Rebuilding Babylon - signs of the end?

[BobRyan]

For 2300 years Babylon has remained "in ruins" by the command of God.

Then Saddam Hussein declared his intent to rebuild Babylon -- and then before he could do it - he was destroyed, and all his work in Babylon looted and pillaged.

A brief review -

Plans to rebuild:1971 – Unesco commits to helping Saddam Hussein rebuild Babylon

1982-1985 – Saddam begins rebuilding Babylon – starting with Nebuchadnezzar’s palace.

Plans set aside momentarily.

1990 – first Gulf War – Desert Storm

Plans obliterated

2003 – 2nd Gulf War – Enduring Freedom –

Plans renewed

Nov 2008 U.N commits to a project for rebuilding Babylon.

Jan 9, 2009 U.S Commits $700,000 for project to rebuild Babylon

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Jeremiah prophesied that Babylon would never be inhabited

Babylon would be a desolation forever (Jer. 51:62)

Quote:

57And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

58Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.

59The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.

60So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.

61And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;

62Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate forever.

Babylon would not be inhabited (Jer. 50:39).

Quote:

35A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.

36A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

37A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.

38A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.

39Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.

40As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.

Prophets and Kings

http://egwwritings.whiteestate.org/nxt/g...pter04077.htm#6

Quote:

Clearly had the Hebrew prophets spoken concerning the manner in which Babylon should fall. As in vision God had revealed to them the events of the future, they had exclaimed: "How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!" "How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!" "At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations." {PK 531.4}

"Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed." "The spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the Lord God of recompenses shall surely requite. And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts." {PK 532.1}

"I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the Lord. The Lord hath opened His armory, and hath brought forth the weapons of His indignation: for this is the work of the Lord God of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans." {PK 532.2}

"Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is His name: He shall throughly plead their cause, that He may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon." Jeremiah 51:41; 50:23, 46; 51:8, 56, 57; 50:24, 25, 33, 34. {PK 532.3}

Thus "the broad walls of Babylon" became "utterly broken, and her high gates . . . burned with fire." Thus did Jehovah of hosts "cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease," and lay low "the haughtiness of the terrible." Thus did "Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency," become as Sodom and Gomorrah--a place forever accursed. "It shall never be inhabited," Inspiration has declared, "neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces." "I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts." Jeremiah 51:58; Isaiah 13:11, 19-22; 14:23. {PK 532.4}

http://egwwritings.whiteestate.org/nxt/g...pter04077.htm#6

1990 - The Persian Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991), known also as the Gulf War, the First Gulf War[12][13], or often as the Second Gulf War [14][15] and by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein as The Mother of all Battles,[16] or commonly as Desert Storm, for the military response

2003 – Iraq War

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In 1971, UNESCO announced that it would help Iraq completely restore the ancient city of Babylon. The reconstruction be under the general supervision of Saddam Hussein, who made his appearance in 1969 as the Iraqi strongman by hanging eight Jews on the streets of Baghdad as a warning for others to hit-the-road elsewhere. In 1978, 1 led a Southwest Radio Church tour of 103 to Iraq. One of the sites we visited was Babylon. There was a four-lane highway between Baghdad and Babylon with brick factories along the way turning out bricks for this tremendous reconstruction project. On one end of the brick was the name Nebuchadnezzar, and on the other end was the name Saddam Hussein who, then and now, envisions himself as a modern Nebuchadnezzar to restore the glory that was once Babylon's.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/560857/posts

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In 1982, Saddam's workers began reconstructing Babylon's most imposing building, the 600-room palace of King Nebuchadnezzar II. Archaeologists were horrified. Many said that to rebuild on top of ancient artifacts does not preserve history, but disfigures it. The original bricks, which rise two or three feet from the ground, bear ancient inscriptions praising Nebuchadnezzar. Above these, Saddam Hussein's workers laid more than 60-million sand-colored bricks inscribed with the words, "In the era of Saddam Hussein, protector of Iraq, who rebuilt civilization and rebuilt Babylon." The new bricks began to crack after only ten years.

Saddam compares himself to Nebuchadnezar, the pagan ruler from ancient Babylon.

(Above. A coin Saddam had minted to that end.)

Now the UN and the US appear to be ready to step in the gap and pick up where Saddam left off.

A good idea? Or is it like the reunion work in the EU vs Daniel 2 - another sign that we are nearing the end?

in Christ,

Bob

[Twilight]

I wonder who is behind this move to rebuild Babylon?

Mark

[BobRyan]

HEY BOBRYAN

BUT the bible says that Babylon will not be rebuilt

JER Chap 51 ver 39-40

dgrimm60

Exactly! I provide the two quotes from Jeremiah on this as well as the one from PK -- Babylon is never to be inhabited.

Hence Hussein's downfall as he planned and funded the rebuilding of Babylon.

Which is why it concerns me that now the UN and the U.S are picking up the slack right where Hussein left off -- "as if" that is a good idea!

in Christ,

Bob

[Guest]

That's interesting. This will decieve some people maybe. I know Dr. Rich and Co. believe that it will be rebuilt, and that Israel is the wounded head. I know they are decieved in a bad way. This will help to bolster their false belief.