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	Definition of Babylon (New Testament)
		Babylon occurs in the Christian New Testament both with a literal and a figurative meaning.
		Babylon was later the nominal seat of a Latin archbishop, of a Chaldean patriarch and of a Syrian archbishop.
		Virtually all New Testament scholars believe that "Babylon" is here used as a metaphor or euphemism for the power of the Roman Empire, which was oppressing the nascent church as the Babylonian empire had oppressed the Jewish people in Old Testament times.
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	Babylon (New Testament) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Babylon was later the nominal seat of a Latin archbishop, of a Chaldean patriarch and of a Syrian archbishop.
		The connection with the actual historical city of Babylon is purely metaphorical, as the connection of "Jerusalem" in the poetry of William Blake can bear no relation to the actual history or geography of the city of Jerusalem.
		Virtually all New Testament scholars believe that "Babylon" is here used as a metaphor or euphemism for the power of the Roman Empire, which was oppressing the nascent church as the Babylonian empire had oppressed the Jewish people in Old Testament times.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Babylon_(New_Testament) (716 words)

	Babylon - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The earliest mention of Babylon is in a dated tablet of the reign of Sargon of Akkad (2800 BC), who is stated to have built sanctuaries there to Anunit and Ae (or Ea).
		A tablet dated 275 BC states that on the 12th of Nisan the inhabitants of Babylon were transported to the new town, where a palace was built as well as a temple to which the ancient name of E-Saggila was given.
		Babylon is also the name of several towns in the United States, most notably Babylon, New York.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Babylon
		The earliest mention of Babylon is in a dated tablet of the reign of Sargon of Akkad (24th century BC short chr.
		A tablet dated 275 BC states that the inhabitants of Babylon were transported to Seleucia, where a palace was built as well as a temple to which the ancient name of E-Saggila was given.
		Historical knowledge of Babylon's topography is derived from the classical writers, the inscriptions of Nebuchadnezzar, and the excavations of the Deutsche Orientgesellschaft, which were begun in 1899.
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	Babylon (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Babylon, the capital city of Babylonia in ancient Mesopotamia.
		In the New Testament, especially the book of Revelation, references to "Babylon" are commonly interpreted as references to Rome or a metaphor for the power of the Roman Empire; see Babylon (New Testament).
		In Rabbinic literature, Babylon is often used to refer to the Jewish diaspora which the Babylonian captivity.
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	Babylon - Tower of Babel - Crystalinks
		The earliest mention of Babylon is in a dated tablet of the reign of Sargon of Akkad (24th century BC short chr.), who made it the capital of his empire.
		Historical knowledge of Babylon's topography is derived from classical writers, the inscriptions of Nebuchadrezzar, and several excavations, including those of the Deutsche Orientgesellschaft begun in 1899.
		This parallels the destruction of ancient Babylon, overthrown pursuant to the prophecy of the 13th chapter of Isaiah.
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	Babylon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The earliest mention of Babylon is in dated tablet of the reign of Sargon of Akkad (2800 BC) who is stated to have built there to Anunit and Ae (or Ea).
		A tablet dated 275 BC states that on the 12th of Nisan the inhabitants of Babylon were transported the new town where a palace was as well as a temple to which ancient name of E-Saggila was given.
		Babylon is also the name of towns in the United States most notably Babylon New York.
	www.freeglossary.com /Babylon (1736 words)

