The World in the last days with Babylon as the center of the Anti-Christ government.
“New Babylon Rising — the Emerging End Times World Order”, The 2019 book is by Ron Rhodes.
“Babylon will be a city of rampant paganism and evil. It will be the center of the end times. When it falls, the whole World system falls. All economic and political systems will be affected. Currently, all World Stock Exchanges are interconnected, as well as banking systems.”
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Page 134 note:
Hedonism is pursuit of pleasure, sensual self-indulgence
Page 148 note:
Satan is an Angel and he can NOT indwell anyone. He can only externally influence someone. Also, Satan can only be in one place at a time.
Page 156 note:
Technology does not necessarily make things easier. Most older people will tell you that technology makes things much harder to do the simplest of things. Life is getting harder and harder, ask anyone who lived in the 1950’s or 1960’s.
Page 157 note:
Losing your wallet may not be less painful even if in a cashless society as you would have debit or credit cards in your wallet [or whatever in that timeline].
Page 166 note:
Jews who left the city repented and did what God told them to do. Apparently, [as they were forgiven] they did not take the mark of the beast.
Page 174 note:
Merchants and Leaders received centuries of notification in writing [in the Bible], but would not believe it. “Destruction would happen quickly to the New Babylon at the end of the Tribulation.”
Page 191 note:
Biblical legalistic self-denial is a misunderstanding of true self-denial, conflating [combine two or more texts, ideas, etc. into one.] genuine surrender of personal desires to God with a performance-based adherence to rules for acceptance or to demonstrate piety. While true biblical “self-denial” involves a joyful resignation of one’s will to God’s for spiritual growth and a God-centered life, legalism applies human-made or overly strict interpretations of God’s law to earn favor, leading to a self-righteous, rigid, and potentially harmful spiritual practice that goes beyond genuine biblical teaching.
page 197 note:
Virulent means bitterly hostile.
page 202 note:
Staggering in this sentence means deeply shocking or astonishing.
Reeling in this sentence means to lose one’s balance and stagger or lurch violently.
Page 232 note:
In the Bible, purity signifies a state of being free from sin, moral corruption, and defilement, encompassing both inner character and outward actions. It is closely linked with holiness, righteousness, and sanctification.
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Plagues means [in Biblical terms] a severe affliction or calamity. That can include: disease, pestilence, or natural disaster.
Destroy [here] means ruined, ending influence, loss of spiritual standing or leadership, removing from a position, kill or terminate, etc. In regards; to Anti-Christ and False Prophet, the Anti-Christ destroyed the False Prophet 3 1/2 years into the Tribulation and replaced the False Prophet with himself in spiritual leadership. [In this case, it means to remove the False spiritual leader and influence thereof.]
God destroying the Anti-Christ and False Prophet at the end of the Tribulation, destroy means to capture, judge, and throw them alive into the Lake of Fire, thus killing them after removing them from any influence they had.
In biblical terms, the “seat of the beast” refers to the throne, center of power, and capital of the Antichrist’s kingdom.
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Below is not in the book, but added information by me [Marilyn]:
Note: During the Tribulation, if you take the mark of the beast:
- You must worship the Anti-Christ for 3 1/2 to 7 years. Horrible malignant sores break out on those who took the mark of the beast and worshiped him.
- In Hell, you will get the appropriate number of stripes [that you earned while on Earth]. You will spend 1000 years or more in Hell.
- You will receive NO amenities, be in isolation, be in unpleasant conditions to say the least, and remember what you had on Earth but do not have in Hell — Knowing what those in Heaven are enjoying forever.
- You will go to White Throne Judgement, listen to why you will go to the Lake of Fire and knowing that there is no reprieve.
- Be thrown alive into the Lake of Fire to die, burn up, and dissolve. It will take whatever length of time Jesus Christ determines is appropriate.
Is it worth all of the above for 3 1/3 to 7 years of wealth and luxury? That is if you are lucky and not a slave doing hard labor.
Note: During the Tribulation, if you do NOT take the mark of the beast, but reject God:
- You cannot do business or buy/sell anything. You probably will starve to death. However, . However, horrible malignant sores do not break out on those who refused the mark of the beast and did not worshiped him.
- In Hell, you will get the appropriate number of stripes [that you earned while on Earth]. You will spend 1000 years or more in Hell.
- You will receive NO amenities, be in isolation, be in unpleasant conditions to say the least, and remember what you had on Earth but do not have in Hell — Knowing what those in Heaven are enjoying forever.
- You will go to White Throne Judgement, listen to why you will go to the Lake of Fire and knowing that there is no reprieve.
- You will be thrown [alive or dead, depending on Jesus Christ’s determination] into the Lake of Fire to die, burn up, and dissolve. It will take whatever length of time Jesus determines is appropriate.
The difference being that you probably will get fewer stripes in Hell and you might be dead before being thrown into the Lake of Fire or get less time in the Lake of Fire before you die and burn up/dissolve. Also, you do not experience the malignant sores.