Edward
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I didn't want to junk up the other thread and take it off-topic in the Son of Perdition thread, so decided to open another thread instead. There's a lot of info indicating that modern day Mecca could be the Mystery Babylon in scripture.
Acts 7:36-43 (Deuteronomy 4:19)
Baal is their god. Different countries had different names for Baal. Osiris/Isis, Assur/Istar, Bel/Belit, Mithra/Anahita, Helios/Atremis, Apollo/Diana, Baal/Asteroth. Moloch is also a pseudonym
In other passages, however, the god of the Ammonites is named Milcom, not Moloch (see 1 Kings 11.33; Zephaniah 1.5). The Septuagint reads Milcom in 1 Kings 11.7 instead of Moloch. Many English translations accordingly follow the non-Hebrew versions at this point and render Milcom. The form mlkm can also mean "their king" as well as Milcom, and therefore one cannot always be sure in some other passages whether the King of Ammon is intended or the god Milcom. It has also been suggested that the Ba‘al of Tyre, Melqart"king of the city" (who was probably the Ba‘al whose worship was furthered by Ahab and his house) was this supposed god Moloch and that Melqart/Moloch was also Milcom the god of the Ammonites and identical to other gods whose names contain mlk./ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moloch
The Muslims worship a meteorite which they call the Kabba stone. (No joke!) It is housed in Mecca and all Muslims bow towards Mecca when they pray and worship this idol. Remember when Paul went to Ephesus to spread the Gospel and caused an uproar because the Gospel he preached would put the craftsman out of business and everyone was shouting great, great is Diana...? Same god. (Acts 19).
Their symbol is the Crescent/Star and can be traced all the way back to Nimrod, and is in fact the same symbol used on Islams flag. The golden calf which the Israelites made while Moses was up the mountain had the same symbol when viewed frontally with the crescent being formed by the bulls horns. Our God is a jealous God and will have none of Baal.
Revelation 17:15 explains that beast which sits on many waters is not talking about seas but rather peoples, multitudes of nations and languages. How many countries are Muslim? Islam is the single biggest false religion on earth. Once a year pilrimage to Mecca by Muslims is made for what they refer to as Hajj to worship the Kabba stone. This is an identical form of worship that they did to Nebucanezzers idol in biblical days. Those who would not were put to death, or in Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednegos case being put into the firey furnace, attempted death, lol. Times have changed though and now, Muslims preferred method of execution is beheading (and in Saudi). (Think end times executions for not worshiping the beast and his image here.)
Muslim prayer times are tied to the sun. What color it is, how long are the shadows, and if there is light left in the sky. Worshiping the Heavens instead of the creator. Muhammad said that one day the Kabba stone would speak. This could be the harlots idol. Muslims also use a 36 square "Magic Square" to protect them from the Gods. If you add up the numbers 1-36, it equals, you guessed it, 666.
Revelation 17 gives us all sorts of other clues. v.5 says she is the "Mother" of all harlots and abominations of the earth. How about that. Mecca is the birthplace of Islam, and all Islamic nations, and in fact (I am told) that Mecca itself translates to "Mother." / v.9 sits on seven hills...Mecca sits on seven hills./ v.3, it is in the desert. / v.6 ...drunk with the blood of saints...that's almost all Islam does is kill Christians./ v.2 and the kinds of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. What kind of wine does Saudi Arabia make? OIL.
http://www.wnd.com/2013/05/mystery-babylon-is-mecca-not-vatican/#8u80Ctkhlyy0w3kd.99
The article states this from the Bible and it answers the question. "No Arab will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flocks there” (Isaiah 13:20)? Arabs pitch tents in Arabia, not Rome. The ultimate fulfillment of this verse is the destruction of the last-days Babylon. We know this because the passage speaks about “the day of the Lord” (v. 9) with the “heavens not giving light” (v. 10). This is not historical, but end-times related.
Then we have the Red Sea: “The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red Sea” (Jeremiah 49:21). Red Sea is a geographic indicator as to where the last-days Babylon will be located. Look at Mecca on any map and you will see that it sits near the Red Sea. Some may object that Jeremiah 49 is speaking about Edom, which was primarily located in modern-day Jordan. Yet in Ezekiel 25 “Edom” stretches from Teman (Yemen) to Dedan (Saudi Arabia)” (v. 13). Greater Edom included all of the west coast of the Arabian Peninsula.
Notice the description of her destruction: “‘As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown, along with their neighboring towns,’ says the LORD, ‘so no one will live there; no man will dwell in it’” (Jeremiah 49:18). "
https://maps.google.com/?q=30.20381355285645,35.73256683349609+(Teman)&t=h&z=8
SAudi Arabia extends north to encompass sourthern Edom and while I could find no source map, it is said that "greater Edom" extend much further south into Saudi Arabia and has scripture identifying this in Ezekial 25 as noted above. Yes, Mecca is a prime candidate for being Mystery Babylon.
