78 major fires still burning over 1.4 million acres. To-date, over 5.73 million acres have been destroyed. In Montana, the Gov. declared that Montanans ""have not had a catastrophe of this magnitude in our lifetimes." Yesterday, areas of Montana sustained winds of over 50 miles an hour, fanning the flames which are currently burning over 600,000 acres. Wildfires raging across the western United States have worsened as they became more expansive since late last week and new threats from the blazes include disruption of a huge power grid in Montana that supplies electricity to the city of Seattle, as well as pollution from the millions of tons of carbon dioxide that are pouring into the atmosphere -- at least 120 tons of carbon dioxide. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt said last Friday that the fires will probably worsen, and that little could be done to stop them before winter rains begin. The ongoing blazes have also had a serious impact on tourism with the financial effect most serious in Montana. John Cline, Idaho's director of the Bureau of Disaster Services, said, "We could see the effects of this fire for years to come. The end result could be mudslides next spring, or it could have an impact on rivers and streams."

The Draught in the Southeast is continuing with rain fall well below normal. For example, there haven’t had any rain at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport in 52 days, there been at least 30 days of 100 degree or above temps this summer (twice the average for the season with still a month left of summer left), and the dry weather has caused smog to be at dangerous levels. The triple-digit heat has killed scores of people in Texas and the dryness has fostered a locust invasion. Many East Texas agricultural producers must feel like they're seeing grasshoppers in Biblical proportions. Dry weather increases nymph and adult grasshopper survival. Under favorable conditions, such as those of a drought, the female can lay as many as 400 eggs.

Then the Lord appears to Solomon at night and said to him, "I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence amoung My people, and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray, and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land". Now My eyes shall be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place. For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that My name my be there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually." 2 Chronicles 7:12-16

Ezekiel 14:13-14, 16-20 -- "Son of man, when a land sins against Me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out My hand against it, and break its staff of bread and send famine upon it, and cut it off from man and beast; Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they would only save their own lives by their righteousness ... If I bring a sword upon that land, or say, 'Sword, go throughout the land' , so that I cut off man and beast from it; though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they themselves alone would be delivered."

 

The words, "cut off", in the original Hebrew, literally mean to "kill". In the Book of Revelation, you see God killing entire nations and peoples. God also uses the same four weapons He used against Israel: Military destruction, famine, pestilence, and wild beasts -- usually locusts or grasshoppers or insects that spread pestilence.

Locust infestations are occurring world-wide:

More than four million acres of agricultural land have been sprayed with pesticide in a bid to combat swarms of locusts in Russia's Volgograd region. A 20-kilometer wide cloud of green Asiatic locusts, each the size of a sparrow, has swept on to farmland from neighboring Kazakhstan. However, farmers have been unable to protect their crops with insecticide because the locusts are already too advanced in their life-cycle.

According to the BBC, in China, huge swarms of locusts have been destroying crops in northern region, which is already suffering from its worst drought in more than a decade. In north-central China, at least six provinces have been hit by massive infestations, and in the far north-western province of Xinjian, another huge swarm of insects is rapidly chewing its way through the summer crop. In the worst affected areas of Xinjiang, local farmers are reporting infestation levels of 4,000 locusts per square metre. According to one local paper, this is the biggest outbreak of locusts in a quarter of a century.

Australian farmers were warned to prepare for the country's worst locust plague for more than a decade, AFP reported. More than 100 billion of the insects are expected to descend upon South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland following unusually high summer rainfall. "This is the most serious threat of a major plague occurring for 15 years,"

The freak changes in the weather are certainly a sign of the time.

For example, on Monday, August 21, 2000 The English regions of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, & Wales -- English Villages were surprised by a freak brought a funnel cloud, lightning and huge hail. The storm dumped up to eight inches of hail in some areas. John Plater of the Hedon Post Office said, "I have never seen anything like it. There is about eight inches of hail banked up by the side of the shops — the hailstones were huge. We've had customers in their 80s saying they've never witnessed summer weather like this in their lives." Numerous homes were flooded by torrential rains, which also forced businesses to close. The York railway station was shut down after being hit by lightning four times within a single minute. A Railtrack spokesman said: "It was an amazing storm - I've never witnessed anything like it - there was ice all over the ground. "A fire service spokesman said "The weather conditions have been horrendous," he said. The heavy rain triggered flash floods along the coast near Sutton-on-Sea, Trusthorpe and Mablethorpe. In Wales, homes and businsses were flooded, two bridges collapsed and some people were trapped in their homes. Fire official Ian Daddy said, "It's weird. There's snow in some parts of the village and flooding in other parts. The downpour lasted just over an hour and it was unbelievable. I've never seen anything like this before."

