1. 1 Who Is This Babylon? BABYLON OF REVELATION IS THE KEY “PLAYER” IN THE BOOK. BABYLON OF REVELATION IS THE KEY “PLAYER” IN THE BOOK. THIS CITY IS DESTROYED AT THE COMING OF THE LORD. THIS CITY IS DESTROYED AT THE COMING OF THE LORD. CLEARLY, THE PROPER IDENTIFICATION OF BABYLON OF REVELATION IS THEREFORE CRITICAL TO ANY VIEW OF ESCHATOLOGY! CLEARLY, THE PROPER IDENTIFICATION OF BABYLON OF REVELATION IS THEREFORE CRITICAL TO ANY VIEW OF ESCHATOLOGY! TO WRONGLY IDENTIFY BABYLON OF REVELATION IS TO HAVE A WRONG VIEW OF ESCHATOLOGY AS A WHOLE. TO WRONGLY IDENTIFY BABYLON OF REVELATION IS TO HAVE A WRONG VIEW OF ESCHATOLOGY AS A WHOLE.

2. 2 WHO IS THIS BABYLON? PROPOSED IDENTITIES: PROPOSED IDENTITIES: ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH RESTORED LITERAL BABYLON (DYER, HITCHCOCK, ICE, ETC. RESTORED LITERAL BABYLON (DYER, HITCHCOCK, ICE, ETC. NEW YORK CITY! NEW YORK CITY! OLD COVENANT JERUSALEM OLD COVENANT JERUSALEM

3. 3 SETTING THE CONTEXT K. GENTRY: “JOHN WAS WRITING TO HISTORICAL CHURCHES EXISTING IN HIS OWN DAY (1:1-4). HE AND THEY WERE EXPERIENCING TRIBULATION (1:9A). JOHN IS CONCERNED WITH THE EXPECTANT CRY OF THE MARTYRS AND THE DIVINE PROMISE OF THEIR SOON VINDICATION (6:10). HE WOULD BE CRUELLY MOCKING THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES WERE HE TELLING THEM THAT WHEN HELP COMES IT WILL COME WITH SWIFTNESS— EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT COME UNTIL TWO OR THREE THOUSAND YEARS LATER.” K. GENTRY: “JOHN WAS WRITING TO HISTORICAL CHURCHES EXISTING IN HIS OWN DAY (1:1-4). HE AND THEY WERE EXPERIENCING TRIBULATION (1:9A). JOHN IS CONCERNED WITH THE EXPECTANT CRY OF THE MARTYRS AND THE DIVINE PROMISE OF THEIR SOON VINDICATION (6:10). HE WOULD BE CRUELLY MOCKING THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES WERE HE TELLING THEM THAT WHEN HELP COMES IT WILL COME WITH SWIFTNESS— EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT COME UNTIL TWO OR THREE THOUSAND YEARS LATER.”

4. 4 THE TIME CONTEXT 1:1- MUST SHORTLY TAKE PLACE 1:1- MUST SHORTLY TAKE PLACE 1:3- TIME IS AT HAND 1:3- TIME IS AT HAND 2:5- I COME QUICKLY 2:5- I COME QUICKLY 2:16- I COME QUICKLY 2:16- I COME QUICKLY 3:11- I COME QUICKLY 3:11- I COME QUICKLY 6:11– REST FOR A LITTLE WHILE 6:11– REST FOR A LITTLE WHILE 10:6- NO MORE DELAY 10:6- NO MORE DELAY 11:18- WRATH IS COME 11:18- WRATH IS COME 12:12- HAS A SHORT TIME 12:12- HAS A SHORT TIME 14:7- HOUR OF JUDGMENT HAS COME 14:7- HOUR OF JUDGMENT HAS COME 22:6- SHORTLY COME TO PASS 22:6- SHORTLY COME TO PASS 22:10-12- TIME IS AT HAND; I COME QUICKLY! 22:10-12- TIME IS AT HAND; I COME QUICKLY!