I have other stuff on this, but this should keep you busy for awhile. I don't want to this too long or it may discourage readership.
Acts 7:36-43 (Deuteronomy 4:19)
Baal is their god. Different countries had different names for Baal. Osiris/Isis, Assur/Istar, Bel/Belit, Mithra/Anahita, Helios/Atremis, Apollo/Diana, Baal/Asteroth. Moloch is also a pseudonym
In other passages, however, the god of the Ammonites is named Milcom, not Moloch (see 1 Kings 11.33; Zephaniah 1.5). The Septuagint reads Milcom in 1 Kings 11.7 instead of Moloch. Many English translations accordingly follow the non-Hebrew versions at this point and render Milcom. The form mlkm can also mean "their king" as well as Milcom, and therefore one cannot always be sure in some other passages whether the King of Ammon is intended or the god Milcom. It has also been suggested that the Ba‘al of Tyre, Melqart"king of the city" (who was probably the Ba‘al whose worship was furthered by Ahab and his house) was this supposed god Moloch and that Melqart/Moloch was also Milcom the god of the Ammonites and identical to other gods whose names contain mlk./ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moloch
The Muslims worship a meteorite which they call the Kabba stone. (No joke!) It is housed in Mecca and all Muslims bow towards Mecca when they pray and worship this idol. Remember when Paul went to Ephesus to spread the Gospel and caused an uproar because the Gospel he preached would put the craftsman out of business and everyone was shouting great, great is Diana...? Same god. (Acts 19).
Their symbol is the Crescent/Star and can be traced all the way back to Nimrod, and is in fact the same symbol used on Islams flag. The golden calf which the Israelites made while Moses was up the mountain had the same symbol when viewed frontally with the crescent being formed by the bulls horns. Our God is a jealous God and will have none of Baal.
Revelation 17:15 explains that beast which sits on many waters is not talking about seas but rather peoples, multitudes of nations and languages. How many countries are Muslim? Islam is the single biggest false religion on earth. Once a year pilrimage to Mecca by Muslims is made for what they refer to as Hajj to worship the Kabba stone. This is an identical form of worship that they did to Nebucanezzers idol in biblical days. Those who would not were put to death, or in Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednegos case being put into the firey furnace, attempted death, lol. Times have changed though and now, Muslims preferred method of execution is beheading (and in Saudi). (Think end times executions for not worshiping the beast and his image here.)
Muslim prayer times are tied to the sun. What color it is, how long are the shadows, and if there is light left in the sky. Worshiping the Heavens instead of the creator. Muhammad said that one day the Kabba stone would speak. This could be the harlots idol. Muslims also use a 36 square "Magic Square" to protect them from the Gods. If you add up the numbers 1-36, it equals, you guessed it, 666.
Revelation 17 gives us all sorts of other clues. v.5 says she is the "Mother" of all harlots and abominations of the earth. How about that. Mecca is the birthplace of Islam, and all Islamic nations, and in fact (I am told) that Mecca itself translates to "Mother." / v.9 sits on seven hills...Mecca sits on seven hills./ v.3, it is in the desert. / v.6 ...drunk with the blood of saints...that's almost all Islam does is kill Christians./ v.2 and the kinds of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. What kind of wine does Saudi Arabia make? OIL.
http://www.wnd.com/2013/05/mystery-babylon-is-mecca-not-vatican/#8u80Ctkhlyy0w3kd.99
The article states this from the Bible and it answers the question. "No Arab will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flocks there” (Isaiah 13:20)? Arabs pitch tents in Arabia, not Rome. The ultimate fulfillment of this verse is the destruction of the last-days Babylon. We know this because the passage speaks about “the day of the Lord” (v. 9) with the “heavens not giving light” (v. 10). This is not historical, but end-times related.
Then we have the Red Sea: “The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red Sea” (Jeremiah 49:21). Red Sea is a geographic indicator as to where the last-days Babylon will be located. Look at Mecca on any map and you will see that it sits near the Red Sea. Some may object that Jeremiah 49 is speaking about Edom, which was primarily located in modern-day Jordan. Yet in Ezekiel 25 “Edom” stretches from Teman (Yemen) to Dedan (Saudi Arabia)” (v. 13). Greater Edom included all of the west coast of the Arabian Peninsula.
Notice the description of her destruction: “‘As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown, along with their neighboring towns,’ says the LORD, ‘so no one will live there; no man will dwell in it’” (Jeremiah 49:18). "
https://maps.google.com/?q=30.20381355285645,35.73256683349609+(Teman)&t=h&z=8
SAudi Arabia extends north to encompass sourthern Edom and while I could find no source map, it is said that "greater Edom" extend much further south into Saudi Arabia and has scripture identifying this in Ezekial 25 as noted above. Yes, Mecca is a prime candidate for being Mystery Babylon.
I have other stuff on this, but this should keep you busy for awhile. I don't want to this too long or it may discourage readership.
