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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It 19
controlling the beast; a rider controls what they ride. In Revelation 18 God describes the woman
(Babylon) in great detail. Babylon is also very meticulously described in the books of Isaiah and
Jeremiah. Through these descriptions, God reveals the identity of the woman, who is called
Babylon.
God Paints A Picture of Babylon
Aside from Israel, there is no other nation in the Bible that is as completely described as
Babylon. Babylon is specifically mentioned 296 times in the Bible by name in twelve different
books. The Babylon of the last days, which God judges and describes in Revelation 18 has both
similarities and differences with ancient Babylon. The name Babylon is used for the woman
because she has many similarities with ancient Babylon. Therefore, we can look at some of the
descriptions of ancient Babylon to help us get a better understanding of the last days Babylon.
Similarly, a great deal of the Old Testament prophets’ descriptions of Babylon did not apply to
ancient Babylon. Therefore, because we know that they will be fulfilled, we know they apply to
the lasts days Babylon. The following is a paraphrased compilation of some of these texts. The
paraphrases are based on word studies and definitions from The New Strong’s Dictionary of
Hebrew and Greek Words. I believe this compilation gives an unmistakable picture of the
identity of Babylon:
God describes Babylon as the last of the nations. In other words it will be the last great
nation in earth's history. Babylon will have a mother nation who bore her, which is to say
that Babylon will have won independence from its founding nation (Jer. 50:12). Babylon
shall be a land of immigrants and people of mingled racial descent (Jer. 50:16, 37, 37).
Babylon dwells on many water. In other words, it is a huge nation with coasts on more
than one ocean and possibly other large bodies of water. Babylon is also a land of
abundant natural resources, which the Bible refers to as treasures (Jer. 51:13). Although
this nation is rich in natural resources, Babylon is destroying her own land, with pollution
and waste (Isa. 14:20).
Babylon is a nation of wealth (Jer. 51:13; Rev. 18) and is the praise and admiration of the
whole earth; everyone wants to be like her (Jer. 51:41; Isaiah 13:19). Babylon would be
the richest nation on the earth and would be a great consumer nation with expensive taste
(Rev. 18:3, 7, 19, 23). Babylon would be so wealthy that her warehouses and granaries
would be filled (Jer 50:26).
Babylon would also be a nation of extensive seaports (Rev. 18:17-19). Babylon’s wealth,
expensive taste and seaports would allow her to become the most important trading
nation in the world. The merchants of the nations of the earth would grow rich because of
Babylon’s appetite for imports (Rev 18:3).
The businessman of Babylon would be highly regarded around the world. They would
even be considered the “great men of the earth” (Rev 18:23).
Babylon is a great military nation. She would be considered a lady and even a Queen
among the nations. Babylon shall even consider herself invincible (Isa. 47:5,7; Rev.
17:18; 18:7). Babylon shall be the policeman of the whole earth (Jer. 50:23).
Babylon’s military strength includes the fortification of her strength in the heavens. The
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