5. 5 LET THE WICKED REMAIN WICKED! V. 10– DO NOT SEAL THE BOOK! V. 10– DO NOT SEAL THE BOOK! V. 12- BEHOLD I COME QUICKLY! V. 12- BEHOLD I COME QUICKLY! V. 11 IS MOSTLY IGNORED: “LET THE WICKED REMAIN WICKED!’ V. 11 IS MOSTLY IGNORED: “LET THE WICKED REMAIN WICKED!’ THE JUDGMENT WAS SO NEAR, SO URGENT, THAT THE TIME FOR REPENTANCE WAS ALL BUT PAST! THE JUDGMENT WAS SO NEAR, SO URGENT, THAT THE TIME FOR REPENTANCE WAS ALL BUT PAST! IS THE MESSAGE OF THE CHURCH, “LET THE WICKED REMAIN WICKED!”??? IS THE MESSAGE OF THE CHURCH, “LET THE WICKED REMAIN WICKED!”???

6. 6 MAKING APPLICATION IF BABYLON WAS ROME HER FALL WAS 300+ YEARS AWAY! DID THE CHURCH PREACH, “LET THE WICKED REMAIN WICKED!”, FOR 400 YEARS? IF BABYLON WAS ROME HER FALL WAS 300+ YEARS AWAY! DID THE CHURCH PREACH, “LET THE WICKED REMAIN WICKED!”, FOR 400 YEARS? IF BABYLON IS RCC, NOT YET DESTROYED– MESSAGE MUST BE, “LET THE WICKED REMAIN…” IF BABYLON IS RCC, NOT YET DESTROYED– MESSAGE MUST BE, “LET THE WICKED REMAIN…” IF BABYLON IS REBUILT BABYLON, SAME IS TRUE!! IF BABYLON IS REBUILT BABYLON, SAME IS TRUE!! IF BABYLON WAS OT JERUSALEM, NO PROBLEM! IF BABYLON WAS OT JERUSALEM, NO PROBLEM!

7. 7 MY ARGUMENT REVELATION PRESENTS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN BEAST AND BABYLON—BEAST AND BABYLON NOT THE SAME! PARTNERSHIP IS FOR PERSECUTION OF THE CHURCH BEAST TURNS ON BABYLON BEAST DESTROYS BABYLON ONLY ONE TIME IN HISTORY FITS!

8. 8 WAS THERE A PARTNERSHIP? A. HARNACK– “THEY (JEWS) INSTIGATED THE NERONIC OUTBURST AGAINST CHRISTIANS; AS A RULE, WHEREEVER BLOODY PERSECUTIONS WERE AFOOT, THE JEWS ARE EITHER IN THE BACKGROUND OR FOREGROUND.” A. HARNACK– “THEY (JEWS) INSTIGATED THE NERONIC OUTBURST AGAINST CHRISTIANS; AS A RULE, WHEREEVER BLOODY PERSECUTIONS WERE AFOOT, THE JEWS ARE EITHER IN THE BACKGROUND OR FOREGROUND.” E. GIBBONS: “THE CAUSE OF THE NERONIAN PERSEC. WAS THE JEWS.” E. GIBBONS: “THE CAUSE OF THE NERONIAN PERSEC. WAS THE JEWS.”

9. 9 PARTNERSHIP #2 BARCLAY: “NERO WAS THE FIRST TO PERSECUTE CHRISTIANS, HIS FAVORITE ACTOR, AND HIS HARLOT, POPPEA, WERE JEWISH, AND THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT IT WAS THEIR INFORMATION THAT TURNED NERO AGAINST CHRISTIANS. THE JEWS WHISPERED THEIR SLANDERS AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS INTO THE EARS OF THE ROMAN AUTHORITIES WITH CALCULATED AND POISONOUS VENOM.” BARCLAY: “NERO WAS THE FIRST TO PERSECUTE CHRISTIANS, HIS FAVORITE ACTOR, AND HIS HARLOT, POPPEA, WERE JEWISH, AND THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT IT WAS THEIR INFORMATION THAT TURNED NERO AGAINST CHRISTIANS. THE JEWS WHISPERED THEIR SLANDERS AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS INTO THE EARS OF THE ROMAN AUTHORITIES WITH CALCULATED AND POISONOUS VENOM.”

