In Revelation Chapter 14, verse 8, we see an angel proclaiming;
"Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made all the nations drink of the
wine of the passion of her immorality."
We are going to read about the fallen Babylon in chapter 18 of Revelation. This city will be built with the whole world participating one way or another. Whether by financial support, transport support, construction support, goods and servives support, the whole world will benefit from the construction of this global city. The Old testament writtings of some of the prophets describe this city, it's king, it's corruption and it's destruction. This is what we are going to look at in this blogg.
First of all, we are going to look at what the prophet Ezekiel wrote about this city and it's king.
Ezekiel wrote this about the City of Tyre, which is in Lebanon north of Israel, in Chapter 27:
"Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me saying, 'And you, son of man,
take up a lamentation over Tyre; and say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrance
of the sea, merchant of the people to many coastlands, Thus says the Lord God,
O Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.' Your borders are in the heart of
the sea; Your builders have perfected your beauty. They have made all your
planks fir trees from Senir; They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast
for you. Of oaks from Bashan they have made your oars; with ivory they have
inlaid your deck of boxwood from the coastland of Cyprus. Your sail was of fine
embroidered linen from Egypt so that it became your distinguishing mark; Your
awning was blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah. The inhabitants of
Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; Your wise men, O Tyre, were aboard; they
were your pilots. The elders of Gebal and her wise men were with you repairing
the seams; All the ships of the sea and their sailors were with you in order to deal
your merchandise."
Picture the most beautiful sailing ship every built that was constructed with all of the worlds most precious and finest building materials. This is how this City of Tyre will be built. All the most precious and finest building materials from all around the world and all the nations, will be shipped to aid in the construction of this city. Many will become wealthy from the material required to fulfill such an endeavor. Many merchant ships will be required to complete this city. Not just the completion of the city, but after it is built, all the goods and services, that are needed by the consumers of this city, will be aided by production from all the other countries. Likewise, Tyre will be the supplier of much wares back to the the nations.
It is interesting which armies are included in the city of Tyre. Persia (Iran), Lud (Turkey), Put(Lybia), and Arvad (Syria) will all have army presence in the City of Tyre. I am wondering if part of the 7 year covenant, a proposal of peace, that the anti-christ will make with the many, would include a state for Palastine, since this would be a necessity for any agreement to be acceptable. Just prior to the City of Tyre being built, there will be a military action, from the realm of Greece, that will be the only force that will stop Persia (Iran) from their attempt to control the middle east. This was written by the prophet Daniel, who received a vision of this event and recorded it in his 8th Chapter. After this successful military action from the realm of Greece, a man will come forth from among this realm, that will make this proposal for peace. After this action, there will have to be a presence in the middle east that will be able to maintain a stable peace. To do this there must be an agreement that satisfies all parties involved. Palastine must have a state. Israel must be allowed to exisist. The realm of Greece must have a presence in the middle east to maintain the peace. So it is possible that to do this, the covenant would give Palastine a state. Israel would concede to this, after being rescued by the realm of Greece, if it is agreed that in doing so, they could rebuild their Temple in Jerusalem. The realm of Greece will agree to all of this, if they can build an inclusive city for all of them, that would be built as a peace keeping city in the middle east, and thus we have the City of Tyre in Lebanon. The City of Trye will be a merger between the east and the west. This is the vision that Daniel wrote about when Daniel interpreted the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar in his 2nd Chapter, verses 40 - 43;
"Then there will be a forth kingdom as strong as iron; inasmuch as iron crushes
and shatters all things, so, like iron that breaks in pieces, it will crush and break
all these to pieces. And in that you saw the feet and toes, partly of potters clay
and partly of iron, it will be a divided kingdom, but it will have the toughness of
iron inasmuch as you saw iron mixed with common clay. And as the toes
of the feet were partly iron and partly pottery, so some of the kingdom will be
strong and part of it will be brittle. And in that you saw the iron mixed with
common clay, they will combine with one another with the seed of men; but they
will not adhere to one another, even as iron does not combine with pottery.
This 4th kingdom will be the last kingdom ruling the earth when Jesus will return with His wrath to stop Satan from destroying the earth, so that some life will survive. This 4th kingdom of the earth will be last kingdom of man, that will rule over the earth, and the capital of this kingdom can possibly be the City of Tyre.
There is a lot to write on this and I don't want to overwhelm the readers, so I will do it in part so that the reader will have time digest it all.
Jesus peace to all of you.
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