KFLCC / New Age Bible Versions - Gail Riplinger

clear message of her title. They shift the sand, so to speak, removing the key word 'MYSTERY' from her name and forehead. The authors of the minority Greek N.T. text shift the word into the mouth of John, hoping Christians will swallow it—never to be associated with their harlot religious system again. The sand castle, thus constructed, appears in most new versions, hoping not to be washed away by the true "rivers of living water." As it appears in new versions, "Babylon" becomes, not a religious system, but a geographic location. The flood of recent books and commentators who assign the identity of MYSTERY BABYLON to modem Persia, attests to the power of new versions to alter what the church has accepted as its meaning for almost 2000 years. To buoy up their sinking reconstruction, some versions also eliminate the reference to the trafficking of the harlot in the "souls of men" (Revelation 18:13). Thereby, the religious association with the Babylonian mysteries is again avoided. spiritually To further hide the identity of this religious system, new versions omit the key word "city" in Revelation 14:8 ("Babylon. . .that great city). Despite attempts by new versions which pretend, "They are seven kings," Revelation 17:9 locates the city which is the center of the last days revival of the Babylonian mystery religion. It is located on "seven mountains," which display her and sustain this faux gem like the prongs of a ring. Geographers, travel agents and even the NAB Catholic bible and official Knights of Columbus, pamphlet #51, agree that this 'city of seven hills' is Rome. New versions also try to switch the identity of Mystery Babylon from Rome to the Middle East by giving Jerusalem's title "the great city" (Revelation 11:8) to Mystery Babylon and conversely giving Mystery Babylon's 'mystical' title to Jerusalem. The plains of the Middle East are plainly not the city of seven hills. NIV, NASB, et al. KJV "BABYLON" sits, and they the great city mystically "MYSTERY BABYLON" sitteth. And there that great city Rev. 17:9,10 Rev. 17:18 Rev. 11:8