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The Crowning of Mystery Babylon



The Third Most Significant Prophetic Event Since 70 A.D. Occurred In 2003!

But U.S. Bible Prophecy Watchers Are Asleep



by R.A. Coombes





The third most significant prophetic event to unfold since 70 A.D. occurred in the Spring of 2003 but Amer- ica's most prominent Evangelical Bible Prophecy "experts" have failed to recognize what has just happened! Yes, the most well-known Bible Prophecy "experts" in America such as Hal Lindsey, Tim LaHaye, Grant Jeffrey and many other TV ministers have failed to grasp the reality of what has transpired this past spring, 2003. What are we talking about?



We're talking about the official emergence and title-holding claim to ruler-ship of ancient Babylon by America as a result of its invasion of Iraq. Today, the United States of America "owns" the land of ancient Babylon in terms of practical, actual, literal control. America gained this distinction by literally conquering with its military (the army, navy and air forces) "the land between two rivers" which today we call the nation of Iraq. The reality is that there is no real nation of Iraq today. Instead, that land is ruled by a government based in the North American city of Washington, D.C. and by monetary and media powers based in New York City.



As we've clearly demonstrated in the 2-volume work: "America, The Babylon" the United States has met all the identifying criteria found in the written prophecies of Revelation, Jeremiah and Isaiah as well as Zechariah 5. Until now, none of America's most well-known Bible Prophecy "experts" has publicly admitted that the Unit- ed States is Mystery Babylon. Such will likely remain the case for at least the foreseeable future.



It's hard for us at times to realize how anyone could miss the significance of what has just transpired this year. Now you may ask: "What did transpire this year?" To that question we can categorically state that the third most significant Biblical prophecy event came to fulfillment with the conquering of the land of ancient Babylon by the United States of America. True, America's "mother-nation," Great Britain helped America subdue Iraq. That then makes Great Britain the "mother" of the "Mother of Harlots" as related in Jeremiah 50:12 -- "Your mother shall be greatly confounded"…she that bore you shall be ashamed…"



If you have been paying any attention at all to recent news items this summer you will remember the firestorm of controversy that has arisen regarding the intelligence reports from Britain's MI6 and America's CIA regard- ing Iraq's attempts to acquire plutonium materials from the African nation of Niger. A real and growing rift is developing between the US and UK spy agencies over who knew and did what regarding such reports. In effect, already, Britain, particular its population is becoming ashamed of its association with America's war against Iraq. In fact, there was substantial anti-war sentiment inside Britain before, during and even currently. Of course, this rift points to yet another reason why the USA is the future Babylon of Biblical prophetic judg- ment, but to stop at that point is to miss the bigger picture in the equation.



The truly and tremendously significant aspect of these developments from a Bible Prophecy standpoint is that America conquered Babylon. As such, that makes America the "title-holder" and deed-owner of ancient Bab- ylon in the sense of an historical and Biblical interpretation perspective. We know that such a claim flies in the face of numerous other prophecy "experts" who claim that the GulfWar2 outcome means that someday Iraq will become the Mystery Babylon, full of exquisite and exotic luxury. That is too bad.



The facts are these: Persia conquered Babylon. Greece conquered Babylon. Rome conquered Babylon. Any of those three nations could have become mystery Babylon had the timing been right, but alas, none of those nations conquered Babylon "in the latter days" or "at the time of the banner of Messiah."

Thus, those ancient empires could not become the Mystery Babylon of prophecy. Today, we are in the "latter days" because we know Israel has been reborn as a nation and now controls Jerusalem. Today, America stands as conqueror of Iraq (i.e. Babylon) and thus inherits the 7-spiked Crown of the Goddess Ishtar also called the "Mother of Harlots" by her worshippers.



Keep in mind also that once each of those nations conquered Babylon those nations did absorb and accept the chief Babylonian goddess Ishtar (and her "mystery doctrines") as a key deity in their pantheon of religions. Those nations however never made her their central focus nor made her into their national religion in her title as "Goddess of Liberty/Freedom."



America, on the other hand, has mysteriously embraced Ishtar in so many subtle and not-so-subtle ways. For instance, the Statue of Liberty is an artistic rendering of Ishtar, although the Freemason sculptor referred to her by her Roman name of Libertas, the goddess of Liberty. So too for the statue atop the US Capitol and many state capitols also. She also appears on official coinage and seals of the USA. That's just for starters as to the use of her image.



