Beast of Revelation.pdf - Friends of the Sabbath Australia

Chapter 1
system with a yet-future politico-military leader to arise in
Europe. For religion will ultimately be used as the “glue” to bind
a fragmenting world together. This is how unity and common
identity on a global scale will be achieved.
The bad news about an unholy alliance of false religion with
economic, military and political interests is not the end of the story,
however. But before we look at the good news that lies beyond the
bad, it is important to understand what the Bible reveals about the
identity of this prophesied system. Why is it labeled “Babylon”?
Will you be part of it and receive the mysterious “mark of the
beast”? Scripture shows that multiple millions will be deceived
regarding the true nature of this system. Could you be among them?
The ancient abandonment of the Tower of Babel was not the
end of Babylon. The city has reappeared throughout history—
sometimes literally, sometimes figuratively. In fact, Babylon is
God’s name for man’s civilization in general—not just its succession
of world-dominating Gentile empires, but particulary its
whole system of false values and ideologies. Still, the ultimate
manifestation of Babylon will appear in the near future.
Read on to understand the clear Bible teaching on this vital
subject.
7