
In recent weeks, after raising the issue of America being spiritually connected with the infamous Babylon, or more specifically 'Mystery Babylon' of Revelation chapter 17 & 18, I know I have drawn the ire of secularists, humanists and nationalists alike as well as a few of my own brethren. If you now hold a more unfavorable opinion of me, I do not blame you as I am also no fan of my findings, and reading back on where I have been lead only brings me much sorrow. The Father knows how painful it is for me to even suggest that the country I have always loved and held dear has become 'like unto Sodom'. The fact remains, the more I search for evidence that we are not living in the great harlot who is condemned to suffer a double portion of wrath from the Lord, the more convinced I've become that we are. As I press onward through the muck and the mire, I am uncharacteristically at a loss for words. Please join me in a prayer that I am wrong that my beloved country is not headed for destruction. Alas, the Holy Spirit seems to be pressing me that it's true. Woe to my country! Woe to my countrymen! Woe to the person who defends his own works as sufficient to enter into the Kingdom saying to himself, 'if there is a God, surely my good works outweigh my transgressions'. The time is at hand, I fear, and the season has already begun. I see nothing good on the horizon for anyone not regenerated by the Holy Spirit of the God of Jacob washed in the blood of the Lamb and set apart for redemption by the Son of God. I pray, if you are not a believer, that the Lord will so burden your heart that you will turn to Him before it's too late, coming to the foot of the blood-stained cross in humility, begging forgiveness from the One who willingly gave Himself for them that would believe.
As is deeply rooted in my character the anal retentive, perfectionist, 'type-A' nature that has always haunted me I have continued to look for ways to blame all I have seen on a mirage. A mistake. A mis-read. I will continue to do so until I have exhausted all leads, digging up every proverbial bone I can find in the Word of God. The following is another find in a growing list of studies that I am afraid continues to sway the pendulum, pointing to the United States of America as the seat of the Serpent, the domicile of the Dragon - the throne of the Beast.
I will not go into great detail in this text regarding the doctrine of dispensation, I will just say that I do hold to this perception. Simply put, you cannot say that the dispensation world-view is incorrect if you are a believer, as the New Testament is exactly that the dispensation of grace; verses that of the law among others. With this in mind, a key point in this doctrine is that Revelation reads in the following way:
1st The warning to the (seven churches in Asia minor) church as a whole of the imminent return if Christ immediately followed by the rapture
2nd The scene from heaven at the beginning of the period of wrath that comes upon the inhabitants of the earth who were 'not worthy to stand before the Son of Man' and be 'saved from the hour of trial' called the tribulation.
3rd The remainder of the Apocalypse focusing on the judgment of God poured out upon the earth, the redemption of the Jews, the wrath of Satan through his puppet and the final reappearance of the Messiah to conquer Satan and set up His millennial Kingdom.
The first and second point above have been and will yet again, be covered in great detail in former and latter studies. In this article we will stick to deciphering the third of the three. If it is so...that the third claim above is true, then the book of Revelation is in large part a prophetic picture of how the Lord, YHWH, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Whom Pauline letters dictate will one day reclaim His children Israel, even as they are currently 'partially blinded' until the time of the Gentiles comes to the full will in fact bring to salvation a large remnant of Israel through the testimony of His 144,000 witnesses [(12,00 from each of the 12 tribes) imagine the effective ministry of 144K Apostle Pauls!!] saving Israel through the Messiah of God, Yeshua Ha'Moshiach (aka Jesus Christ) Whom they missed at His first advent, but will (even they that pierced Him) themselves with all of the nations and tribes of the earth, see Him coming in the clouds with great glory and dominion sitting at the right hand of the Father, with all of His saints in tow.
This is my main focus, herein, because while constantly reading and re-reading the most profound book of eschatology in the Holy Bible, on this most recent occasion, the Lord brought to my attention another specific passage that is usually simply read with no real emphasis on the 'who' mostly due to the acceptance that these are believers during the tribulation period. I am convicted, now, that what is referenced below is of great importance when understanding who Mystery Babylon is. The passage I am referring to may be one that you have also read a thousand times without seeing what I am about to disclose:
Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.