"I've never seen anything like this before?" God is speaking, is anyone listening?

Also on Wed., August 23rd, Typhoon Bilis ripped across the island of killing 11 people, injuring 80 others and stranding. This was super typhoon was 120 miles wider than the island itself and was packing winds as high as 161 mph, which would qualify it as a catastrophic, category 5 hurricane -- more than 600,000 island residents were left without power.

However, back in the U.S., in spite of another heat record (this year has been the hottest year on record - two years running), the Northeast has had so much water that the ground is saturated. This means that if a major storm hits, there will be wide-spread flooding. For example, after flooding in New Jersy a couple of weeks ago, the Delaware River at Trenton, N.J., is flowing at a rate of 250% above normal and the New Jersey reservoir system is at 94% of capacity.

The heat wave in the U.S. is not the only record being set. The 1999 hurricane season helped push the 1995-1999 period into the record books as the most active five years for hurricanes since reliable records began in 1886. In this period, there were 41 hurricanes (20 major hurricanes with winds exceeding 110 mph). Forecasters feel 2000 could be a continuation of this pattern which some forecasters say could be part of a 25-year cycle of increased tropical storm activity. Neil Frank, past National Hurricane Center director agrees. "The impact is going to be awesome; we're going to have staggering insurance problems."

And there will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. (Luke 21:25)

On another note, let's take a quick look at a current event that alludes to the one-world government arising and what that means for an America whose sins have reached heaven.

On Wed Aug 23,2000 an international panel called for the equivalent of a U.N. ministry of defense to bolster the world body. The 10-member panel did not endorse a United Nations army, but it did encourage the 188 U.N. member states to form several brigade-size forces of 5,000 troops each that could deploy in 30 to 90 days, depending on the complexity of the U.N. peacekeeping operation. The U.N. panel was also charged with making recommendations to improve prospects for peace in the 21st century, which world leaders will consider at the upcoming Sept. 6-8 Millennium Summit at U.N. headquarters in New York. Speaking of this meeting, the secretary-general stated that this historic meeting presents a unique opportunity to begin renewing the United Nations' capacity "to secure and build peace,"

"Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, "with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication." So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication. And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement. But the angel said to me, "Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns. "The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. "Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time. "And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition. "And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. "These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. "These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful." And he said to me, "The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues. "And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire. "For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. "And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth." (Rev 18)

The Fall of Babylon

"After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illuminated with his glory. And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, "Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a habitation of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird! "For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury." And I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. "For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. (Rev 18:1-5)

Who is Mystery Babylon. Some say Rome because of the reference to the seven hills. Others say New York City also sits on seven hills -- and New York has the one-world government (the United Nations). Is it possible that Babylon (which historically was a city-state in Iraq) is both a city and a country? Is it possible Mystery Babylon is the United States and Commercial Babylon is New York City. Is it possible after the United States is judged that the seat of world government moves to Rome?

Who is Mystery Babylon? It is not for me to tell you, rather, search the scriptures yourself for the truth.

Here is some help:

Who is Mystery Babylon?