10. 10 PARTNERSHIP #3 K. GENTRY: “THE FACT THAT THE HARLOT IS SEATED ON THE 7 HEADED BEAST (OBVIOUSLY ROME), INDICATES, NOT IDENTITY WITH ROME, BUT ALLIANCE WITH ROME AGAINST CHRISTIANITY.” K. GENTRY: “THE FACT THAT THE HARLOT IS SEATED ON THE 7 HEADED BEAST (OBVIOUSLY ROME), INDICATES, NOT IDENTITY WITH ROME, BUT ALLIANCE WITH ROME AGAINST CHRISTIANITY.” W. H. C. FREND: “THE PROMPTINGS OF THE JEWS IN THE CAPITOL HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE PERSECUTIONS.” W. H. C. FREND: “THE PROMPTINGS OF THE JEWS IN THE CAPITOL HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE PERSECUTIONS.”

11. 11 DEMANDS PARTNERSHIP OF PERSECUTION BETWEEN ROME AND YOUR BABYLON—AGAINST THE CHURCH! PARTNERSHIP OF PERSECUTION BETWEEN ROME AND YOUR BABYLON—AGAINST THE CHURCH! ROME TURNS ON YOUR BABYLON ROME TURNS ON YOUR BABYLON : ROME DESTROYS OR WILL DESTROY YOUR BABYLON. DOES ROME DESTROY IRAQ, RCC? THIS IS CRITICAL: ROME DESTROYS OR WILL DESTROY YOUR BABYLON. DOES ROME DESTROY IRAQ, RCC?

12. 12 IDENTIFYING BABYLON DEUT. 32- LAST DAYS (29), ISRAEL, VINE OF SODOM (32), NATIONS CALLED, VINDICATION OF MARTYRS (43), GOD’S COMING (22), DESTRUCTION OF CREATION (22) DEUT. 32- LAST DAYS (29), ISRAEL, VINE OF SODOM (32), NATIONS CALLED, VINDICATION OF MARTYRS (43), GOD’S COMING (22), DESTRUCTION OF CREATION (22) REVELATION- LAST DAYS), ISRAEL 7, 14), BABYLON IS SODOM (11:8), NATIONS CALLED (14:6), VINDICATION OF MARTYRS (6:11, 18:20F), GOD’S COMING 19-21); DESTRUCTION OF CREATION (20:12F) REVELATION- LAST DAYS), ISRAEL 7, 14), BABYLON IS SODOM (11:8), NATIONS CALLED (14:6), VINDICATION OF MARTYRS (6:11, 18:20F), GOD’S COMING 19-21); DESTRUCTION OF CREATION (20:12F)

13. 13 ZECHARIAH AND REVELATION ZECHARIAH: JUDGMENT OF THOSE WHO KILLED THE LORD (12:10), SALVATION OF REMNANT (13:8), PAROUSIA (14:5), NO MORE CURSE (14:11), RIVER (14:8), NATIONS COME (14:16), AT JUDGMENT OF JERUS. (14:1-2) REVELATION: JUDGMENT OF THOSE WHO KILLED JESUS (11:8), REMNANT (7:4), PAROUSIA (14), NO CURSE (22:3), RIVER OF LIFE (22:1), NATIONS COME (21:26), AT JUDGMENT OF BABYLON 18-19)

14. 14 NT EVIDENCE: THE WEDDING MATTHEW 22 AND THE WEDDING MATTHEW 22 AND THE WEDDING WEDDING PREPARED WEDDING PREPARED INVITATIONS SENT INVITATIONS SENT MESSENGERS PERSECUTED AND KILLED MESSENGERS PERSECUTED AND KILLED MASTER SENDS HIS ARMY AND DESTROYS THE CITY OF THE PERSECUTORS MASTER SENDS HIS ARMY AND DESTROYS THE CITY OF THE PERSECUTORS INVITATION EXTENDED TO ALL INVITATION EXTENDED TO ALL WEDDING TAKES PLACE! WEDDING TAKES PLACE!

