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Symbolism in babylon revisited
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In Revelation chapters 17 and 18 we read about the great whore named Babylon
who sits on many waters and is the mother of all harlots. The imagery in which the
apostle John uses to describe Babylon has very significant meaning, in particular
for the church as she approaches the end of the age. It is of paramount importance
to understand who this Babylon is and how she affects the life of every believer.
Throughout the ages there have been many attempts to identify Babylon. Most
have agreed that she is the Roman Catholic Church (in particular the Vatican),
even to the point of identifying the Pope as the anti-Christ himself. Others have
suggested that Babylon is not a religious structure but more likely political,
pointing to the EEC (the European Economic Community), or to the United States (in
particular New York with Wall Street). Further more, others have gone as far as to
suggest that Babylon is geographical, pointing to modern day Iraq from where that
former great civilization originated, and suggesting that one day that civilization
will rise again to become a modern superpower.
While it is true that one may find levels of Babylon in all these things, however,
none of these things in themselves can fully make up Babylon. In other words,
Babylon may, and does exist in these things, but no one can point to any one of
these things and say, "This is Babylon". The reality is, that all these (ie. the
European Union, United States with its "big business", the Vatican, and other
political and religious institutions) are made up of people, and it is IN THE
HEARTS of people you will find Babylon. These entities have been allowed by God
to visibly show us Babylon and point to something of the nature of fallen man.
"The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can
know it? (Jer 17:9).
The origins of Babylon, as far as mankind is concerned, dates right back to the
garden of Eden when Adam and Eve were given a choice as to whether they would
follow the Lord through a life of obedience and faith, or try to become as God
through their own striving. From the beginning, God's intention was that man
would manifest the image of God and grow into full maturity through obedience
to the will of the Lord. As we know, Adam and Eve chose to disobey and eat from
the tree of knowledge of good and evil. From that time o...
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...e it is the opposite of God's love which allows freedom of choice, it forces a
person(s) to behave a certain way, usually through emotional blackmail. Extreme
forms of witchcraft used by the occult involve black magic. However, subtle forms
of manipulation can not only be found in the personal lives of many believers, but
also in the everyday running of many of God's churches. Husbands and wives have
found that certain emotions will result in receiving a favourable response from
their spouse. Likewise, church leaders have found that certain words said in a
particular manner, or maybe a tear at the right time, or even a certain physical
gesture, is able to move the congregation towards the goal of that leadership. THIS
IS WITCHCRAFT! This takes away a person's ability to make a free choice to obey
by FORCING their emotions to make a favourable response towards the one
displaying these emotions. THIS RUNS CONTRARY TO GOD'S LAW OF
LOVE!..........Love commanded is not love at all.
Work Cited
The New Oxford Annotated Bible: With the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, New
Revised Standard Version. Michael D. Coogan, editor. New York: Oxford UP, 2001.
Print.
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Fitzgerald, Scott F. "Babylon Revisited." Loeffelholz, Mary. The Norton Anthology of American Literature . New York: Norton & Company , 1931. 1839-1853.
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "Babylon Revisited." In The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Volume II. Edited by Paul Lauter et al. Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath and Company, 1991: 1471-1485.
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