  1. Babylon would be an END TIME GREAT NATION (Rev 17,18, Isa 13:6)
  2. Babylon would have a huge seaport city within its boarders (Rev 18:17)
  3. The Great City Babylon is the home of a world government attempt (Rev 17:24)
  4. The Great City Babylon would be the economic nerve center of the world (Rev 18:3)
  5. Babylon would be center for a one-world Luciferian religious movement (Jer51:44)
  6. Babylon would be the center for the move to a global economic order (Rev 13:16)
  7. Babylon would be the youngest and greatest of the end-time nations (Jer 50:12)
  8. Babylon would be the QUEEN AMONG THE NATIONS (Isa 47:5,7, Rev 18:7)
  9. Babylon would be the most powerful nation in the world (Isa 47, Jer 50,51, Rev 18)
  10. Babylon would be the HAMMER of the whole earth (Jer 50:23, Rev 18:23)
  11. Babylon is called a lady and has the symbol of the lady ( Isa 47:7-9)
  12. Babylon would be the praise of the whole world (Jer 51:41)
  13. Babylon would grow to be the richest nation in the earth (Rev 18:3, 7, 19, 23)
  14. Babylon would be the center of world trade (Jer 51:44, rev 17:18, 18:19)
  15. Nations that traded with Babylon would grow rich (Rev 18:3)
  16. Babylon is a great nation with cities, lands and great wealth throughout (implied)
  17. Babylon is a nation "peeled" or timbered, a land of open fields (Isa 18:2)
  18. Babylon is a land quartered by mighty rivers (Isa 18:2)
  19. Babylon is a nation that is measured out and populated throughout (Isa 18:2)
  20. Babylon destroys her own land with pollution and waste (Isa 14:20, 18:2, 7)
  21. Babylon is a nation rich in mineral wealth (Jer 51:13)
  22. Babylon is the leading agricultural nation in the world (Jer 50,51, Rev 18)
  23. Babylon is the leading exporting nation in the world (Jer 51:13, Rev 18)
  24. Babylon is the leading importing nation in the world (Jer 51:13, Rev 18)
  25. Babylon is the leading industrial nation in the world (Isa 13, 47, Jer 50,51, Rev 18)
  26. Babylon is noted for her horses (Jer 50:37)
  27. Babylon sets up detention centers for Jews and Christians and rounds them up for extermination (Jer 50:7, 33; 51:35, 49, Rev 17:6; 18:24)
  28. Babylon has a mother nation that remains in existence from her birth to death (Jer 50:12)
  29. The mother of Babylon has the symbol of the LION (Dan 7:4, EZE 38:13, Jer 51:38, Psalm 17:12)
  30. The mother of Babylon will rule over her daughter her entire life (Dan 7:4, Jer 50:12)
  31. The mother of Babylon will be in a state of major decline as the end nears (Jer 50:12)
  32. Babylon is considered a lion’s whelp (Eze 38:13, Jer 51:38)
  33. Babylon will have the symbol of an eagle and builds her nest in the stars (Dan 7:4, Isa 14:13-14, Jer 51:53)
  34. Babylon turns totally anti-christ and is the leading anti-christ power at the end (Rev 18:2, Isa 14:
  35. The King of Babylon is called Lucifer, the Anti-Christ (Isa 14:4-6)
  36. The King of Babylon will rule the great city Babylon (Isa 14:4-6, Rev 17:18)
  37. The world gov. will rise up from Babylon the city (isa 14, Hab 2, Rev 13,17,18)
  38. This world entity will be a diverse entity, different from all other ruling bodies (Dan 7:7, 23)
  39. This entity will be a treaty power entity (Dan 7:7, 23)
  40. This entity will rise up and use the military power of Babylon to rule the world (Isa 14:4-6, Hab 1.,2 Tev 13, 17)
  41. Babylon is huge producer and exporter of automobiles (Jer 50:37, Rev 18:13)
  42. Babylon is a nation of craftsman, experts in their trade (Jer 50,51, Rev 18:22)
  43. Babylon is noted for gold and silver jewelry (Rev 18:22)
  44. Babylon is huge importer and exporter of spices (Rev 18:13)
  45. Babylon is a huge exporter of fine marble products (Rev 18:22)
  46. Babylon is noted for her iron and steel production (Rev 18:12)
  47. Babylon has huge corporations that have bases around the world (Rev 18:23, implied throughout)
  48. Babylon is a nation of higher education and learning (Isa 47:10, implied throughout)
  49. Babylon is a nation with a great voice in world affairs (Jer 51:55)
  50. Babylon is a virgin nation untouched by major wars (Isa 47:1)
  51. Babylon has a vast military machine (Jer 50:36, 51:30, Hab 1,2; Rev 13:4)
  52. Babylon will have a major enemy to her north (Jer 50:3,9,41)
  53. Babylon’s enemy will lie on the opposite side of the earth, over the poles (Isa 13:5)
  54. The enemy of Babylon will be a federal of nations (Jer 50:9)
  55. The enemy of Babylon will be largely Moslem in makeup (Jer 50:17, Rev 17:16, Psa 83:5,12)
  56. Babylon is noted for her cattle, sheep and other livestock (Jer 50:26,27; Rev 18:13)
  57. Babylon is noted for fine flour and mill operations (Rev 18:13)
  58. Babylon is a nation of farmers and harvests huge crops (Jer 50:16, 26, 27)
  59. Babylon is a huge exporter of music (Rev 18:22)
  60. Babylon’s musicians are known through out the world (Rev 18:22)
  61. Babylon’s skies are filled with the wisper of aircraft’s wings (Isa 18:1, Jer 51:53)
  62. Babylon has a huge space indiustry that has "mounted up to the heavens" (Jer 51:53)
  63. Babylon is a nation filled with warm water sea ports (Rev 18:17-19)
  64. Babylon is a coastal nation that sits upon many waters (Jer 51:13)
  65. Babylon trades with all who have ships in the sea year round (Rev 18:17-18)
  66. Babylon is a nation filled with "mingled" people (Jer 50:37)
  67. Babylon is a Singular nation founded upon "out of many, one" (Isa 13, 47, Jer 50,51, Hab 1)
  68. Babylon is a republic or democracy, ruled by many councils (Isa 47:13)
  69. Babylon’s governmental system breaks down (Isa 47:13)
  70. Babylon's leaders use astrology, seers and mystics for guidance (Isa 47:13, Rev 18:2)
  71. Babylon labored in the occult from her inception (Isa 47:12)
  72. Babylon falls to the occult just before her end by "nuclear" fire (Rev 18:2)
  73. Babylon will have been a huge missionary nation for Jesus Christ (Jer 50:11, 51:7)
  74. Babylon would be home to a multitude of Jews who leave (Jer 50:4-6, 8, 51:6,45)
  75. The nation of Babylon dwells carelessly before the Lord (Isa 47:8)
  76. The people of Babylon would go into deep sins of all kinds (Rev 18:5)
  77. Babylon deals in the occult, sorceries and drugs (Isa 47:9, 12; Rev 18:23)

"Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. "For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

The following is excerpted from the David Bay Radio Show called the "Cutting Edge" and is used by permission. It is provided for your consideration. It does have some conjecture and therefore does not necessarily reflect all the views of this ministry. However, it is very persuasive when you consider what is written relative to the 77 scriptures I have listed for you above.

If you get anything out of this study, it should be resolve to "walk with God" -- to walk in Holiness, because only then will you be protected from Judgement.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust." Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence. He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day, Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday. A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall not come near you. Only with your eyes shall you look, And see the reward of the wicked. Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your habitation, No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways. They shall bear you up in their hands, Lest you dash your foot against a stone. You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, The young lion and the serpent you shall trample under foot. Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him, And show him My salvation. (Psalm 91)

Have you made the Lord your Habitation? Whether or not you believe that America is the Babylon of Revelation 17 & 18 is irrelevant to judgement coming to America. As documented in the three-part series "What in Heaven is happening to America"

http://prophecyandcurrentevents.com/thglory/america1.htm

http://prophecyandcurrentevents.com/thglory/america2.htm

http://prophecyandcurrentevents.com/thglory/america3.htm

America is currently being judged by God and unless the 2 Chronicles 7:14 is forthcoming, America will soon reach the final judgement of God as our sins are piled up to heaven -- even partial-birth abortion is the law of the land -- God help us!

The only way to stand in the future will be to walk with God and God says two people can not walk together unless they be agrees. This means agreement as to what is sin. If you continue in your besetting sin and do not walk in Holiness before your Lord, you will not enjoy the covering of Psalm 91. Remember as you read this article, that you can walk in the midst of the fiery furnace as Daniel's friends did and not even have the smell of smoke on you, if you walk with Jesus. So walk with Jesus! And this requires you walk in Holiness. Get rid of the sin in your life before it is too late. If you are trapped in sin, get on your knees and cry out to God your deliverer and He will deliver you as you repent and seek His mercy. Do not procrastinate, there may not be much time left. Natural disasters upon this country are going to continue to increase well before final judgement is declared.

Here is the article by David Bay:

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Our society [U.S.A.] is deteriorating, and Bible-believing Christians are ill-prepared to face that deterioration. The moral bankruptcy of our society is well-documented.

Few people understand why we have become morally bankrupt. However, when we look at society through the eyes of God, through the Bible, we can easily see why we are facing the unprecedented troubles today. This study of America through the eyes of God is what we will always do try to here:

This nation has rejected our original foundation of Judeo-Christian values and had replaced them with actual Satanic values. This single act has resulted in many other problems with which we are now struggling: Divorce and the breakup of the traditional family, drugs, alcohol, crime of every type, the acceptance of homosexuality, and many others. For this dramatic denial of our original Christian values, America richly deserves God's physical judgment.

