Mystery Babylon - When Jerusalem Embraces The Antichrist: An Exposition of Revelation 18 and 19

By Chris White

Book Overview

What if Mystery Babylon is not Rome, New York, Mecca, or any other city commonly proposed-but Jerusalem in the final days?

Revelation identifies the mysterious woman as "that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth" (Revelation 17:18). For centuries, interpreters have searched history and the modern world for a city that fits this description. But what if Mystery Babylon cannot be identified by looking only at what a city is today? What if Revelation describes what that city will become when it embraces the Antichrist?

In Mystery Babylon: When Jerusalem Embraces the Antichrist, Chris White presents a detailed biblical case that the great harlot of Revelation is end-times Jerusalem after it accepts the Antichrist as its long-awaited Messiah.

The Antichrist will not initially present himself as the enemy of Israel. He will attempt to imitate the true Messiah, establish his kingdom from Jerusalem, and persuade the world that the promised Messianic Age has begun. The city called holy will become the center of his false worship-and the capital of his final rebellion against God.

Revelation's clues point toward a startling conclusion: Mystery Babylon is charged with killing the prophets. Jesus said, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets" (Matthew 23:37).Mystery Babylon is held accountable for the righteous blood shed upon the earth. Christ placed that same guilt upon Jerusalem in Matthew 23:35.The woman is called a harlot-the very accusation repeatedly directed against unfaithful Jerusalem by the Old Testament prophets.The merchandise brought into Babylon corresponds with temple construction, sacrifice, royal splendor, and a worldwide pilgrimage system.The city is closely connected with the Antichrist, his kingdom, his persecution of the saints, and his demand for worship.But these parallels only begin the case.

Through a careful examination of Revelation 17-18 and related passages throughout Scripture, this book investigates: The more than ninety characteristics used to identify Mystery BabylonWhy the "seven hills" are identified as kings in the biblical textThe relationship between Jerusalem, the Beast, and the False ProphetWhy the city's destruction occurs at the hands of the Antichrist's own kingdomHow Jerusalem could become the religious and political center of a global counterfeit Messianic AgeWhy the language of harlotry is essential to understanding Babylon's identityIsaiah once lamented, "How is the faithful city become an harlot " (Isaiah 1:21). Revelation may reveal the final and most terrible fulfillment of that warning.

What happens when the city awaiting the Messiah embraces an impostor instead?

Mystery Babylon: When Jerusalem Embraces the Antichrist challenges conventional interpretations and offers a comprehensive, verse-by-verse case for one of Bible prophecy's most consequential-and controversial-identifications.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615886523
• ISBN13: 9780615886527
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: CWM Publishing
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"