Bible Prophecies -- IRAQ (Babylon) Part 1

Bible Prophecies

IRAQ (Babylon!)

The Bible warns of a coming judgment upon Babylon (modern Iraq) and says Iraq (Babylon) will rise again as a great "global economic" and "global religion" center ... and then will be utterly destroyed and left uninhabitable.

In the Old Testament (Tanakh), great prophecies against Iraq (Babylon) are found in the books of Isaiah 13:1-22 and Jeremiah 51:1-64 ... and also in Zechariah 5:1-11 (where Babylon is called by its ancient name "Shinar".) In the New Testament we find a fearful prophecy against "Mystery Babylon" in the book of Revelation chapters 17-18 (in the Bible a "mystery" is something that had not yet been revealed in Scripture.)

The Bible warns the prophecies against Iraq (Babylon) will be fulfilled in 3 Phases . . .

PHASE 1: Iraq (Babylon) would be invaded and conquered by a coalition of many nations led by a nation and leader from "a far country"... "the end of heaven" (the opposite side of the Earth) ... This Bible prophecy does not describe the Persian (and Medes) invasion of Babylon when Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon in 539 BC (the Persians diverted the Euphrates river and entered Babylon through the river bed gates on the night of October 12 without damaging the city ... many of the citizens did not even know they had been conquered for several days) ...

But, this Bible prophecy does (very accurately and remarkably) describe the Gulf War I + Gulf War II invasions of Iraq (Babylon) ... and remember, Saddam Hussein even described himself as the new Nebuchadnezzar (the famous ruler of ancient Babylon) ...

PHASE 2: Iraq (Babylon) will then rise to become the great economic and religious center of the world ... filled with evil and wickedness ... The "Woman" of Revelation 17:1-18 and Zechariah 5:1-11 ... "The Woman who rides the Beast"... "MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH" ... is the coming evil and powerful religious system which will rise along with a powerful and evil "centralized" political-economic system under the leadership of the coming Antichrist (a powerful and popular world leader who will rise ... a Satanic empowered counterfeit Messiah.) The Bible warns at the time of the coming Antichrist and just before Armageddon, Iraq (Babylon) will become the economic and religious heart of the world. The coming Antichrist (who will rise in power over 10 nations which we are told were all once part of the ancient Roman Empire) will shift the center of the coming "global economic" system and the center of the coming enforced "global religion" ("the Mother of Harlots" ... "The Abominations of the Earth" ... study Revelation 17:1-18 and Zechariah 5:1-11) to Iraq (Babylon) under his control and under the control of his powerful "religious" partner ..."the Second Beast" of Revelation 13:11-12.)

As a note, it now appears the world is busily preparing the way for this Phase 2 . . .

PHASE 3: Southern Iraq (Babylon) will be utterly destroyed ... left uninhabitable ... forever! The Bible warns Iraq (Babylon) ..."Shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah" ... "it shall never be inhabited" ... "neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation" ... "Babylon will become a heap of rubble" ... "haunted by jackals" ... "it will be an object of horror and contempt" ... "without a single person living there."

Note: This will take place at the time of the coming "Apocalypse" and Armageddon.

From the book of Revelation (the "Apocalypse") . . .

"After these things (after the rise of the Antichrist, the global economic system, and global religion ...)

I saw another angel coming down from Heaven,

having great authority,

and the Earth was illuminated with his glory.

And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying,

"Babylon the great is fallen,

is fallen and has become a dwelling place of demons,

a prison for every foul spirit,

and a cage for every unclean and hated bird!

For all the nations have drunk

of the wine of the wrath of her fornication,

the kings of the Earth have committed fornication with her,

and the merchants of the Earth have become rich

through the abundance of her luxury."

(Revelation 18:1-3)

"Therefore her plagues will come in one day --

death and mourning and famine.

And she will be utterly burned with fire,

for strong is the Lord God who judges her.

The kings of the Earth who committed fornication

and lived luxuriously with her

will weep and lament for her,

when they see the smoke of her burning,

standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying,

'Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city!

For in one hour your judgment has come.'

And the merchants of the Earth will weep and mourn over her,

for no one buys their merchandise anymore:

merchandise of gold and silver,

precious stones and pearls,

fine linen and purple, silk and scarlet ..."

(Revelation 18:8-12)