Also from the beginning, we have shown how America is leading the world into the New World Order, which is the Biblical Great Tribulation. As we know, the Bible calls the Great Tribulation the greatest time of God's judgment upon the entire world that mankind has ever seen, coupled with the most murderous campaign of extinction ever carried out by any leader anytime or anywhere. Of course, this leader is the Anti-Christ, the one whom the New Agers call Maitreya.

If we are truly at the end of the Age as we believe we are, we know we are headed for massive judgment from God. And finally, we know that the New World Order plans to reorganize the world into 10 Super-Nation states immediately after officially establishing the United Nations as the One-World Government. This act will be the literal fulfillment of the prophecy of 10-toes (Daniel 2:28-48) and the 10-kings prophecy (Daniel 7:1-28). God foretells in these prophecies that three of these 10 nations will immediately be destroyed after the world is reorganized. This destruction is so complete, it sounds like war, which is consistent with God's revelations concerning the events of the Great Tribulation.

According to the New World Order reorganization plan, America will be part of the North American Super-Nation, along with Canada and Mexico. Will America be one of these three super-nations which are destroyed? Today, we will show you, in detail, that America may be the Economic Babylon of Revelation 18. We believe this prophecy fits this country exactly, so precisely that it could refer to no other nation on the earth today.

Revelation 18 describes destruction by fire--God's fire--of "Babylon the Great", an evil system that has greatly stirred God's wrath.

We need to compare the "Babylon" of Chapter 17 and the Babylon of Chapter 18. These two Babylons are not the same for following reasons:

1.`And after these things...' (18:1). The events described here will not take place until after the events of Chapter 17 have been fulfilled.

2.Names in the two chapters are different. The `Babylon' in Chapter 17:5, is named `Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots.' We know this Babylon is religious by the words `Mystery' and `Mother of Harlots'. But, the term in Chapter 18:2 is merely `Babylon the Great'. The Babylon in Chapter 18 is a commercial Babylon.

3.Babylon, the harlot of Chapter 17, will be destroyed by the kings (rulers) of the earth. The Babylon of Chapter 18 will be destroyed by God's cataclysmic judgments.

4.The Babylon of Chapter 17 will be destroyed by the kings of the earth, who rejoice in her destruction. But, in Chapter 18, the kings and the merchants of the earth lament and weep for the destroyed Babylon. (18:15-19)

5.Finally, common sense tells us that, once something is destroyed, it is gone. For the Babylons of Chapter 17 and 18 to be the same, the system would have to be destroyed twice. This makes no sense whatever.

Now let us begin our study, verse by verse.

THE HEAVENLY ANGEL WHO DELIVERS GOD'S JUDGMENT POSSESSES GREAT (SPECIAL) POWER OR AUTHORITY.

(18:1) "And AFTER these things, I saw another angel come down from heaven, having GREAT power; and the earth was filled with his glory." God has evidently given a special power, to this angel--hence, the words "having great power".

THIS NATION BABYLON HAS BECOME INHABITED BY SATAN AND HIS DEMONS

(18:2) "And he cried mightily with a strong voice, `Babylon the great is fallen, and is become the (resort) of (demons), and the (dwelling place) of every foul spirit, and the cage of every unclean and hateful bird.'"

This Babylon has become thoroughly inhabited by Satan and his demons. Remember our earlier discussions of such disgusting, vile American sins, the very nature of which are filled with demons and their activity? These sins have become so pervasive that God is finally moved to physical judgment.

This Nation Is THE CENTRAL NATION In The World.

(18:3) "For all nations have drunk of the wine and the wrath of her (passionate unchastity), and the (leaders) of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the (businessmen) of the earth (have become) rich through the abundance (excessive luxury) of her delicacies."

This is another powerful, overflowing statement. This city/country is THE CENTRAL nation in the world at this time. Businessmen of other nations have become excessively, wantonly, filthy rich in their trade with Babylon. Babylon must be THE richest nation on earth. Babylon must possess an abundance of cash and must be so willing to spend it, that this process enriches the leaders and the businessmen of the world.

Babylon must be a consumer country without equal, repeatedly buying, using, discarding, and buying again. Many Babylonian citizens must also buy merchandise which they do not need. automobiles, T.V. sets, VCR's, homes, furs, expensive clothing, toys, and yachts.

Consider LEADERSHIP. Babylon is clearly the world leader in two areas symbolically mentioned.

(1) Wine--values, ideas, culture. (2) `Delicacies' are commercial. The world has reached this point--with America. The New Age editor of "USA Today" describes this trend:

Global communications, universal trends, and common aspirations are making us more alike than we are different. We gradually are becoming one world.