15. 15 MATTHEW 22 AND REVELATION MATTHEW: SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP, SLAYING OF GOD’S SERVANTS, JUDGMENT OF PERSECUTING CITY, MARRIAGE OF SON REVELATION: SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP, SLAYING OF GOD’S SERVANTS, JUDGMENT OF PERSECUTING CITY, MARRIAGE OF THE SON

16. 16 WEDDING ARGUMENT THE TIME OF THE WEDDING OF THE SON WOULD BE WHEN JERUSALEM WAS DESTROYED (MT. 22:1-7) BUT THE TIME OF THE WEDDING WOULD BE WHEN “BABYLON” OF REVELATION WAS DESTROYED (19) CONCLUSION: THEREFORE, BABYLON OF REVELATION WAS JERUSALEM.

17. 17 MATTHEW 23:29F AND BABYLON "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous, 30 "and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’ 31 Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers’ guilt. 33 Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell? 34 Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city, 35 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Assuredly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.” "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous, 30 "and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’ 31 Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers’ guilt. 33 Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell? 34 Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city, 35 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Assuredly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.” NOTICE THE CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS NOTICE THE CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS

18. 18 MATTHEW 23 AND BABYLON IN MATTHEW 23, WE FIND THE FOLLOWING: IN MATTHEW 23, WE FIND THE FOLLOWING: ISRAEL HAD KILLED THE PROPHETS SENT TO HER. ISRAEL HAD KILLED THE PROPHETS SENT TO HER. SHE WAS GOING TO KILL THE PROPHETS SENT TO HER BY JESUS SHE WAS GOING TO KILL THE PROPHETS SENT TO HER BY JESUS IN DOING THIS, SHE WAS GOING TO FILL THE MEASURE OF HER SIN. IN DOING THIS, SHE WAS GOING TO FILL THE MEASURE OF HER SIN. ALL THE BLOOD OF THE ALL THE MARTYRS WOULD BE AVENGED. ALL THE BLOOD OF THE ALL THE MARTYRS WOULD BE AVENGED. ALL THIS WOULD OCCUR IN JESUS’ GENERATION, IN THE JUDGMENT OF JERUSALEM. ALL THIS WOULD OCCUR IN JESUS’ GENERATION, IN THE JUDGMENT OF JERUSALEM.

19. 19 MATTHEW 23 I AM UNAWARE OF ANY SCHOLAR OR COMMENTARY THAT DENIES THAT JESUS WAS SPEAKING OF THE HISTORY OF OLD COVENANT ISRAEL. I AM UNAWARE OF ANY SCHOLAR OR COMMENTARY THAT DENIES THAT JESUS WAS SPEAKING OF THE HISTORY OF OLD COVENANT ISRAEL. I AM UNAWARE OF ANY SCHOLAR OR COMMENTARY WHO DENIES THAT JESUS WAS PREDICTING THE A.D. 70 JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM/ISRAEL FOR HER BLOODY HISTORY OF KILLING THE PROPHETS! I AM UNAWARE OF ANY SCHOLAR OR COMMENTARY WHO DENIES THAT JESUS WAS PREDICTING THE A.D. 70 JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM/ISRAEL FOR HER BLOODY HISTORY OF KILLING THE PROPHETS! HOW DOES THIS HELP US WITH THE IDENTITY OF BABYLON? HOW DOES THIS HELP US WITH THE IDENTITY OF BABYLON? LET’S MOVE ON AND SEE… LET’S MOVE ON AND SEE…

20. 20 JESUS, PAUL, AND THE MARTYRS “For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus. For you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, just as they did from the Judeans, 15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God and are contrary to all men, 16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, so as always to fill up the measure of their sins; but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.” “For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus. For you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, just as they did from the Judeans, 15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God and are contrary to all men, 16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, so as always to fill up the measure of their sins; but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.” NOTICE THE ELEMENTS! NOTICE THE ELEMENTS!

