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We either serve Christ, the King of Kings, or “THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH”, which is Babylon
the Great. This is described through their names written in Revelation. Babylon, the woman, is responsible for
the martyred saints and the martyred believers in Christ. This also includes Christ’s crucifixion on the cross.

Revelation 17:5-6 “and on her forehead a name was written, a mystery, “BABYLON THE GREAT, THE
MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” And I saw the
woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw
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her, I wondered greatly.”
Revelation 19:16 “And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND
LORD OF LORDS.” 202

Scripture also states Babylon, her sins are piled as high as the heaven, and God remembers her iniquities. Is
Babylon symbolic of all evil in this world from the fallen angels, Satan, as well as evil mankind and the
Antichrist? Many Bible scholars believe Babylon represents Rome and the woman is the Vatican church.

Revelation 18:5 “for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her
iniquities.”.
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Revelation 18:24 “And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints and of all who have been
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slain on the earth.”
Babylon the Great is responsible for “all who have been slain on the earth” from the beginning of time. This includes
righteous Abel, the first person slain on this earth, to the last of the martyred in the Tribulation. It also includes
the Prophets who were slain. Babylon is more than Rome. We know that the Antichrist, the man of lawlessness,
and the False Prophet are cast into the lake of fire as well as those who receive his mark and worship him.

Revelation 19:20 “And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in
his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who
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worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone.”
Before this destruction in the lake of fire, evil must be defeated during the battle of Megiddo, prior to Christ’s
reign. Remember, demons went out to the kings of the world to empower and indwell them with evil. We will
take a look at what the Prophets of Daniel and Zechariah have to say regarding this fight. In Daniel, “him” is
referring to the Antichrist during this battle.

Daniel 11:45 “He will pitch the tents of his royal pavilion between the seas and the beautiful Holy
Mountain; yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him. “
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Zechariah 14:3-4 “Then the LORD will go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fights
on a day of battle.

4 In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east;
and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that
half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south.”
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201 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Re 17:5–6). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.
202 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Re 19:16). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

203 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Re 18:5). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

204 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Re 18:24). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

205 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Re 19:20). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

206 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Da 11:45). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.