1. TWO
BABYLONS
Cristopher V. Luaya, MAR
Theology Instructor, Northern Luzon Adventist College
Pastor, NLAC Church

2. “And there followed another
angel, saying, Babylon is
fallen, is fallen, that great city,
because she has made all
nations drink of the wine of
the wrath of her fornication”
(Rev 14:8).

3. Prophetic Code

4.  Some Christian believe that the
Bible’s prophetic books cannot be
understood.
 The beasts and the other symbols
are part of a mysterious code that
can never be deciphered.

5.  We cannot always
catch the meaning of
prophecy with a quick
read.
 God wants us to
understand every part
of His Word—including
prophecy.
 He gives a blessing to
those who read, hear,
and keep those things
that are written in the
prophecy (Rev 1:3).

6.  We could hardly
“keep” the prophecy if
we had no idea what it
was telling us!
 Understand the
symbols to understand
the message.
 The Bible itself can
reveal what the
symbols mean.

7. The city of Babylon
often used as a symbol
in Bible prophecy.
Rev 14:8: “Babylon is
fallen, it fallen.”

8.  By looking at the
actual Babylon, we
can learn a lot about
Babylon as a symbol.
 Why it is so important
for us to understand.

9. Powerful City

10.  Babylon had its beginnings after
the flood.
 God had promised that there
would be another worldwide flood,
but some doubted Him.
 They built a city and a tower with
its top reaching heavens (Gen
11:4).
 If the could build a tower taller
than the clouds, they could escape
any flood!

11. “The Lord came down to
see the city and the
tower” (v. 5).
If people would crowd
together in one city they
would become more and
more wicked.

12. Everyone spoke
the same
language, but
now God mixed
up their
language, and
they couldn’t
understand one
another’s speech
(v. 7).

13. The people quit
building the tower and
moved away.
The place with the
unfinished tower was
called Babylon, which
means confusion (v. 9).
Years later, other
people decided to
make a great city
there called Babylon,
another way of saying
Babel.

14.  Babylon was a
powerful kingdom.
 It caused much
trouble for the
people of God.
 2 Kings 24:10-14:
Its soldiers
besieged Jerusalem
and carried its
treasures, as well
as most of its
people, into
captivity.

15.  The Babylonians
worshipped the sun
instead of God.
 God completely destroyed
this mighty city.
 Isa 21:9: “Babylon is
fallen, is fallen.”
 All the images of her gods
He broke to the ground.

16. When we choose
man’s ways instead of
God’s, we end with
confusion and
brokenness.

17. Cracking the Code

18. The ancient Babylon
came back in a
different form.
Rev 16:19: When
God saw it, He gave
her “the cup of the
wine of the
fierceness of His
wrath.”

19. We need to understand some important symbols
used in prophecy.
 Rev 17:15: Waters or seas stand for people.
 Dan 7:17: Beast stand for kings, or ruling power (verse
23).
 2 Cor 11:2: A pure woman, or virgin, as being the bride of
Christ.
 Eph 5:25-27: This pure woman is Christ’s pure, holy
church.
 A woman in Rev 12:1-6 is clothed with the sun, and his
protected by God.
 In Isa 1:18, white stands for purity and goodness, and
scarlet (red) stands for sin.

20. Woman in Scarlet

21. Rev 17:3-4 pictures a
very impressive woman.
As we remembers that
meaning of the prophetic
code, we should be able
to discover what she is
all about:

22. 1. The woman is sitting on a
scarlet beast. Because red stands
for sin and a beast for a ruling
power, we know that this beast is
an evil power. It is very strong,
because it has seven heads and
ten horns!

23. 2. The woman is more
powerful than the beast,
because she is riding on it,
telling it where to go. She is
wicked because she is
wearing scarlet. She is also
doing evil things. Since a
pure woman stands for a
pure church, this wicked
woman stand for a false
church.

24. 3. She is holding a golden
cup. It looks good on the
outside, but inside it is
nasty—full of abominations
and filthiness.

25. 4. Name of the woman:
“MYSTERY, BABYLON THE
GREAT.” Here is Babylon again!
This time is not a great city,
but a great church.

26. 5. This great, false church
makes all nations drink of the
wine of her fornication, or
falseness (Rev 18:2-3). In other
words, she tries to force her
teaching on the whole world—
even on kings.

27. Babylon’s Wine

28.  What are the second
Babylon’s false
teachings?
 To find out, we need
only to look at the first
Babylon!

29. After the flood, God said, “Be
fruitful, and multiply.” He
wanted people to replenish, or
fill, the earth (Gen 9:1). They
were to spread out over the
whole earth, but at Babel they
choose another way.

30. Choosing man’s way
instead of God’s way is
the first deception of
Babylon.

31. God says we must
not make idols or
images to worship
(Lev 26:1). In
ancient Babylon,
the people
worshipped images
(see Dan 3:5).

32. God blessed the Sabbath day
and the day of worship (Gen
2:3). The Babylonians
worshipped the sun god on
Sunday.

33. Nebuchadnezzar: “Is not this
great Babylon, that I have built?”
(Dan 4:30). The king felt no need
of God. But the Bible shows that
we can only be justified, or
forgiven, by God’s grace “through
the redemption that is in Christ
Jesus (Rom 3:24). When it comes
to being saved from our sins, we
cannot trust at all in works,
penances, and payments.

34. The Bible says, there is one God,
and one Mediator between God
and men, the Man Jesus Christ” (1
Tim 2:5). In ancient Babylon,
people confessed their sins to a
priest, who claimed to speak for
God.

35. Everlasting Gospel

36. The wine of ancient
Babylon is based on
man: his authority, his
word, his works, and
his traditions.

37. The everlasting
gospel reminds us
that we should
worship Him that
made heaven, earth,
the sea, and the
fountains (springs) of
waters (Rev 14:7).

38.  The everlasting
gospel teaches us
that the power of
God brings salvation
(Rom 1:16).
 Salvation is not
about our own
works, which would
give us reason to
boast (Eph 2:9).

39. Ancient Babylon is long
gone, but her teachings
are still alive today.
In a religion that God
calls “Babylon.”
Some churches have a
few teachings of her
teachings, while others
have all of them; but in
their case, Babylon is
still there.

40.  For those in a church
that has any of the
wine of Babylon,
Jesus has a message:
“Come out of her, My
people.”
 This is the only way
to keep from taking
part in her sins and
receiving her plagues
(Rev 18:4).

41. Do you love Jesus
and His truth more
than the ideas of
men?
Are you willing to
leave all the wine of
Babylon? ________