Showdown at Babylon
Eli
http://www.pastorrandyshupe.com
The following was taken from http://www.babylonthegreatisfalling.net
Showdown at Babylon
2002-05-01
The entire world now knows the policy of President Bush as it relates
to Saddam Hussein of Iraq. He has announced that it is his intention to
topple Saddam's regime and all options to accomplish that task are on
the table. The turmoil and violence in Israel is directly related to
that policy. Saddam is trying, through his Palestinian friends, the
suicide bombers, to put off or cancel the American invasion of his
country and his showdown with Mr. Bush. His plan will not succeed. So
then, will Saddam back down and bow the knee to Mr. Bush in repentance,
or is he so delusional that he really thinks he can defeat Israel and
America, even with the help of his terrorist friends and some Islamic
nations? Are these events leading up to the end of this age and the
return of the Lord Jesus Christ?
I was motivated to write this article when I read a news report that
the son of Saddam was quoted as saying that, "Israel knows that its
destruction comes from Babylon." I was stunned when I read that, but
then I remembered that Saddam himself has the insane belief that he
will be the new King of Babylon, in the likeness of Nebuchadnezzar, the
Old Testament king who defeated Israel. What is more startling is that
these men are obviously aware of and reading the prophets of Israel.
If we are now entering the days leading to the return of Jesus Christ,
and the current conflict in the Middle East is not just a dress
rehearsal, then it won't be surprising if we hear that the President is
also reading the Bible and being advised by the prophets in America.
These prophecy teachers will advise the President that Saddam and Sons
are mistaken in their view of who is the King of Babylon. Most of these
prophets claim that the leader of the European Union is the final form
of the King of Babylon or Rome. Those who teach that Iraq could be the
New Testament fulfillment of Babylon the Great of Revelation 18, would
advise the president to make war against Saddam and if he is defeated,
then God has given the world a reprieve from the rise of the
Antichrist. Others might even suggest that a victory would authenticate
their belief that America is God's chosen nation and is fulfilling its
manifest destiny. Some might even dare proposing that a victory is the
fulfillment of Revelation 19:19, which describes the Lord's victory
over the Antichrist at Armageddon.
If America defeats Iraq, and it surely will, and then coerces the other
Islamic nations to make peace with Israel; and at the same time
prevents the European Union from inserting itself into the leadership
role of peacemaker for Israel, the false prophets will also be able to
ensure the President that the Antichrist forces in Europe have been set
back. In effect, both places that these prophets say the Antichrist
could come out of have been silenced and set back. They will interpret
this as a sign from God that the Church and America are sanctioned by
God to bring peace to the world for the spreading of their lukewarm
militant gospel. Ironically, while they boast of having defeated
terrorism and the rise of the Antichrist, they may actually usher him
in and fulfill the prophecies themselves.
Israel's leaders will fall in line and agree to the American peace
plan. If this plan includes the rebuilding the Temple, the day that the
treaty is signed will begin the 2520 day countdown of Daniel's 70th
week, Daniel 9:27. False prophets will arise declaring that the
President has defeated the spirit of Babylon and he is the long awaited
Messiah.
When the battle in old Babylon is over, and Saddam is dethroned, the
American President will now be the King of Babylon. It's astonishing
and amazing that our Lord Jesus Christ has brought the land of Old
Testament Babylon and America, the New Testament Babylon, to this final
climactic showdown. Even if Saddam bows the knee and abandons his
insanity to avoid the invasion, the Americans control the land of Iraq.
Western civilization will declare victory over the forces of evil.
I want everyone to know that I understand the difficulty of thinking
that America is Babylon the Great of Revelation 18, and the President
who brings political peace and the Temple to Israel, is the enemy of
God. I spent five years in the army and was born and raised to be a
Christian patriot. But, I was not born again, which Jesus said we must
experience in order to understand the coming Kingdom of God. When that
happened to me, Jesus showed me from the scriptures that all nations,
with their political and religious systems, are under the manipulative
control of Satan, until Jesus returns in power and glory to put him in
Hell. Today's western civilization, led by America, is the seat of
Satan's world wide kingdom. It is the final manifestation of the Roman
and Babylonian kingdoms.
Think of Satan's political and religious systems as a mutated
two-headed snake. One head represents the dictators, who like Hitler
and Hussein are hateful horrible men of brutality. The other head is
represented by democracies, with political liberty and the pursuit of
riches and happiness. Satan, who created and controls them both, now
has them battling against each other. Why? To deceive the born again
believer into thinking that one head is from God and the other head is
from Hell. He also wants to kill as many people as he can, for he hates
all people, especially the followers of the Lord Jesus Christ. He wants
to fill Hell with the lost souls he's deceived. Do we really want to
join in this horrible carnage, or do we, as citizens and ambassadors
from Heaven, expose Satan and his lies, and call people to the bloody
cross of Jesus for forgiveness and eternal life? Jesus said.....pick up
your cross and follow me!
When I think of America, or any nation for that matter, I try to
distinguish America the land, rivers, mountains and America the people,
from America the political and religious system; the land and people I
love and want God to bless. America the system I can not embrace, for
it is designed to deceive and lure people away from the true Jesus, to
follow another. Jesus could come any day, so please be ready. Don't
resist his love and forgiveness.