There's also the worship in America of her doctrines regarding "liberty" and "freedom" by Americans. But we digress into an entirely new and emerging character trait of Mystery Babylon that is better left for another article.



So we've commented about this prophetic fulfillment but what are the top 3 fulfillments to date since the de- struction of Jerusalem in 70 a.d.?



#1. Israel reborn in 1948.

#2. Israel regaining ALL of Jerusalem in 1967.



And now our third most significant event (from an eschatological perspective):



#3. The rise of and the crowning of "Mystery Babylon.



We could take this story clear back to the beginning, back to 1776 when America was founded upon the doctrines of Freemasonry, Illuminism and the mystery Doctrines of Ishtar. From the very beginning, Ishtar's occult doctrines were being injected into the foundations of a new nation. It began with the selection of July 4th, 1776 as a key occultic day which also on the Jewish calender was tied to the Feast of Tammuz, a key date in Ishtar's occultic worship practices. We could also elect to focus the story's start on the beginning work on the US Capitol building and the masonic ceremony laying the foundation stone by George Washington (a grandmaster mason) in a completely occultic masonic ceremony.



Of course, we could develop a long story about the Capitol's design being a replica of the Roman Pagan Temple called "The Pantheon" -- which itself was a copy by the Romans of the original version built in Bab- ylon. The "Pantheon" was an ecumenical temple, dedicated to all the gods of Babylon. The US Capitol building then, is a duplicate the most significant and ecumenical pagan temple of all time. It just also happens to be the building where America's laws are made. Is that merely ironic or mysterious intentional design?



We could choose to shift the focus to that statue atop the Capitol Dome which is a representation of the Goddess Ishtar. Today we call her the "goddess of Freedom" or "Liberty". We could also begin our focus upon the statue of Baal (a.k.a. Mars) that guards the entrance to the Capitol building. We could also instead focus our beginning search for Babylonianism in America on the pictures painted inside the dome of Amer- ica's 'gods' i.e. the "founding fathers and other 'artistic' deities. Perhaps instead our search for Babylonianism beginnings in America should begin with the White House (the second most popular temple in all of Babylon was called "The White House.") or the occultic layout of the streets of Washington, D.C. or of the various "temples" in the nation's capitol including the Temples of the Treasury, Justice, or even simply the Masonic Temple. Perhaps it would be best to focus on the Babylonian symbol we call The Washington Monument.



Some would however argue that we should pinpoint the birthing of Babylonianism in America to 1886 with the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty. Why? The sculptor-designer, a freemason named Bartholdi admitted pri- vately in writinig in his journal that the statue was his vision of the Goddess Libertas of Rome. You should understand that the Romans actually the borrowed deity Ishtar of Babylon - who was also called the goddess of Liberty/Freedom in Babylon because she was the matron goddess of slaves and immigrants seeking freedom and embraced her doctrines of liberty and called her the Goddess Libertas.



The little-known or understood aspect is that the goddess Libertas was in fact, the chief Goddess of Babylon, Ishtar, the Goddess of Liberty/Freedom. Ishtar chief goddess of Babylon also held the holy title of "Mother of Harlots" because she was the mother of harlots and harlotry … which was a holy part of her salvation doc- trines.



Salvation came by sexual union with a temple priestess (harlot) and a monetary gift offering was made afterwards in gratitude to help underwrite the costs of maintaining the temple. A worshipper of Ishtar would have his/her sins washed away by engaging in ritual sexual union with the priestess. How could this be? Because during the sexual act, the Goddess herself inhabited and possessed the priestesses' body so that the act of sexual union made between the man (or woman) worshipper and the priestess or priest enabled the worshipper to become "one with" or "united with the goddess" and thus holy and sinless.



So the notion of America accepting as her symbol, the Statue of Liberty in 1886 might be seen by some as the beginning of America's Babylonianism. Still others would point to the Great Depression when the Babyl- onian occultic symbolism of the seeing 'eye' pyramid became a symbol on our paper money.



Of course, still others would say that America did NOT become Mystery Babylon until March-April of 2003 when America officially conquered the ancient land of Babylon while putting down the empire of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad. Those critics who would make this claim make a good point that is hard to argue against. There can be little doubt now as to who conquered Babylon and who is calling the "shots" in that land now and for the long-term future. Some opposing critics will say that America is only there temporarily and never "conquered" Iraq but is merely acting as a policeman to arrest a criminal and allow the Iraqi people to choose their own government.



