If you've spent any time reading the Bible, or studying the book of Revelation, you've probably heard the phrase "mystery Babylon".
Genesis 10:8-10- And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Babel was the tower that humanity tried to build to reach heaven. God came down and created multiple different languages to stop them. This area became known as Babylon.
God doesn't have much to say about Nimrod. His name only shows up 4 times in the Bible. The most important things that God wanted us to know about him is that he was a mighty hunter, he started a kingdom which would later be called Assyria, and that he was mighty upon the earth- he ruled.
I Chronicles 1:10- And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
Micah 5:6- And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
Babylon is in the area known in the Bible as Assyria. If you read anything in Scriptures referencing Babylon or Assyria you will find that it's never good.
Eusebius was a Greek historian of Christianity around AD 300.He had a lot to say about Babylon. From his work, Alexander Hislop wrote the book "The Two Babylons".
The story goes that Nimrod married a woman named Semiramis. They were the rulers of the kingdoms mentioned above. Nimrod started to conquer and rule over peoples after the great flood of Genesis 6. Before this time, there was no mention of rulers or kingdoms; each person controlled his household only, and the cities all had people who resided in them as judges for when someone committed a crime. This was all before Moses was given the ten commandments. People during this time were governed by their conscience.
Nimrod wanted to rule more than just his household. He was the first kingdom builder. He was a mighty hunter who not only conquered lands, but also killed those who opposed him.
Islop believes that his death occured when he out warring against other cities, and that it's possible that his body was torn to shreds and the pieces were sent throughout his empire letting others know that he had been defeated.
Semiramis, his wife, didn't want to lose her place. Either she was in the beginning stages of pregnancy, or she fornicated and ended up getting pregnant. She hatched a plan that would enable her to keep the kingdom.
She said that this pregnancy was a miracle. She claimed that her conception was a miracle from the fallen Nimrod, who was now resurrected as the god of the sun. The child she bore was named Tammuz.
This is the beginning of all idolatry. Nimrod became known as the sun god; his name would change according to the different languages but he is always associated with the sun, among other things. Semiramis became known as the moon goddess, the goddess of fertility, and the queen of heaven, among others. And, Tammuz would now be known as the god of new life.
According to legend, Tammuz was killed by a wild animal, most say a wild boar, but his mother raised him from the dead.
You can search the Scriptures, but you'll never find the name Semiramis mentioned. You will, however, find the mention of the queen of heaven all throughout the book of Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 7:18- The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Jeremiah 44:19- And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?
Jeremiah was a prophet in Israel around 626 BC. He preached against the wickedness being committed by the Hebrew people- mainly their worship of certain Babylonian deities.
Tammuz is only mentioned once in the Bible.
Ezekiel 8:14- Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
God takes Ezekiel to see the wickedness that is happening in Jerusalem. He sees women weeping for the fallen son of Nimrod.
If you go back up and read the mention of Nimrod's kingdom, you will see the name of a city called Shinar. This area is where a few of the cities of Babylon were located, most notably Babel.
Zechariah 5:1-11- Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits. Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it. I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth. And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth. And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven. Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah? And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.
There are a few things that Zechariah sees that are somewhat of a mystery. First, he sees what seems to be a UFO, and the Lord said that it was a curse that would go over all the earth- like a religion that spread across the globe?
Next, he sees an ephah. This is a dry measurement used for weighing items such as grains. In the center of the ephah is a woman sitting- perhaps Semiramis? The angel tells Zechariah that this is wickedness, so we know that this woman is not good.
Then, Zechariah watches as this evil woman is thrown into the ephah and lead was put on the top of it, sealing her inside. The only problem is that something comes out.
Zechariah describes two winged women who come out of the ephah, and they use their wings to carry the ephah to Shinar to build it up again.
The angelic looking beings (according to all Catholic pictures) set up a false religion in the land of Babylon which has a woman as its main deity.
And now you can see the pieces of the puzzle starting to click into place. In the land of Shinar (Babylon), there is a religion that revolves around a woman and her dead son (which she claims to have brought back to life). There are even winged angel women associated with this religion.
But God calls it all wickedness.
The Jews were taken to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar and while they were there for 70 years, they picked up a lot of the false religious practices of those people.
When Jesus Christ showed up, they couldn't accept that He was their Messiah because they didn't know the Scriptures like the should. They had so much tradition stuck in their religious protocols that they couldn't separate truth from legend. That's why Jesus always asked them, "Have ye never read?"
In Revelation 17, John saw the woman that portrayed Mystery Babylon. She is described in great detail.
Revelation 17:1-13,18- And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. 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. And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. 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. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. 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. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
She wears certain colors- purple and scarlet- with lots of gold and jewels. She holds a golden cup from which she drinks wine. And she is located on seven mountains. And it is the only religion that ruled over kings. This perfectly describes the Roman Catholic Church.
Mystery Babylon, the religion that started thousands of years ago which worshiped a mother called the queen of heaven and her son, is the same religion that the Jews picked up and added to theirs as tradition around 600 BC, and it is the same religion that is worshiped around the world by Catholics.
That woman is not Mary. No where in the Bible is she ever called the queen of heaven, but someone was worshiped by that name 600 years before Mary's birth!
That baby in the woman's arms is not Jesus Christ, the son of God. He is the child of a murderous warmonger who started the first kingdom with the intent to build a tower that reaches to heaven.
The cup is filled with abomination and murder and is forced upon others. The dark ages is what we refer to as the time when the Roman Catholic church was in power, and they would kill anyone who wouldn't submit to their rule. Their atrocities are recorded on every continent.
She will stand with the antichrist during his reign and help him as he destroys nations and people.
And one day the Lord will judge their wickedness and condemn it. The religion that began after the judgement of the flood on the world will one day end forever. Those that were deceived by it and those that were forced into it are warned to get out of it!
Revelation 18:1-5- And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
Be not deceived, God is keeping the books and everyone will give an account for what they've done.
