The last of the 7 "Mysteries" given to every church age believer.
Mystery #7:
The SEVENTH MYSTERY Is:
The Mystery of Babylon The Great
Rev. 17:5 And upon her forehead
was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
As we have just seen, the mystery of iniquity is the men
and personalities of the Antichrist. This
final Mystery has to do with a religious and political system that will
dominate the earth during the Tribulation Period. This is the Whore that rides the Beast into
world dominance. As you will see
in a later chapter, the Beast is referred to in the Book of Job as the
multi headed creature called the Behemoth, and the Dragon that empowers
the Behemoth is Leviathan. But for now,
let’s just focus our attention on the mystery of Babylon The Great. We will exegete this more fully, in story
form, when we get to the rapture of the church and the tribulation period. But, for now we will just describe the basic
attributes of the mystery of Babylon the Great.
Nimrod – The Beginning of Babylon the Great
The mystery religion of Babylon the Great can be
historically traced all the way back to the first attempt at a world empire by
a man name Nimrod. This is the 1st head of the seven
headed beast in Revelation thirteen.
I will not cover this history in detail (it would take far too much time
to cover all of the intricate historical details here), but I would like to
point you to a fantastic book that outlines the history of this mystery
religion. The book is “Two
Babylons” by Alexander Hislop.
Just “google it” and you will find it immediately. It will be an invaluable resource as you
prepare yourself to engage the philosopher’s stone of the false reality.
The “System” Introduced, Defined and Judged
The religious and political system is introduced in Revelation
17:1-6, defined in Revelation 17:7-18 and judged in Revelation
18. It contains a number of
characteristics that appear in all false religions connected with the whore of
Babylon. Let’s look at these
characteristics. Remember – these
characteristics are historically traced in Hislop’s fantastic book – “The
Two Babylons.” (1) Female deity.
(2) Drink offerings of
blood. (3) Human sacrifice and cannibalism. Do you know of a current religious system
that claims to eat the literal body and blood of Christ on a regular
basis? (4) Mystery priesthood. (5) Repetitious prayers and
chanting. Again, what religion
encourages this? (6) Multiple “gods.” Do you know of a current religious system
that makes it a practice to venerate dead people to a special status in the
spiritual activity? (7) Fertility rites. This is the origin of Easter. It is of pagan origin. (8)
Special days – such as Saints and Feast days. Hislop outlines these events
meticulously. (9) Communion with the dead, or what is known
as spiritism. We are never to pray to
dead people (saints) in order to get anything accomplished. Do you know of a current religious system
that encourages this? All of these characteristics can be traced
through history, and are intimately associated with the mystery religion of the
whore of Babylon – with its ecclesiastical head being that of the Pontifex
Maximus (I will explain this in the story to follow).
The Seven Heads of the Beast of Revelation
There is much confusion as to the identity of the seven
heads of the beast of Revelation. I will
sort through a lot of this, in story form, when we uncover the identity of our
enemy in a couple of chapters; but I do want to give a short summary of those
seven heads, or attempts at a world empire through the mystery religion of
Babylon the Great. The key is to rightly divide the Word of Truth and to have a proper
understanding of the theme of the Bible – which is the battle for a kingdom. This battle started with Lucifer in the
ancient past, and continues throughout the history of mankind – until the
religious and political systems ultimate defeat in Revelation nineteen.
This beast is the religious and political domain of the
gentiles from Nimrod to the future reign of the Antichrist. There is a short break in this gentile
domination between the reign of the Pharaohs and Sennacerib (The
Assyrians). This gap is when the Jews
had world dominion (The Golden Age) under the reign of King David, his son Solomon,
and leading to their ultimate captivity.
It is important to remember that the mystery religion of Babylon
is starting with Nimrod and is the thread that connects all of these political
systems.
(1) Nimrod –
approx. 2300 B.C. in Babylon.
(2) Pharaoh
– approx. 1800 B.C. in Egypt.
(3) Sennacerib
– approx. 760 B.C. in Assyria.
(4) Nebuchadnezzar
– approx. 606 B.C. in Babylon.
(5) Cyrus –
536 B.C. in Persia.
(6)
Alexander – 330 B.C. in Greece.
(7) Caesar –
100 B.C. in Rome.
(8) Antichrist
– The Coming Future World Kingdom.
Again – The Word of God Reveals The Truth
Revelation 17:8 clears up the “mystery” of
the future world empire ruled by the Antichrist. Let’s take a look at the verse, and then we
will address the questions.
The
beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the
bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth
shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the
foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and
yet is.
The beast was (Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar), and is
not. The Bible says that he shall ascend
out of the bottomless pit and go into perdition. This is when he takes over the body of the Antichrist
midway through the tribulation period.
The 8th world leader (the possessed Antichrist) is a
conglomeration of all the previous seven religious kingdoms. Let’s go back to the Word of God again for
clarification.
Rev. 17:10-12 And there are seven
kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he
cometh, he must continue a short space. [11] And the beast that was, and
is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into
perdition. [12] And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have
received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
The five kings that had fallen were the Kingdoms of
1,2,3,5 and 6 – from the above list.
Kingdom number four is a repeat (“the beast that was, and is not,
even he is the eighth.”) The kingdom that “is,”
is the ruling kingdom at the time of the writing of Revelation. That was the Caesars of Rome. He, “the eighth,” is a
combination of all previously mentioned kingdoms – since the mystery religions
of Babylon is the thread that unites all of these kingdoms.
It Helps To Know WHY
I hope you now know why the Oracle felt it necessary
to tell Neo that he would not succeed in his mission if he did not know the WHY
of what he was doing. When you
know WHY you do what you do, it gives you an unshakable confidence to firmly
stand against any opposition the false reality throws your direction. The Antichrist is going to rule the world
with the help of a mystery religion, or as the Bible calls it – the whore of
Babylon. She (the whore) is going to
ride the beast (the confederation of ten world governments that the Antichrist
rules) until the middle of the tribulation.
At that time the Antichrist will be possessed by the devil himself,
destroy the whore and set himself up as the one true Deity. Wow!
The mystical spiritual philosophy behind the “gospel of Judas,”
The
DaVinci Code, and the Harry Potter novels, is going to help this event
take shape. Satan has been looking – the last two thousand years -- for a culture
that is ripe for the taking, and he has found it in our current relativistic
setting. Our culture is enamored by
the “do it yourself” approach of the mystic religions, and we need to do our
best to occupy (defend the truth) until He (Jesus) comes and exposes people to
the absolute truth of God’s Word. We need
to do this before it is too late for them to choose the truth.
Well, that ends our quick look at the seven mysteries that
God is holding spiritual leaders accountable to pass on to other possessors of
the red pill of redemption. I hope this
has been information that has stirred your heart to engage in the battle to
defeat the architech of the false reality.
He knows he is a defeated enemy, and he is trying to drag as many people
to hell as he can before his time comes to an end. He is also trying to weaken those who have
accepted the RED PILL so that they cannot multiply themselves in the life of
another. He wants you to stay busy
in the barreness of a busy life, locked away in the four walls of a cathedral,
while your family, neighbors, workmates and friends run headlong into an
eternity separated from God in a lake of fire. You must willingly choose to be a mouthpiece
for God and proclaim him as the King of Kings, and systematically equip others
to join you in the war that is raging for the souls of mankind.