"Much of the common ground comes from the GLOBAL SPREAD of U.S. pop culture--which has become EVERYBODY'S culture. ...It's a WORLDWIDE network of shared experience."

"USA culture has become a WORLDWIDE culture..."

The Biblical definition of `idolatry': I John 5:21, "Little children, keep yourselves from idols--false gods," Literally means, from anything and everything that would occupy the place in your heart due to God, from any sort of SUBSTITUTE for Him that would take FIRST place in your life.

What is it that the USA has exported to all the nations of the world? We have exported our popular

culture, with its values of supremacy of self, and of satisfying oneself completely, instantly. We have exported to the entire world our god of self.

GOD CALLS HIS CHRISTIANS OUT OF BABYLON BEFORE HE EXECUTES JUDGMENT.

(18:4)--"I heard another voice from heaven saying, `Come out of her, MY people, that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues.'"

This message is clearly a warning to Jesus' people to stop their participation in the wickedness of this society, so they may escape the Godly wrath about to fall. Christians may have to quit their jobs, lower their lifestyle, or change their life goals. Many Christians today are winking at sin in their lives. They may be committing sin just by the nature of their jobs. For example, no Christian can work in a liquor store, or in an `Adult Only' bookstore. If the very nature of your job requires you to participate in sin, you must NOW COME OUT of that job, or face the certainty of incurring God's eternal judgment.

Also strongly implied in this passage is that conditions of life will appear to be very normal, until God's judgment suddenly falls in a single day. (Luke 17:28-30). Herein lies God's PRINCIPLE of judgment: God will issue repeated warnings to repent before destruction. These warnings will be given to and through His. But, He has set a specific DAY for destruction. That day will dawn as any other--the sun will come up; the skies will look normal; people will be going to work or to school; traffic jams will be occurring; businesses and factories will be operating; trains, planes, and busses will be running; Wall Street will be busy.

This day upon which God's judgment will fall will look and feel like any normal day. There will be no special, visible warning.

And, destruction will be total.

BABYLON'S SINS HAVE PILED UP FROM EARTH TO HEAVEN. THE TIME HAS ARRIVED TO CALL THEM UP FOR REMEMBRANCE.

(18:5)--"For her crimes and transgressions--are piled up as high as heaven and God has remembered her wickedness and her crimes--and calls them up for settlement..." This is a statement of staggering proportions. How high is it from earth to heaven? When these sins are stacked, they literally reach from earth to heaven, according to God's accounting.

God DOUBLES The Punishment Which This Nation Is To Receive.

(18:6)--"Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled, fill to her double."

Our destruction will be by both massive nuclear blasts and earthquakes. Dr. Einstein clearly proved that a small nuclear blast on the right place on an earthquake fault would produce earthquakes of such magnitude as to displace entire continents. The North American continent is covered with many such faults, from sea to shining sea. Thus, America would be doubly-destroyed, just as God foretold. Our destruction will be by both massive nuclear blasts and earthquakes.

Further, I understood God's reasoning in doubling America's punishment. America has led the way in originating and thoroughly disseminating spiritual lies and the love of the world, to our children and the children of the world. These children then grow to adulthood to pass these un-Christian values to their children.

How many children's eternal souls have been lost through:

America's leadership in these sins has been instrumental in leading untold millions, perhaps billions, of precious souls into eternal Hell. Is it any wonder that God singles her out for "double" punishment?

BABYLON BOASTS PROUDLY IN HER HEART OF HER RICHES, BELIEVING SHE WILL CONTINUE FOREVER IN HER PROSPERITY.

(18:7)--"How much she has glorified herself, and lived (luxuriously), so much torment and sorrow give her; for she says in her heart, `I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.'"

Many of my friends believe that this good life will never end. Certainly, the very rich believe it with all their heart. Americans still lead the world in the wealth of her businessmen.

The number of billionaires per country.

 

American businessmen still hold the predominate wealth in the world. What is the attitude on the part of Americans toward this wealth? They believe they need nothing else and that this good time will never end.

This passage also implies that, at the time of God's destruction, this nation will be at her HEIGHT of power and monetary influence. Is America at her economic zenith now, or are we in serious decline?

"...The average American has NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD. By almost any measure of health and wealth...we are demonstrably better off now than in the...50's and 60's.

inflation and higher taxes..."

of Medicare, Medicaid...as well as a widening umbrella of private insurance plans...85% of

the biggest gains."

1960..."