	Babylonian - Tower of Babel
		Babylon (Babylonian, Bab-ilim or Babil, 'Gate of God'), one of the most important cities of the ancient world, whose location today is marked by a broad area of ruins just east of the Euphrates River, 90 km (56 mi) south of Baghdad, Iraq.
		Nabonidus left the city of Babylon under control of his son Belshazzar and lived for a while in the city of Harran and later in the oasis of Teima, in the Arabian Desert.
		The ancient Hanging Gardens of Babylon in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC) is one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
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	Babylon (New Testament) - meaning of word (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		But according to the ''International Standard Bible Encyclopedia'': "Babylon" [http://www.studylight.org/enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T1074], there was probably no Christian community in the actual city of Babylon during the time when the New Testament books were written (roughly, the second half of the first century).
		There are passing references to the historical Babylon of the Jewish past in gospel of Matthew 1:11,12,17 and in Acts 7:43, but these are literary.
		In one of the Bible's most famous cases of numerology, the beast is assigned the identifying number number 666.
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	New Testament Clipart
		New Testament - The New Testament, sometimes called the Greek Testament or Greek Scriptures, and, in recent times, also New Covenant, is the name given to the part of the Christian Bible that was written after the birth of Jesus.
		Babylon (New Testament) - Babylon occurs in the Christian New Testament both with a literal and a figurative meaning.
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	Babylon
		The most natural supposition of all is that by Babylon is intended the old Babylon of Assyria, which was largely inhabited by Jews at the time in question.
		As Babylon had been the oppressor of Israel, it was natural that this new power, which was oppressing the people of God, should be designated as Babylon.
		The whole passage, “She that is in Babylon, elect together with you, saluteth you,” seems to be figurative, and that being true, it is natural that Babylon should have been used instead of Rome.
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	Babylon - Theo
		Babylon was the capital city of Babylonia in Mesopotamia (in contemporary Iraq).
		The earliest mention of Babylon is in a dated tablet of the reign of Sargon of Akkad (2800 BC), who is stated to have built sanctuaries there to Anunit and Ae (or Ea).
		This act shocked the religious conscience of Mesopotamia; the subsequent murder of Sennacherib was held to be an expiation of it, and his successor Esarhaddon hastened to rebuild the old city, to receive there his crown, and make it his residence during part of the year.
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	The New Testament - Cutting Edge Ministries
		The Syrian kingdom is important because it is from Syria that we have the rise of Antiochus III and Antiochus Epiphanes, the attempted Hellinization of Palestine, and the Maccabean revolt.
		As for the New Testament, it has been said that some of the words of Jesus were probably originally composed in the Aramaic language, but all of the writings have survived only in their Greek forms.
		The new religion in Rome was a worship of the state of Rome itself.
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	New Testament
		Introducing the New Testament is an outstanding new guide to the literature new testament and theology of the New Testament.
		Furthermore, its scope goes beyond the life of the New Testament church to include the work of the apostolic fathers new testament and early Christianity up through the middle of the second century.
		Designed to bring students, teachers, pastors new testament and general readers up to date new testament and up to speed, this one-of-a-kind reference volume presents more information than any other single work -- dealing exclusively with the theology, literature, background new testament and scholarship of the later New Testament new testament and the apostolic church.
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	John saw the mysterious Babylon in his vision
		This is the dividing line between the Old Testament Babylon which was destroyed by God and the New Testament Babylon which was born through a kingdom that suppresses and persecutes the Body of Christ.
		Babylon the Great may have represented the mother goddess of the ancient Near East, Athena, or the goddess Roma, or the power structure of Assyria – to mention three ancient examples.
		Just as the New Jerusalem personifies the perfection and eternal state of the kingdom of God, Babylon the Great personifies the kingdom of humanity, which was to be destroyed.
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	BABYLON in IRAQ
		Although he is called Nebuchadnezzar in the Old Testament, his Babylonian name was Nabu-kudur-usur; modern historians often refer to him as Nebuchadrezzar.) Nebuchadnezzar is best remembered for his dealings with the Jews and as the builder of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the seven ancient wonders of the world.
		Note that, interestingly, beginning with the head of gold, which is Babylon, the future kingdoms successively degenerate in their constitution: from gold to silver (Media-Persia) to bronze (Greek) to iron (Roman) and finally to miry clay mixed with iron (The Antichrist's ten "nation" consolidation).
		Babylon is referred to as a literal, physical "great city" more that once in the book of Revelation as well (Rev. 17:18; 18:10, 16, 18, 19, 21).
	www.yeshuatyisrael.com /babylon.htm (1618 words)

	Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library
		Babylon's doom; God's controversy with her; encouragements from thence to the Israel of God.
		Babylon is abundant in treasures, yet neither her waters nor her wealth shall secure her.
		The fall of the New Testament Babylon is thus represented, Rev.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/henry/mhcc.xxv.li.html (388 words)

