April 21, 2006--Fanaticisms XXXI--Disneyland Babylon
During his reign, Saddam Hussein built one of his palaces on the ruins of King Nebuchadnezzar’s in Babylon. Saddam imported Sudanese laborers since his own were not available--they were busy fighting a war with Iran.
Babylon of course is one of the world’s most ancient cites and was home to the wondrous Hanging Gardens and the infamous Tower of Babel. Babylon is also a major spot on the map for End of Time prophesies. It is the site the Antichrist will occupy when he appears and where one of the conclusive battles will be fought that will lead to the Second Coming of Christ, Armageddon, the Rapture, and all those other good things.
So it must be of some concern to pre-millennialists that as a result of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq there are plans afoot to develop Babylon as a site for an archeological theme park that will attract so many tourists that, in the words of a UNESCO official, one of the sponsors, “Cultural tourism could become Iraq’s second biggest industry, after oil” (see NY Times story linked below).
The mayor of Babylon has a vision—he sees a million visitors a year, “I want restaurants, gift shops, long parking loots, and maybe even a Holiday Inn.”
He had better get started in a hurry because when US troops arrived and captured the city their heavy equipment pulverized many ancient artifacts. In fact, quite a few, including bones, wound up in sandbags filled by soldiers.
If you would like a flavor of what the pre-millennialists have to say about the importance of Babylon in their End Time scenario, here is a quote from Endtime Prophecy Net:
We emphasize watching for the fulfillment of such Endtime events as the appearance of the Antichrist; the Battle of Armageddon; the 666, (Mark of the Beast); the Great Tribulation; the Rapture; the destruction of Babylon the Great; the rise of the Beast and the False Prophet; the Second Coming of Christ; the Rapture of the Saints; the 7-year Holy Covenant; the construction of the Jewish temple; the renewal of the Daily Sacrifice; the Abomination of Desolation; the rise of the two Sackcloth Witnesses; the coming Millennium and other events described in the Book of Revelation, or Apocalypse, and other books of the Bible.
Do not doubt! Prophecy is being fulfilled, and we are living in the Endtime! The Antichrist may be alive today!
I have a slightly different view of The End—for me the First Signs were when Disneylands were constructed in California, Florida, France, and Japan.
Now with the development of a Babylon Disneyland, I feel certain that we’re cooked.
Footnote—In the Left Behind series of novels that have sold 60 million copies, the Antichrist is the Secretary General of the UN and he relocates the UN to Babylon. So the fact that UNESCO is funding the transformation of Babylon into an archeo-tourist site is making me nervous.
Babylon of course is one of the world’s most ancient cites and was home to the wondrous Hanging Gardens and the infamous Tower of Babel. Babylon is also a major spot on the map for End of Time prophesies. It is the site the Antichrist will occupy when he appears and where one of the conclusive battles will be fought that will lead to the Second Coming of Christ, Armageddon, the Rapture, and all those other good things.
So it must be of some concern to pre-millennialists that as a result of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq there are plans afoot to develop Babylon as a site for an archeological theme park that will attract so many tourists that, in the words of a UNESCO official, one of the sponsors, “Cultural tourism could become Iraq’s second biggest industry, after oil” (see NY Times story linked below).
The mayor of Babylon has a vision—he sees a million visitors a year, “I want restaurants, gift shops, long parking loots, and maybe even a Holiday Inn.”
He had better get started in a hurry because when US troops arrived and captured the city their heavy equipment pulverized many ancient artifacts. In fact, quite a few, including bones, wound up in sandbags filled by soldiers.
If you would like a flavor of what the pre-millennialists have to say about the importance of Babylon in their End Time scenario, here is a quote from Endtime Prophecy Net:
We emphasize watching for the fulfillment of such Endtime events as the appearance of the Antichrist; the Battle of Armageddon; the 666, (Mark of the Beast); the Great Tribulation; the Rapture; the destruction of Babylon the Great; the rise of the Beast and the False Prophet; the Second Coming of Christ; the Rapture of the Saints; the 7-year Holy Covenant; the construction of the Jewish temple; the renewal of the Daily Sacrifice; the Abomination of Desolation; the rise of the two Sackcloth Witnesses; the coming Millennium and other events described in the Book of Revelation, or Apocalypse, and other books of the Bible.
Do not doubt! Prophecy is being fulfilled, and we are living in the Endtime! The Antichrist may be alive today!
I have a slightly different view of The End—for me the First Signs were when Disneylands were constructed in California, Florida, France, and Japan.
Now with the development of a Babylon Disneyland, I feel certain that we’re cooked.
Footnote—In the Left Behind series of novels that have sold 60 million copies, the Antichrist is the Secretary General of the UN and he relocates the UN to Babylon. So the fact that UNESCO is funding the transformation of Babylon into an archeo-tourist site is making me nervous.
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