21. 21 MATTHEW 23 1 THESSALONIANS ISRAEL THE JEWS KILLED THE PROPHETS WOULD KILL JESUS HAD KILLED JESUS WOULD KILL THE APOSTLES OF JESUS WERE PERSECUTING THE APOSTLES OF JESUS WOULD FILL THE MEASURE OF THEIR SIN WERE FILLING THE MEASURE OF THEIR SIN JUDGMENT IN JESUS’ GENERATION JUDGMENT HAS COME UPON THEM!

22. 22 JESUS AND PAUL AGREE! I AM UNAWARE OF ANY SCHOLAR OR COMMENTARY THAT DENIES THAT JESUS WAS SPEAKING OF THE HISTORY OF OLD COVENANT ISRAEL— AND PAUL AS WELL! I AM UNAWARE OF ANY SCHOLAR OR COMMENTARY THAT DENIES THAT JESUS WAS SPEAKING OF THE HISTORY OF OLD COVENANT ISRAEL— AND PAUL AS WELL! I AM UNAWARE OF ANY SCHOLAR OR COMMENTARY WHO DENIES THAT JESUS-- AND PAUL– WERE PREDICTING THE A.D. 70 JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL FOR HER BLOODY HISTORY OF KILLING THE PROPHETS! I AM UNAWARE OF ANY SCHOLAR OR COMMENTARY WHO DENIES THAT JESUS-- AND PAUL– WERE PREDICTING THE A.D. 70 JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL FOR HER BLOODY HISTORY OF KILLING THE PROPHETS! SO, PAUL AND JESUS AGREE! SO, PAUL AND JESUS AGREE! HOW DOES THIS HELP US WITH THE IDENTITY OF BABYLON? HOW DOES THIS HELP US WITH THE IDENTITY OF BABYLON? LET’S MOVE ON FURTHER AND SEE… LET’S MOVE ON FURTHER AND SEE…

23. 23 THE MARTYRS AND REVELATION DOES REVELATION AGREE WITH JESUS AND PAUL? DOES REVELATION AGREE WITH JESUS AND PAUL? REVELATION 6:9F– PAST SUFFERING OF THE SAINTS REVELATION 6:9F– PAST SUFFERING OF THE SAINTS MORE SUFFERING OF THE SAINTS—AT THE HANDS OF BABYLON! MORE SUFFERING OF THE SAINTS—AT THE HANDS OF BABYLON! WHO HAD BABYLON KILLED? PROPHETS (16:6F); JESUS (11:7); APOSTLES AND PROPHETS OF JESUS (18:20, 24) WHO HAD BABYLON KILLED? PROPHETS (16:6F); JESUS (11:7); APOSTLES AND PROPHETS OF JESUS (18:20, 24) NUMBER OF SAINTS TO BE FILLED– REV. 17:6F– BABYLON’S CUP OF SIN, FOR KILLING THE SAINTS, WAS NOW FULL! NUMBER OF SAINTS TO BE FILLED– REV. 17:6F– BABYLON’S CUP OF SIN, FOR KILLING THE SAINTS, WAS NOW FULL! JUDGMENT WAS ABOUT TO FALL ON BABYLON! (22:6F)! JUDGMENT WAS ABOUT TO FALL ON BABYLON! (22:6F)!

24. 24 JESUSPAULREVELATION ISRAEL THE PERSECUTOR… ISRAEL THE PERSECUTOR OF PROPHET OF PROPHETS OF JESUS OF JESUS (11:8) OF JESUS’ APOSTLES MEASURE FILLED JUDGMENT A.D. 70