	Some Famous New Testiment Forgeries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In regard to Mary and Joseph, Jesus earthly parents, one would expect that they would be venerated throughout the New Testament, especially Mary since out of all of Israel she was the one selected by none other than God himself to be the mother of his son, or so we are told.
		That, along with the Old Testament prophecy in Micah 5:2, is the reason the birth narratives of Matthew and Luke has Jesus born in Bethlehem, the city of David.
		News of the birth of Jesus and his kingly destiny apparently came as a rude shock to King Herod who had big plans for a dynasty of his own.
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	Dr. J. Rodman Williams: Prophecy By The Book - Ch.5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The reason: the New Testament itself often spiritualizes what was said in the Old Testament so that, as just observed, "the house of Israel" and "the house of Judah" are no longer literally the recipients of the promises, but those who believe in Christ, hence the church, the new Israel of God.
		The Old Testament sacrifices on the Day of Atonement were declared to be a perpetual statute—"And this shall be an everlasting statute for you, that atonement may be made for the people of Israel once in the year because of all their sins" (Lev.
		We may say then that the destruction of physical Babylon prophesied in the Old Testament is a type or foregleam of the destruction of spiritual Babylon in the New Testament.
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	The People's New Testament on StudyLight.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The eighteenth chapter borrows language and imagery from the destruction of the ancient Babylon, the oppressor of Israel, especially from the prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah, in order to describe the overthrow of the spiritual Babylon.
		Since in 17:16-18 it is shown that the horns of the beast upon which the woman sat have been turned upon her, the present chapter refers to a period of desolation which shall precede her final overthrow.
		The fall of Babylon has been already declared (16:19; 17:16) but now it is developed.
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	What is mystery babylon - Shocking revelation of the beginning of the end of the United States. Learn what will happen ...
		Old Testament Babylon was during the time of the reign of Belshazzar whom God said He would strip the kingdom from before the day had ended.
		In fact, the citizens of Babylon were almost relieved that King Belshazzar had been dethroned due to his abuse of power.
		New Testament Babylon is referring to a future world power that will one day be destroyed completely in one day.
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	Babylon
		Babylon) my people, that you may not participate in her sins and that you may not receive her plagues; for her sins have piled up as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities” (Revelation 18:4,5)
		Babylon, Mystery Babylon is the origin, creator, birthplace and mother of ALL false teachings regarding any truth (i.e.
		Peter, himself in Rome (“Babylon” as he calls it) writes to the people of God, whom he considers “aliens and strangers” (2:11), who are “scattered throughout” (1:1) the Roman (Babylonian) empire (1:1).
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	Babylon in the New Testament - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		As Babylon had been the oppressor of Israel, it was natural that this new power, which was oppressing the people of God, should be designated as Babylon.
		In 1 Peter 5:13 Babylon is designated as the place from which 1Pe was written.
		The whole passage, "She that is in Babylon, elect together with you, saluteth you," seems to be figurative, and that being true, it is natural that Babylon should have been used instead of Rome.
	www.studylight.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T1074 (828 words)

	Who Is
		Babylon the Great may have represented the mother goddess of the ancient Near East, Athena, or the goddess Roma, or the power structure of Assyria – to mention three ancient examples.
		Just as the New Jerusalem personifies the perfection and eternal state of the kingdom of God, Babylon the Great personifies the kingdom of humanity, which is to be destroyed.
		The picture of Babylon the Great’s destruction is seen to occur at the close of history, when God judges the world in Jesus Christ the returning Word of God on the white horse (19:11-13).
	www.wcg.org /lit/prophecy/babylon.htm (1182 words)

	The New Testament Church & the Calendar
		The calendar which was used by the New Testament Church of God has a major influence on the calendar question that we are faced with today.
		In addition to the Old Testament Jewish calendar, the other calendars in the Middle East that were based on the appearance of new moons included: the Babylonian calendar, the Macedonian calendar, the Old Persian calendar, and the Achaemenid Elamite calendar.
		In Babylon, which was not a part of the Roman Empire, this calendar was still in use, and continued to be in use until at least 75 A.D. And Babylon also had a fairly large Jewish community.
	www.israelofgod.org /ntchurch.htm (7102 words)

	Prophecy Connection: Mystery Babylon - Prophecy Central
		In Alexander Hislop's book, The Two Babylons, Nimrod is said to have been the great ringleader of the apostasy, whose death was an act of justice.
		Babylon in the present is Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
		On the exact site of ancient Babylon, he has reconstructed the Southern Palace of Nebuchadnezzar, including the Procession Street, a Greek theater, many temples, what was once Nebuchadnezzar's throne room, and a half-scale model of the Ishtar Gate." (Charles Dyer, The Rise of Babylon, p.
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	Baghdad, Babylon and Prophecy - Tim King
		Reasonably, it seems, all eschatology should be seen as "covenant eschatology." When we stray from the passing of the Old Covenant and the establishment of the New, we have cut ourselves loose from the story of Scripture and the plan of God from before time (Titus 1:2).
		The identity of Babylon is clear — it is the city where our Lord was crucified and the city where the blood of the saints and prophets was spilled.
		Babylon is rising again!" We would prefer to say that today, before our very eyes we have seen that all prophecy has been fulfilled.
	www.presence.tv /cms/babylon-iraq.shtml (2564 words)

	testament \| English \| Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
		A testament is a document that the author has sworn to be true.Testament can refer to:Old Testament, also known as the Tanakh, the holy scriptures of Judaism and Christianity.
		New Testament, holy scriptures of Christianity including the Gospels, epistles of Paul, and other writings.
		Will (law), a document detailing wishes upon the author's death and one of the original uses of testament; often referred to as "Last Will and Testament."Testament (film), a 1983 film about the aftermath of a nuclear war on a family.
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