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New York Times bestselling author Joel Richardson carefully explores what is arguably the greatest prophetic mystery in all of the Bible. Mystery Babylon is an in-depth look at the prophecy of Revelation 17 and 18. Richardson dissects the longest prophecy in the New Testament the final chapters of the Bible in order to make sense of these deeply elusive and profoundly controversial passages. At once a queen, a prostitute, and a cold-blooded killer, this great harlot waves a golden cup filled with blood. Adorned in purple and scarlet and gold and precious stones, she seduces the kings of the earth with luxury. Most commonly known, perhaps, is that she rides a beast with seven heads and ten horns. Her title is Mystery, Babylon the Great, the mother of all harlots and of the abominations of the earth. From the early days of Christianity, believers have struggled to understand the mystery of the great harlot. Scholars and students alike have arrived at many different conclusions. In his characteristically easy-to-understand style, Richardson works through the history of Christian interpretation of Mystery Babylon, weighing the strengths and weaknesses of each view, making a powerful case for a solution to this prophecy that will rock the prophecy world. Divided into three parts Mystery Babylon Richardson exposits Scripture in part 1, examines the more common positions in part 2, and invites the reader to a powerful conclusion in part 3. Keep both your Bible and your mind open as you read this book not simply with an intellectual curiosity, but with much prayer and a truly contrite and trusting heart, believing indeed that the Lord will open up his secrets to all those who fear Him (Ps. 25:14).
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PRAISE FOR MYSTERY BABYLON
Once again, Joel Richardson has shaken the foundations of the prophecy world and just about everything we thought we knew about Mystery Babylon. This highly original and thought-provoking book just may provide the solution to this age-old mystery that weve been searching out for millennia.
TOM HORN, BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND CEO SKYWATCH TV
Richardsons new volume is brilliantly researched, Scripturally solid, and fluently written. It is quite evident that MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS may no longer be a mystery. This book is must-reading for everyone with a passion for prophetic truth and an interest in the last days.
MARVIN J. ROSENTHAL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ZIONS HOPE
Once again, bestselling author Joel Richardson connects the geopolitical and prophetic dots and presents a compelling, straightforward, and redemptive case for one of the Bibles most enigmatic prophecies. If you want to understand the times like the sons of Issachar, I heartily recommend Joels latest excellent work.
CHRIS MITCHELL, MIDDLE EAST BUREAU CHIEF, CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK
Joel Richardson has provided us with an important and very systematic work, laying out the possibilities of who or what is the identity of Mystery Babylon. This book will definitely make you rethink your previously held positions.
PASTOR MARK BILTZ
MYSTERY BABYLON
Copyright 2017 by Joel Richardson
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Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are taken from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Scriptures marked amp are taken from the Amplified Bible (AMP) Copyright 2015 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, CA 90631. All rights reserved. Scriptures marked esv are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Scripture quotations marked hcsb are taken from the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) Copyright 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked kjv are from the Holy Bible, King James Version (public domain). Scripture quotations marked niv are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Scripture marked nkjv is taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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To the uncountable numbers of Christians globally who have lost everything because of the name of Jesus. Be patient just a little longer. Justice is coming.
TO JESUS, the yearning of my heart, thank You for pouring yourself out to the fullest.
To my beautiful wife and kids, you are my polestar ever calling me home. I am so grateful to and for you all.
My deepest thanks to those supporters who have blessed me these past few years. Once again, you have made this book possible.
Thanks also to Samuel Whitefield, D. Williamson, Stephen Holmes, Jeremy Johnson, Greg Maxwell, Donnie Williams, Julie Jenkins, Ralph Woodrow, David Lindhjem, and Dax Cabrera for reading the early manuscript and giving me feedback.
Finally, I want to express my deep gratefulness to Joseph and Elizabeth Farah for your support. Thanks also to the whole WND team. Thanks to editorial director Geoffrey Stone for all of your hard work, as well as your input and advice on the manuscript. Thanks to Renee Chavez, my editor. Thanks to Mark Karis for creating another scary good cover design. Thanks also to marketing coordinator Michael Thompson. What a great team to work with. Thanks again and many blessings to you all.
FEW PASSAGES OF THE BIBLE have been more mysterious, more perplexing, than Revelation 1718. Together these two chapters comprise the single longest prophecy in the New Testament. Its subject is the great city (Rev. 17:18), described metaphorically, using the imagery of an absolutely grotesque woman. She is at once a queen, a prostitute, and a cold-blooded killer. High in the air, she proudly waves a gold cup. Though it gleams on the outside, it is filled with a horrific mixture of the shed blood of Gods holy martyrs and the sickening, impurities of her prostitution (17:4 HCSB). Not only has she drunk from this cup, but she has also enticed the kings of the earth and even entire nations to drink from it (17: 2). The woman is full of arrogance, rebellion, and raw self-glorification. Like the proverbial ring of gold in a swines snout, though masquerading as a queen, she is in fact a vile and classless prostitute. She is decked out in royal purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls (v. 4). Not only does she lavish herself with extravagant material excess, but she has seduced the kings of the earth to live luxuriously with her (18:9 HCSB).
Adding to all of this abhorrent and perplexing imagery, this woman is riding atop a most bizarre and horrific red beast a monster, really with seven heads and ten horns. The woman and this beast, rider and steed, both scarlet, are truly a match made in hell.
Gods judgment, about to be poured out, looms over this woman, as an angelic voice from heaven trumpets a thunderous warning to the inhabitants of the earth, Come out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive of her plagues; for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities (Rev. 18:4).
Anyone who has sought to understand this passage can surely identify with the apostle John, who declared, when I saw her, I wondered greatly (17:6). Then, in a sudden and shocking turn of events, the monster the harlot sits upon turns on her, devouring her body and burning what remains. Across the heavens, angels rejoice aloud, declaring the news of her death as a momentous victory for God and His people: Fallen, Babylon the Great has fallen! (18:2 HCSB). Earthly bystanders look on in shock and horror as the ascending smoke of her destruction is seen from a distance. Throughout the world, wealthy businesspeople, merchants, seafarers, and the rulers of the earth all join in mourning her loss and the loss in revenue that her death means to them.
The title this woman is given by God Himself, has also mystified many interpreters: Mystery, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF ALL HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH (17:5). Alternately, she is called the great harlot (17:1) or, in other translations, the great whore (KJV) or the great prostitute (NIV).
So who or what does this woman represent? Is she active today in our world? She is described repeatedly as a city, but what city does she represent? Can she be identified? Does properly understanding this passage have any actual real-world implications or application for us today? Could there be any relationship between this woman and the global rise of radical Islam? Does this passage have anything to say about the future of the United States? Bible students and teachers alike have wrestled with many of these questions, literally for millennia.
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