25. 25 SUMMARY ON MARTYRS EVERYONE AGREES THAT JESUS (MT. 23) WAS SPEAKING OF ISRAEL’S PAST– AND THE COMING A.D. 70 JUDGMENT. EVERYONE AGREES THAT JESUS (MT. 23) WAS SPEAKING OF ISRAEL’S PAST– AND THE COMING A.D. 70 JUDGMENT. EVERYONE AGREES THAT PAUL WAS SPEAKING OF ISRAEL’S PAST– AND THE COMING A.D. 70 JUDGMENT. EVERYONE AGREES THAT PAUL WAS SPEAKING OF ISRAEL’S PAST– AND THE COMING A.D. 70 JUDGMENT. JOHN IDENTIFIES “BABYLON” OF REVELATION AS THE ENTITY GUILTY OF EXACTLY WHAT JERUSALEM HAD DONE. JOHN IDENTIFIES “BABYLON” OF REVELATION AS THE ENTITY GUILTY OF EXACTLY WHAT JERUSALEM HAD DONE. HE SAYS BABYLON HAD SHED ALL THE BLOOD SHED ON THE EARTH, AND HER CUP WAS FULL. HE SAYS BABYLON HAD SHED ALL THE BLOOD SHED ON THE EARTH, AND HER CUP WAS FULL. WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE THAT BABYLON WAS, OR COULD BE, ANYONE OTHER THAN O.T. JERUSALEM! WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE THAT BABYLON WAS, OR COULD BE, ANYONE OTHER THAN O.T. JERUSALEM!

26. 26 WHO IS YOUR BABYLON? WHO EVER YOU IDENTIFY AS BABYLON, SHE MUST HAVE DONE, OR MUST ONE DAY DO, WHAT REVELATION SAYS SHE HAD DONE! WHO EVER YOU IDENTIFY AS BABYLON, SHE MUST HAVE DONE, OR MUST ONE DAY DO, WHAT REVELATION SAYS SHE HAD DONE! DID LITERAL BABYLON IN IRAQ—OR THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH-- KILL THE O.T. PROPHETS? DID LITERAL BABYLON IN IRAQ—OR THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH-- KILL THE O.T. PROPHETS? DID LITERAL BABYLON IN IRAQ– OR THE RCC-- KILL JESUS? DID LITERAL BABYLON IN IRAQ– OR THE RCC-- KILL JESUS? DID LITERAL BABYLON IN IRAQ– OR THE RCC-- KILL THE APOSTLES AND PROPHETS OF JESUS? DID LITERAL BABYLON IN IRAQ– OR THE RCC-- KILL THE APOSTLES AND PROPHETS OF JESUS? IF YOUR PROPOSED BABYLON DID NOT DO –OR WILL NOT DO-- WHAT REVELATION SAYS SHE HAD DONE, THEN IT CANNOT BE BABYLON OF REVELATION! IF YOUR PROPOSED BABYLON DID NOT DO –OR WILL NOT DO-- WHAT REVELATION SAYS SHE HAD DONE, THEN IT CANNOT BE BABYLON OF REVELATION!

27. 27 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION WE HAVE EXAMINED SEVERAL BITS OF EVIDENCE TO HELP IDENTIFY BABYLON. WE HAVE EXAMINED SEVERAL BITS OF EVIDENCE TO HELP IDENTIFY BABYLON. THERE IS NO SOLID EVIDENCE FOR ANY IDENTIFICATION OF ANY OTHER CITY AS BABYLON. THERE IS NO SOLID EVIDENCE FOR ANY IDENTIFICATION OF ANY OTHER CITY AS BABYLON. THE PROPHETIC BACKGROUND IDENTIFIES BABYLON AS JERUSALEM. THE PROPHETIC BACKGROUND IDENTIFIES BABYLON AS JERUSALEM. THE CONSISTENT THEME OF THE MARTYRS IDENTIFIES BABYLON AS JERUSALEM. THE CONSISTENT THEME OF THE MARTYRS IDENTIFIES BABYLON AS JERUSALEM. NO OTHER CITY HAS EVER DONE, OR CAN EVER DO, WHAT BABYLON OF REVELATION DID– AND THAT MEANS THAT BABYLON OF REVELATION WAS OLD COVENANT JERUSALEM. NO OTHER CITY HAS EVER DONE, OR CAN EVER DO, WHAT BABYLON OF REVELATION DID– AND THAT MEANS THAT BABYLON OF REVELATION WAS OLD COVENANT JERUSALEM.