Such a move actually underscores the very heart of the matter regarding Mystery Babylon. The Revelation chapter 17 passage is describing the very symbolism and religiosity of nation and it is referred to as being a "Mystery." Chapter 17 of Revelation shows that this "mystery" nation is symbolized as a woman and it is a "mystery" regarding the relationship of this symbolism between the nation, her people and this 'mystery woman' … the chief goddess of Babylon known as Ishtar, the Mother of Harlots. Remember that among her numerous doctrines Ishtar's religion promotes the idea of freedom and liberty, no matter what the governmen- tal structure.



In other words, Ishtar promotes freedom and liberty and when the US marches in with her military and con- quers a nation, installs a democratic form of government that promotes "liberty" and "freedom." The reality of such an event is that in the act of military action and obtaining control, the US has just spread a key tenet and doctrine of the mystery religion of Ishtar, the chief goddess of freedom and liberty. In other words, the actions of military conquest by the United States become one of a religious nature that spreads the gospel of Ishtar to the whole world. Say "Hallelujah to Uncle Sam." Say, Hallelujah to Ishtar. Or

Better yet, just sing the Star-Spangled Banner, the Pledge of Allegiance and "God Bless America" in cere- monial ritual as a way to further worship Ishtar and ultimately her superior, Satan himself.



Yes, if you are a "patriotic" American who engages in "patriotic" ritual symbolism at a public event such as a ballgame you are engaged in a form of religious worship to a Satanic entity. Yes it is an act of worship to a Satanic doctrine that on the surface seems innocent and innocuous on but in reality is the platform to which the Antichrist will stride to power over the whole world.



The stark reality is that American Christians participating in such "patriotic" ritualism in America are only helping to assist in helping the woman bring the Antichrist to power. How ironic it is that American Christians are some of the most patriotic citizens in America, singing the patriotic songs that are actually the praises to Ishtar. American Christians do not at all realize that they are worshipping a Satanic being and following Satanic doctrines. They follow patriotic rituals and yet all the while and perhaps even simultaneously praise Jesus, and go through all the motions of being a devout and steadfast Evangelical or Fundamentalist Christian.



Some in the American church, in fact many are indeed genuinely "saved" Christians but misled by the American church leadership which has chosen not to recognize nor believe that America is or could possibly be the Mystery Babylon of Revelation 17 & 18. (as well as of Isaiah 13, 14, 18 & Jeremiah 50, 51). In some cases, I believe key American Bible Prophecy "experts" ( the ones making appearances on national American TV ) have deliberately rejected the America as Babylon concept because they fear a backlash that could financially destroy them.



Perhaps too, some might also shrink from facing up to the facts about America as Babylon because such a view could eventually lead to physical, emotional, and financial discrimination and persecution of Christians by non-Christian America. In this age of 9-11 anti-terrorism, and its war against fundamental beliefs, we will ultimately see the US government turn with a vengeance upon those with a Biblical-based and fundamental Christian values system anyway.



No matter what, the fact remains that the United States of America conquered and now is in military control of the lands once part of the Babylonian empire and the city of ancient Babylon. Essentially, that land we now call Iraq is/has become a colony of the United States in practice if not in name. This means that for all practical purposes (and indeed for Prophetic purposes) the military action that was the U.S. invasion of Iraq, and its resultant conquering of Iraq, prophetically cedes over the title-ownership of "Babylon" to America. Such a victory however changes the title and ownership of the ancient land of Babylon in subtle, unobtrusive, "mysterious" way, just as the term "mystery" in Revelation 17 implies.



So we now officially have America as T-H-E title-holder of Babylon and inheritor to the term and title of "Mystery Babylon." The event that we (at A-O) have termed "GulfWar2" becomes in our estimation the third most significant prophetic fulfillment or development in 1,933 years. GulfWar2 comes in as the third most significant prophetic development or fulfillment behind the number one even which we believe to be the rebirth of Israel in 1948 and the second event being the recapture of all of Jerusalem in June of 1967 in the Six Days War. To our way of thinking only those two events revolving around Israel have more prophetic significance than America being "self-crowned" as conquerors or liberators of Babylon.