1960."

"The old in America work less and live longer, and at the same time, they are wealthier and more independent than ever before...today's elderly have piled up assets like no other generation of oldsters in history..."

America is now at her zenith of economic power, even though we are currently struggling with recession and loss of jobs.

GOD'S JUDGMENTS FALL IN ONE DAY UTTERLY DESTROYING BABYLON.

(18:8)--"Therefore, shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for (mighty) is the Lord God who judges her."

At this point, carefully consider the statement of God in Jeremiah 50:25, "The LORD hath opened his armory, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts." This passage could read, "The Lord has opened His armory, and has brought forth [the nations who unknowingly] are the weapons of His indignation and wrath..." Amazing!! God has used men and nations to accomplish His will in most instances when He delivers His wrath.

Historically, no nation has ever been utterly destroyed in one day. The single-day destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, who were destroyed by a small primitive nuclear weapon, was actually a destruction which occurred within a SINGLE HOUR. As we look ahead to verse 10, God further narrows Babylon's destruction to a single hour. The nature of nuclear destruction is complete, utter devastation, within seconds and minutes. This destruction occurs from blast, radiation, and (fire)--hotter than the sun's surface.

This is the first, and only, time in world history that an ENTIRE nation could literally be destroyed in a single hour--with massive nuclear weapons.

EARTH'S LEADERS BEMOAN BABYLON'S DESTRUCTION.

(18:9)--"And the rulers and leaders of the earth, who joined her in her immorality [idolatry] and luxuriated with her, will weep and beat their breasts and lament over her when they see the smoke of her conflagration."

This nation provided great leadership and she was the economic engine of the world. World leaders are weeping because this loss threatens their own luxurious wealth. Does America really buy from all other nations of the world to such a degree?

"...The Third World now relies upon the United States to buy 65% of its manufactured exports, compared with only 45% in 1979." The USA imports more than both Japan and West Germany combined. Remember Jesus' words, "...no one will buy their cargo anymore...")

Country Exports Imports

Remember, the key to this prophecy is on imports from other nations. This Economic Babylon undoubtedly has a very large Import imbalance, as she imports so much merchandise from the rest of the world.

Finally, look at the word `conflagration'--the inevitable white plumes formed by a nuclear explosion.

EARTH'S BUSINESSMEN BEMOAN BABYLON'S FATE. IMMENSITY AND COMPLEXITY OF BABYLON'S ECONOMY IS DESCRIBED.

(18:10-17a) -- "They (the rulers of the earth in verse 9) will stand a long way off, in terror of her torment, and they will cry, `Woe and alas! The great city! The mighty city, Babylon! In one single hour, how your doom (judgment) has overtaken you. And earth's businessmen weep and grieve over her, because no one buys their (cargo) any more."

God then describes the extent of the economy of this nation, and it is huge. We do not have the time to read this text in detail, but we encourage you to read it, in verses 12-14.

God's judgment pronouncement is severe:

"The ripe fruits and delicacies for which your soul longed have gone from you, and ALL your luxuries and dainties, ... are lost to you, never again to be recovered or experienced."

`Because, in one [single] hour, all the vast wealth has been wiped out.'"

Now consider some pertinent points of this passage:

I. In verses 10 and 15, God says that the rulers and the businessmen are standing a "long way off" in their intense lamenting over the loss of this great nation. Look at a world globe. The North American continent is UNIQUELY SURROUNDED on all sides by immense bodies of water. The great majority of our commercial trade is done with two major parts of the world--Asia to the West, across the Pacific Ocean; and Europe, to the East, across the Atlantic.

II. Verse 11: this great nation was unique. She alone bought such a huge amount of the cargo from the other nations of the world. No nation could replace her.

Only America is EXTREMELY DEPENDENT upon consumer purchasing for the health of her economy. Two-thirds of our total economic activity is generated by consumer spending.

Other statistics which show clearly that America is unique in the world's economy. Compare the wealth of nations in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP). Assign the US an index score of 100...Listed below are the scores of the other nations."

3. America's loss to the world's economy would be devastating. The world would lose THE MOST PRODUCTIVE agricultural exporting continent in the WORLD.

