Babylon ruins: Preservation or profit?

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I would like to do more on this, actually showing what the Bible says on this very subject. Just to see Babylon mentioned in the news is one thing. But, to see how the world is trying to get together and rebuild it? Amazing. First check out the article.

clipped from www.msnbc.msn.com BABYLON, Iraq - A U.S.-funded program to restore the ruins of Iraq's ancient city of Babylon is threatened by a dispute among Iraqi officials over whether the priority should be preserving the site or making money off it. Local officials want swift work done to restore the crumbling ruins and start building restaurants and gift shops to draw in tourists, while antiquities officials in Baghdad favor a more painstaking approach to avoid the gaudy restoration mistakes of the past. "I'm optimistic because what is happening in Babylon is the proper and scientific step and, God willing, the work in Babylon will open up new horizons," said Qais Hussein Rashid, head of Iraq's impoverished antiquities department. Of all the battered ruins, the temple has the most potential, with its arched rooms and courtyards holding altars to the gods. Allen of the WMF argues that going slow now to draw up careful plans will pay off more later with international donors. First off, What happens in heaven during the tribulation period, and just before the people are called on to take the Mark of the Beast. (As I always tell people pleas read the entire chapters.) Don't take my word for it. See it for yourselves. Revelation 14 NASB 6And I saw another angel flying in midheaven, having an eternal gospel to preach to those who live on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people; 7and he said with a loud voice, “Fear God, and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come; worship Him who made the heaven and the earth and sea and springs of waters.” 8And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made all the nations drink of the wine of the passion of her immorality.” Doom for Worshipers of the Beast 9Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, 10he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed in full strength in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. 11“And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.” 12Here is the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus. 13And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “so that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow with them.” If you really want see more about Babylon being broken down and how God's judgments happen. You would be amazed and this prophecy in Isaiah. Read Chapters 21, 22 and 23 you can go on and on. (Caution to those who think God has no Judgments and think that the evil of this world has no punishment coming.) It's happened before, and what is coming will be much worse. Isaiah 21 9“Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one said, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon; And all the images of her gods are shattered on the ground.” As much as I want to post the entire chapter here. It will be way to long to post. The Judgment of Babylon. Please read the entire chapter. I will place a few of them here that I find very interesting for today. Jeremiah 51. 2“I will dispatch foreigners to Babylon that they may winnow her And may devastate her land; For on every side they will be opposed to her In the day of her calamity. 6Flee from the midst of Babylon, And each of you save his life! Do not be destroyed in her punishment, For this is the LORD’S time of vengeance; He is going to render recompense to her. 7Babylon has been a golden cup in the hand of the LORD, Intoxicating all the earth. The nations have drunk of her wine; Therefore the nations are going mad. 8Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; Wail over her! Bring balm for her pain; Perhaps she may be healed. 14The LORD of hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you with a population like locusts, And they will cry out with shouts of victory over you.” 25“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, Who destroys the whole earth,” declares the LORD, “And I will stretch out My hand against you, And roll you down from the crags, And I will make you a burnt out mountain. 29So the land quakes and writhes, For the purposes of the LORD against Babylon stand, To make the land of Babylon A desolation without inhabitants. 36Therefore thus says the LORD, “Behold, I am going to plead your case And exact full vengeance for you; And I will dry up her sea And make her fountain dry. 41“How Sheshak has been captured, And the praise of the whole earth been seized! How Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations! 42“The sea has come up over Babylon; She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves. 43“Her cities have become an object of horror, A parched land and a desert, A land in which no man lives And through which no son of man passes. 44“I will punish Bel in Babylon, And I will make what he has swallowed come out of his mouth; And the nations will no longer stream to him. Even the wall of Babylon has fallen down! 45“Come forth from her midst, My people, And each of you save yourselves ( So much happens in this entire chapter. I just wanted to point out just a few of the Judgments for doing so much evil throughout the Nations) War, Fire and Flooding. Making the land desolate. Now. isn't this already desolate? Take a look at What Revelation 18 says about the judgment of the last days. Again Please read the entire chapter so you don't miss out on anything here. Revelation 18 2And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place of demons and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird. 3“For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the passion of her immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich by the wealth of her sensuality.” Some translation say luxuries. 4I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive of her plagues; 5for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. 6“Pay her back even as she has paid, and give back to her double according to her deeds; in the cup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her. 7“To the degree that she glorified herself and lived sensuously, to the same degree give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, ‘I SIT as A QUEEN AND I AM NOT A WIDOW, and will never see mourning.’ 8“For this reason in one day her plagues will come, pestilence and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for the Lord God who judges her is strong. Lament for Babylon 9“And the kings of the earth, who committed acts of immorality and lived sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her when they see the smoke of her burning, 10standing at a distance because of the fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For in one hour your judgment has come.’ 11“And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargoes any more— 12cargoes of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and every kind of citron wood and every article of ivory and every article made from very costly wood and bronze and iron and marble, 13and cinnamon and spice and incense and perfume and frankincense and wine and olive oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and cargoes of horses and chariots and slaves and human lives. (Many have claimed this is America and the Catholic Church.) What many do not understand is the link between the Roman Catholic and Islam. I won't get into that now though. In order for Babylon to have these kinds of Riches to be destroyed forever. Wouldn't they need to Rebuild it first? No matter what so many claim today. The more I see today's news the more interesting it gets and lines up perfectly with the Entire Bible. Since Saddam already tried to rebuild Babylon. That king was taken out. The riches? America didn't take them they still remain. Many still trade. With the rebuilding of Babylon in real life as the news article here. Leave me raise many questions that most really never though of. There is so much more to add here. Please read the entire chapters. Let me know what your think about all this. May God bless you and Help us all.

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