Skeptics and cynics abound, but there is growing evidence the Iraqi government is serious about rebuilding this ancient wonder of the world.
The last time I wrote about Babylon was in my article on the “Iraqi Neighborhood Summit” that saw the possibility of the growth of Iraq’s prominence in the region. In the article I expressed my amazement in seeing Iraq possibly begin playing a key role in the Middle East once again.
The news was even more interesting considering the growing interest in Iraq and more specifically Babylon which I noted with Pope Francis’ visit to the region last year as well as Babylon being named a UNESCO world heritage site in 2019, all points I discuss in the aforementioned article.
I’ve made it clear in the past that I believe the Babylon spoken to us about in Revelation 17 and 18 will be a literal rebuilt Babylon in Iraq. Although I haven’t been able to post any articles on here concerning my views on this I have done an extensive in-depth study on it on my Instagram account which you can find here.
Others such as Joel Rosenburg – author and evangelical Christian – also take a similar stance. In his February article, Babylon, the iconic ancient city, is once again rising from the ashes, just as Bible prophecy predicts, he looks back to history and goes through current events to show how the revival of Babylon is occurring now.
Just like Joel Rosenburg and others who follow this grain of thought, I believe that as time goes on we’ll continue to see news like this indicating that Babylon is coming back just as the bible states.
So, should we believe the Hebrew prophets such as Ezekiel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Daniel that Babylon will really rise again in the last days? Should we believe the Apostle John, the author of the Book of Revelation, that Babylon will one day become a “great city” and a center of “extravagant luxury,” as he wrote in Revelation chapter 18?…Will people one day say of Babylon – a city that didn’t exist for much of the past 2,000 years – “Where is there another city as great as this?” as John predicts in Revelation 18:18? I say yes. How about you? (Allarab News)
Babylon, the iconic ancient city, is once again rising from the ashes, just as Bible prophecy predicts – here is the latest
Allarab News: A fascinating story is being written in the shifting sands of Arabia. A story that will confound atheists and agnostics. And should thrill Jews and Christians. Yet few are paying attention. In 2006, I wrote my first non-fiction book, “Epicenter,” in which I explained that according to Bible prophecy, the ancient and long-forgotten city of Babylon will one day be literally rebuilt.
I also explained that the once-so-powerful nation of Babylon – the country which we now call Iraq – will one day rise to become the most wealthy and powerful nation in the world, according to Old and New Testament prophets and apostles. Few believed me at the time. Fewer still cared. But things are changing and it’s time for an update.
I should acknowledge up front that those who reject the teachings of the Bible understandably have a difficult time imagining a season of peace and prosperity emerging in Iraq.
They certainly have long had a difficult time imagining the rebuilding of the ancient Iraqi city of Babylon, at least on the scale described in the “Left Behind” novels about the End Times (written by Evangelicals Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, and which sold more than 60 million books in the 1990s), or any of my novels or non-fiction books.
Kevin Phillips, the best-selling author and former Republican strategist, was one such skeptic, among many.
“Evil Babylon, the antithesis of Jerusalem, the good city, prompted its own literature in the 1990s, and [Tim] LaHaye’s tens of millions of readers praised his series as making the Bible and its supposed predictions ‘come alive,’” sniped Phillips in his own 2006 book, American Theocracy, in which he mocked “prophecy believers” who accept the biblical view that Babylon will one day actually be rebuilt “on its ancient ruins.”
I certainly understand such views, but I completely disagree with them. Slowly but surely, we are seeing the Bible prophecies regarding Babylon come to pass. True, neither the city nor the country is what they will one day be.
Nevertheless, what fascinates me is that top Iraqi officials are determined to rebuild both, even though as Muslims they don’t believe in the Bible, or know much about the prophecies it contains. Read More
Sources
- Babylon, the iconic ancient city, is once again rising from the ashes, just as Bible prophecy predicts – here is the latest (February 14th, 2021) – Allarab News