JOHN BRADSHAW - It Is Written

18 BABYLON RISING
In today’s world, vast numbers of people are seeking
spiritual fulfillment independent of God’s will, or
even of God Himself, whereas the Bible makes it clear
that the only way to spiritual maturity—the only way
to Heaven—is through Jesus Christ.
No amount of human ingenuity can get a person
an inch closer to the gates of Heaven. The builders of
the Tower of Babel evidently didn’t understand that,
and it seems the point will also be lost on the Babylon
of Earth’s last days.
Later in the Old Testament, the kingdom of Babylon
emerged, a heathen kingdom led by a ruthless king
who oppressed the people of God. In fact, the book of
Daniel records how in the year 605 BC, the armies of
King Nebuchadnezzar attacked Jerusalem, laying the
city waste, plundering its wealth, and capturing many
of its citizens and transporting them to Babylon.
Captive Jews discovered that the city of Babylon
was completely entrenched in paganism. Babylonians
worshiped many different gods, including gods of
water, the moon, the sky and the sun.
Many of today’s religions feature aspects of pagan
worship, including Christianity. The most common
worship day among Christians, Sunday, is derived
from the ancient Babylonian practice of the worship
of the sun, and representations of the sun feature
prominently in the architecture and worship services
of many Christian churches today.
Integral to Babylon’s religious worldview was the
belief that the dead lived on after death, another