Turning back to Revelation 6:4: the second rider out of heaven was on a flaming red horse; this rider carried a huge sword, bringing great war upon the earth, so that men slaughtered one another. If we understood that this great slaughter was the utter destruction of Canada and the USA in Chapter 18, then we could easily see how Revelation 6:5-6 and 6:8 could be fulfilled literally and quickly. Revelation 6:5-6 describe famine and subsistence living for the world's people. This scenario would certainly happen quickly, once the world's most productive agricultural continent, and the world's most important economic engine, was removed. Instantly following the nuclear annihilation of North America, the stock markets and economies of Europe and Asia would collapse, plunging the global economy into the deepest economic depression ever.

The literal fulfillment to Revelation 6:8 would quickly follow--famine, plague, disease. The economy of this great nation is described in 18:12-13, and 16, as vast, multifaceted economy. The key emphasis is on the volume of merchandise which this economy IMPORTS.

SHIP CAPTAINS, NAVIGATORS, AND CREWS BEMOAN BABYLON'S FATE

(18:17b-19)--"...And all ship captains and pilots, navigators, and all who live by seafaring...stood a long way off, and exclaimed as they watched the smoke of her burning, `What city could be compared to the great city!' And, they threw dust on their heads, as they wept and grieved, exclaiming, `Woe and alas, for the great city, where all who had ships on the sea grew rich through her extravagance from her great wealth! In one single hour, she has been destroyed, and has become a desert.'"

Babylon was unique in that she imported/exported most of her trade via the sea. As we have already stated, only America is so uniquely situated geographically that she has to carry her imports so completely via the ocean.

In 18:9, 15, and 19: the leaders, businessmen, and ship-owners able to see the smoke of this nation's burning. Not even huge pillars of white nuclear smoke, rising over America, could be seen with the naked eye 2,000-4,000 miles away. This viewing of the smoke from such great distances can only occur today, with TV transmissions from orbiting satellites.

BABYLON WILL BE DESTROYED BY GREAT VIOLENCE AS THOUGH A MIGHTY MILLSTONE WERE CAST INTO THE SEA.

(18:21)--"And a MIGHTY angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, `Thus, with such violence, shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be heard no more at all.'"

This destruction of this nation will evidently be of UNPARALLELED VIOLENCE, producing a destruction, the likes of which have NEVER been seen BEFORE in world history.

EVERYTHING COMPRISING A CIVILIZATION IS GONE FOREVER.

(18:22-23a)--"And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee..."

BABYLON'S GREAT BUSINESS LEADERS WILL BE DESTROYED FOR THE WAY IN WHICH THEY MISLEAD OTHERS.

(18:23b)--"...for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived."

The United States of America has led the world into this Satanic New World Order, both in terms of national political and economic leadership, but mostly in the leadership of values. People all over the world have yearned to be like America, as they have seen our wealth, success, and power. Such a position draws people to emulate, to allow themselves to be deceived.

Such is the case today.

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 Consider this word given to Nita Johnson as you draw close to God:

STAND IN AWE

On November 30 1999, Yeshua spoke to me in a vision saying: "In the coming year My church must fast and pray and draw close to Me. In the final quarter of the year I demand that you stand in awe and sin not."

To "stand in awe" is to recognize who and what He is and honor Him with a holy fear. He spoke to me in a vision recently saying: "You are My people; that signifies that you are the subject of My care and provision. I am your God; that speaks of My right to demand your honor and obedience."

 

In this next year every day must be spent preparing for the last quarter when we must be ready and able "to stand in awe and sin not." To prepare, we must turn from the ways that are displeasing to our Father, and seek His face with great diligence through fasting, prayer, Bible study time, and a life of obedience. Those who will do this will experience blessings. Those who will not turn from their evil ways will begin to experience the judgements of our Father in an attempt to lead them to repentance. Once they enter into this cycle, His judgments will grow increasingly worse until either repentance or destruction takes place. You can read about this in my book "Prepare for the Winds of Change" and you can find a brief description in the 26th chapter of Leviticus. The Hebrews writer says that is it a fearful thing to fall into to the hands of the living God. I want to add that it is an even more fearful thing to fall out of the hands of the living God, through unrepented sin. My dear brothers and sisters, our Father is going to visit His people and pour out great mercies and blessings upon us out of the wells of salvation. For He feels great care and pity for our weaknesses and longs to bless us with His wonderful presence. but, He will not overlook deliberate rebellion indeed cannot. As His magnanimous presence draws near we can bear it only as much as our hearts have been purified. Further, a rebellious life style prohibits us from finding our rest under the wing of His protection. Therefore His warning is strong, but it is out of the greatest love for our souls. Draw near to Him and He will draw near to you. In His gentle love He will prepare you for His coming.

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