Comparing the fall of the Historical Babylon and the Babylon of Reveltion

To understand the symbolism between the two Babylons of the bible, one must first understand the fall of each and how the two compare. There is a lot to be said about the events that took place during fall of the Historical Babylon how these events are related to the fall of the Babylon of Revelation.

To begin with I will describe the fall of the Historical Babylon and then relate this to two mainstreams of thought regarding the fall of the Babylon of Revelation. These two ideas are the futuristic and the historical views of Babylon's fall. The reason for these two separate views is because there is certainly no book in the Bible that has given more difficulty to interpreters than the book of Revelation. Many things about it continue to puzzle the serious Bible student, and many points remain obscure.(ref.# 4, p.220)

Babylon was an enormous city and thought by its inhabitants to be impregnable. Some estimates put the area of the city at as much as 200 square mile

2. Goodspeed, George Stephen. A History of the Babylonians and Assyrains. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917.

"and do not touch what is unclean; And I will welcome you." Babylon is the world, the seduction of the world, at any moment of history, which would draw away a Christian from God. In John's day Babylon would have been represented by the Roman Empire. Today, it would be represented by all cultures that seek to seduce the Christian away from God.

Babylon had a warning of their judgment for over 100 years, a warning given by God Himself. The warning was scorned and ignored by a Godless people. This foolish rejection of the Word of God led to total destruction.

This Babylon is of course a symbolic figure representing the evil on earth that distracts God's children from their commitment to Him. Babylon is called the "great harlot" in Revelation. This indicates a Babylon that allures, tempts, seduces, and draws people away from God. The literal Babylon of Biblical times reminded one of the pleasure-mad, arrogant, anti-God cultures that put pleasure ahead of all else. Babylon of old was described as of the "lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life," (1 John 2:16).

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