Babylon in Revelation 17

Revelation 17

5 And upon her forehead was a name written,

MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF

HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of

the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of

Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great

admiration.

7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst

thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the

woman, and of the beast that carrieth her,

which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and

shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go

into perdition: and they that dwell on

the earth shall wonder, whose names were not

written in the book of life from the foundation

of the world, when they behold the beast that

was, and is not, and yet is.


The verse from Revelation 17 doesn't describe the

beast, it only makes mention. In the following

verses, there is a more detailed description of

the beast, what I believe to be a conglomorate of

political, military, religious and financial

systems under the control of one global entity.

It will be the one world government of the end

time. And there is a curious description given,

that it will be an entity 'that was, and is not

and yet is'. I'm thinking that the hint given

by Jesus statement that, as it was in the days of

Noah, so shall it be at the coming of the Son...

What about the days of Noah? There is no record

of the pre-flood civilization that remains,

except for the record of scripture. The entire

civilization was wiped off the face of the earth

and remains only as a mention in scripture and as

a memory in the embodiment of legend, as in the

lost city of Atlantis. I believe that there is

good reason for this lost chapter of history.

Imagine a civilization so corrupt and defiled

that it had to be completely destroyed without a

trace, in order to provide for the preservation

of humanity. Humanity being Noah and his family.


From the record of scripture, we know that there

was a thriving demonic activity and likely

occultic practice. This has to be derived from

what little description that we have of pre-flood

civilization. But we can see its echo in the

civilization that arose immediately after the

flood in the attempted construction of Babel, the

original Babylon and the prototype of the kingdom

of man. What we have to recognize is the use and

application of myth, as a tool put into practice

in the deception of men, to accept the rule of

demons and occult activity. This is something

that I gather, based in part, on what I've read

in relation to C.S. Lewis. There is a powerful

deception built into the production of mythology,

that goes hand in hand with demonic activity and

occult practice.


Then, there is what I am seeing happen right now.

We live in a civilization steeped in myth, and

being programmed into the occult. Watch TV, and

even children's cartoon programming. They are

indoctrinated at a very early age to accept the

mythology. Currently, it happens to be very

fashionable and trendy to be enlightened about

modern mythology (evolution) and familiar with

practices of the occult (magic).


We are no longer thinking in the way of

logicians, we are comfortable thinking in the way

of magicians. The prototype that is most recent

and comes to mind is the well known occultic

symbolism used by the Nazi government under

Hitler. It is well known that Hitler practiced

the occult. It is also well known that it didn't

work out for him. But remember, we're smarter

than those guys were (one aspect of the

mythology, and satisfying to the ego no less).


Are we more magical, or more logical? Is it more

magical to believe that something came from

nothing, or that there is a timeless,

dimensionless creator? First, we have to see

that there is a theology that is not a product of

mythical thinking, but an infinite Divine being

that extends beyond our three dimensional time

based finite universe. What we can see, there is

a logical structure to the physical universe.


So, my theory is that what we will see in the end

time, is what has occured in the time before the

flood, and find as a prototype, the Third Reich.

There will be a global form of government,

organized under a mythological ideology and

openly practicing demonic worship by way of

occultic ritual. We are clearly already well on

the way toward this end, as it has always been an

aspect of the kingdom of man. As the end of time

draws near, and the prophetic clock winds down,

we should expect an increase in government

sponsorship of these activities.


You see, in order to have any kind of success,

the practice of the occult has to appear to

provide a sense of control. It worked out for

Hitler, up until it didn't. Same for the beast

in Daniel and Revelation. What mythology and the

occult provide is a smokescreen for the elements

of darkness to deceive and control those who wish

to believe that they are really the deceivers and

controllers. They say that nothing is as it

appears to be. Well, that especially applies

here. And scripture provides the warning that a

powerful deception will come over those who wish

to follow this road to perdition. Once given of

themselves to the belief that they have control,

there is in fact, total loss of control because

of complete en$lavement by occult influence.

All of this is more subtle than you imagine, yet

very much real.


In one way, it's a sad ending -- the willfull

enslavement of the soul by way of the occult.

But on the other hand, it's a happy ending,

because everyone gets what they want -- those who

wish to serve the kingdom of man, are able, and

those who wish to serve the kingdom of heaven

will gain eternal satisfaction.


It's always the same question to address. Jesus

asks everyone, Whom do you say that I am? As we

wish to answer that question, will determine whom

we will serve throughout eternity. Unless I'm

missing a big piece of the puzzle here, I find it

impossible to say that G-d is not just and not

loving. Look, he gave us the whole story.

There's nothing to be guessing about, as far as

final destiny is concerned. The question is

always the same and it's not a trick question.