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Revelation 17:5 gives us the name of the End Times religious system that will be headed by the Antichrist it reads,
"and upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."
From the last book of the Bible, we return full circle to the first book where Babylon began. Let's look at Genesis chapter 11 and verses 1 through 11. we see,
"And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.' Genesis 11:1-9
Going forward, as we continue with this series on "Marxism in the Church: Setting the Stage for the Antichrist? we will continue to highlight scripture that gives us the spiritual temperature, if you will, of the End Times professing church.
Paul gives us great insight in 2 Timothy chapter 4 verses 3 and 4 when he writes,
"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables."
Previously, we saw in the post titled, "Babylon Calling" the following which ties in very nicely with this study.
As we progress through this series of study on the challenges facing Christianity, during what many believe to be the end times, we will continue building on the root causes of the end time Apostate church. It is mainly characterized -- as we have seen previously -- by a gradual "falling away" from the fundamentals of the faith. With that departure, we not only see congregations diminishing, but the wholesale movement away from sound Bible doctrine.
When Babylon is mentioned in the Bible it is not always referring to that ancient city that once stood along the Euphrates River in southern Mesopotamia. In scripture it is often used symbolically as a reference to the Gentile world-system into which the whole social order of the world has fallen. Also, it bears mentioning, that Babylon is the Greek form of the O.T. Hebrew word "Babel": which translated is simply confusion. The Bible gives us an accurate account of the origin of Babel or (confusion) in the aforementioned passage in Genesis chapter 11 verses 1 through 9.
Progressing through the Bible to the book of The Revelation, we see Babylon representing the political and ecclesiastical system which dominates the entire end time scene. In that book, prophecy shows us that Political Babylon--meaning the End Times Gentile world-system--will destroy Religious Babylon which is the Apostate Church described in the book of Second Thessalonians.
Without getting too far off track, we see the push under way -- and gaining traction -- for a New World Order. This political system is moving forward under the "global" banner.
"Global" would have likely been a word that was chosen by those who were busy "building" in Genesis 11.
The UN has been busy building their global framework. It is in place, and we see more American politicians jumping on that train everyday enroute to Political Babylon.
Meanwhile, getting back to the first part of the above quoted verse, let's concentrate on the period of time Paul is addressing. This passage of scripture is teaching that sometime future from the period that he was writing in, there will be a "religious" people who will not "endure" sound doctrine.
In Part two of the Challenges series we quoted Arthur L. Johnson's book, "Faith Misguided : Exposing the Dangers of Mysticism" which states,
"If we were seeking an appropriate label to describe the religious scene in the last three decades of the twentieth century, we would do well to consider it the age of confusion. There are many different religions in the Western world, each seeking adherents. They range from traditional Christian groups to oriental religions, from spiritist and occult movements to more traditional Western cults."
As a footnote to this statement made by Johnson, when we begin looking closer at mysticism in the church, we will see how the Contemporary Christian Music has and will continue to play a key role in uniting the above mentioned religions. They are unable to unite around doctrine, but they can come together under the umbrella of Worship music. In keeping with that theme, unity of these End Times religions--referred to as Ecumenism--is a major reason shows like The LDS influenced series The Chosen needs to present a more palatable Jesus!
The primary emphasis in Johnson's book is not the negative impact that Mysticism is having on the Religions of the world, but on the "evangelical" community as a whole. That community of believers that supposedly have a "commonality" of beliefs. He continues:
"One wishes he could say that this same confusion did not exist in the evangelical community. After all, do not evangelicals agree that the Bible is the authority in doctrinal matters? Surely here we can find agreement and avoid the confusion that permeates the larger religious world around us. We could hope that such confusion would not exist, but unfortunately it does. Here also it seems that “every man [says] that which seems right in his own eyes”. (Judg. 21:25b, paraphrased).
Next up, we will begin delving deeper into "Mysticism". We will begin seeing how it is making subtle advances into the theology of our modern churches. We will also begin exploring how this philosophy is being used to create the "woke" culture which will eventually become Religious Babylon.
Let me close the same way the Apostle Paul does in his Epistle to the Romans.
"To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen."
My dear friend, if you have never received Christ as your Saviour, would you do so today? Pray this from your heart.
Dear Jesus, I know I am a sinner. I believe you died on the cross for my sins. I believe you were buried and rose again the third day. I ask you now to forgive me of my sins and come into my heart and save me. Amen
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