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  •  Revelation? (none / 0)

    Inquiring minds want to know:  Does Babylon figure anywhere in the literature of the Christian apocalypse?  Would destroying Babylon be part of bringing on the Second Coming?

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    by Dancing Larry on Thu Jun 24, 2004 at 08:38:24 AM PDT

    •  The Whore of Babylon (none / 0)

      figures quite prominently in the Book of Revelation.  That said, there is very little consensus about what she represents.  Variously, folks suggest it might signify: a)The Roman Catholic Church; b)Rebuilt Babylon; c)Apostate Christianity; d)Rome; e)The Evil World System; f)Jerusalem.

      What exactly we are to make of the destruction and reconstruction of Babylon, the, is up for grabs hermeneutically.

      Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others. -- Groucho Marx

      by Chazz on Thu Jun 24, 2004 at 08:46:51 AM PDT

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