Plucking the Eagle's Wings

America: God's Prophetic Vineyard

It probably alludes to some type of desert animal dwelling among the ruins. At times, tannim is translated in the original Scriptures as serpent or snake . Several hundred years later, John said Mystery Babylon would become a habitation of devils (Revelation 18:2). It is interesting to note in Revelation 12 that John described Satan as a "dragon with seven heads and ten horns" (Revelation 12:3, 9). The comparison continues as Jeremiah cried out, "Babylon is suddenly fallen" (Jeremiah 51:8). And John prophesied seven hundred years later, "Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen" (Revelation 18:2). Because the angel in Revelation 18:2 announced the fall of Babylon twice, with the phrase "is fallen, is fallen" it could suggest two separate destructions of Babylon. Jeremiah's Babylon was built by King Nebuchadnezzar. It was conquered by the Medes and Persians, and taken by the Greeks and Alexander the Great. Alexander planned to restore the city to its grandeur, but he died unexpectedly in Babylon at age 33. After Alexander's death, Babylon became the capital of the Seleucid dynasty. The temples were eventually moved from the ancient city and a new capital was built at the Tigris River. Babylon became a ghost town. However, it was never destroyed in the manner that Jeremiah predicted —that is, with a destroying wind. John's Mystery Babylon will be destroyed with fire in one hour (Revelation 18:8,10, 17, 19). I believe that Jeremiah predicted the fall of his current-day Babylon, and at the same time prophesied regarding the Babylon to come later. This could be a dual prophecy, meaning a prophecy regarding Jewish captivity in Babylon in Jeremiah's day, and a prophecy concerning a future Babylon (seen by John in Revelation). Using the basic laws of Biblical interpretation, I cannot conclude

that America is connected to this prophecy of Jeremiah. Is America the Mystery Babylon in Revelation 17?

The most frequent prophetic teaching about our nation suggests that America is depicted in Revelation 17. Yet again, upon carefully examining the text "line upon line and precept upon precept," the Babylon of Revelation cannot refer to America. This is why:

"And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth

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