where is babylon located? do the things mentioned in REVELATION are started?

Answer 1

Babylon is situated in what we now call Iraq.
The times of the end as mentioned in Revelation seem to have started, yes and some commentators believe as far mack as the turn of century with a marked point being 1914 when Satan, the "great dragon", the original serpent, was cast out of heaven.

Answer 2

There is a theory - or hypothesis if you will, that there is a literal Babylon and a figurative Babylon.

The Literal Babylon is in Iraq, and it is an ancient city which to my understanding is still being uncovered.

The Figurative Babylon according to the Book of Revelation has particular characteristics. Wherever the Figurative Babylon is, according to Revelation, it has these characteristics:

1) It is considered to be the great ***** which sits on many waters: ( Revelation 17:1 and verse 15 )

2) It is a place of power that the rulers of the world have dealings with: ( Revelation 17:2 )

3) It has a mixture of both Christianity ( which has much responsibility for the shedding of the blood of many Christians ) , and pagan religions: ( Revelation 17:6 )

It is proposed that the Figurative Babylon is none other than the Roman Catholic Church - specifically the Vatican. I would agree with that, because there is no church deeming itself "Christian" that has the type of power, the claim of being Christian, and the guilt of centuries of the shedding of blood of those who are also calling themselves Christian.

As I have been taught, and what I believe, is that the Seven Churches mentioned in the first part of Revelation has already happened. In a timeline including the time now - the time we are living in, we are waiting for Revelation 4 to begin. The words "Come up hither" ( Revelation 4:1 ) is what the Christian church has been waiting for for quite some time. I am referring to the Rapture of the Church.

Answer 3

Iraq, in Revelation 16, in the last verse, it states, and that great city of Babylon comes ti remembrance and that the new nation of Babylon will be divided into 3 parts, which has happened, in the last 10 years, (no fly zone).

We are now in Revelation 8:7, and Revelation 17 simultaneously.

The 10th king that has had no kingdom as of yet is the 10 president of the U.S. since 1960 the start of the 7th age, we have had 9 kings (presidents) Kennedy was the first, George W. Bush is the 9th, the next president of the U.S. shall fall to Gog, (Asia) and Magog (Russia) not by bombs, nor war, but by rain, flood, drought, fire, pestilence, disease, milirtary and economic upheavals.

Answer 4

Somewhere in Iraq. The second sentence makes no sense.

I am guessing you are asking about Babylon the Great. This is not the old Babylon, destroyed long ago. It was famous for being the center of false religions in it's day. This was why the name was used in this case.

Instead of some small individual scrap of land, in Revelations, the scope is world wide. Everything in it takes place over the entire planet and parts in heaven.

Babylon the Great symbolizes the world wide group of false religions, all claiming to serve God but proving false to how God said His people would worship Him.

Answer 5

Babylon is located in Iraq, where it is currently known as Babil, Iraq. In 1853, the "beast out of the sea" (AKA Husayn Ali) was exiled to Baghdad where he claimed to be a "manifestation" of God, or the "Promised One" of all religions. Surely, God has been manifested in the flesh, in the person of Jesus Christ, but the "beast"(or son of perdition) has claimed to be equal to, or perhaps greater than the Savior. Today, the United States has permanent military bases in Iraq, which I believe was put there in preparation for BlackwaterUSA, and other privatized mercenary militias for the creation of a single global government located in Iraq. Babylon represents a single universal language (quite possibly a broken English), a universal religion ( the Baha'i Lie), as well as the world government. To learn more about the beast see:
http:// nobleservant.multiply.com

Answer 6

The Bible Book of Revelation discusses the 'birth' of God's heavenly kingdom and the ousting of Satan and his demons to the earths vicinity - this has happened.
It talks about the destruction of Babylon the Great,the world empire of false religion - this has not happened yet.
It talks about the wonderful prospects that those who survive Armageddon can look forward to - this has not happened yet.
It talks about the seven trumpet blasts and the four woes - most have happened and a couple are still to come.
The Book of Revelation covers a vast period of time.Yes, it has started being fulfilled but there is still alot to look forward to as the visions John sees cover this systems destruction and into the new world where peace and harmony will be abundant

Answer 7

Babylon was an ancient Semetic land where Iraq is today. Before Babylon, was the non-semetic tribe called Sumer. Sumerians are the oldest people we know of. Both the Babylonians and Jews were Semetic, and shared a lot in common, including the Ark story. (In Babylon, the hero was a female named Ishtar... funny that in Hebrew, the name Noah is female when biblically he is male... maybe a holdover in mythology)

Answer 8

Babylon symbolises the big rich and powerful country amoungst nations, so it would put into our time be America and the west although China is said to overtake America soon. Things in revelation will happen dont know if its started yet but is definatley getting closer.

Answer 9

Babylon was where Iraq is now.

The Book of Revelation is a fairy tale, and it's sick when people sit around anxiously awaiting all the death and destruction it describes.

Answer 10

Babylon was a city of ancient Mesopotamia, the ruins of which can be found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 mi) south of Baghdad. It was the "holy city" of Babylonia from around 2300 BC, and the seat of the Neo-Babylonian Empire from 612 BC. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

The form Babylon is the Greek variant of Akkadian Babilu (bāb-ilû, meaning "Gateway of the god(s)", translating Sumerian Ka.dingir.ra). In the Bible, the name appears as בבל (Babel), interpreted by Genesis 11:9 to mean "confusion", from the verb balal, "to confuse".

The earliest source to mention Babylon may be a dated tablet of the reign of Sargon of Akkad (ca. 24th century BC short chronology). The so-called "Weidner Chronicle" states that it was Sargon himself who built Babylon "in front of Akkad" (ABC 19:51). Another chronicle likewise states that Sargon "dug up the dirt of the pit of Babylon, and made a counterpart of Babylon next to Agade". (ABC 20:18-19).

Some scholars, including linguist I.J. Gelb, have suggested that the name Babil is an echo of an earlier city name. According to Dr. Ranajit Pal, this city was in the East. Herzfeld wrote about Bawer in Iran, which was allegedly founded by Jamshid; the name Babil could be an echo of Bawer. David Rohl holds that the original Babylon is to be identified with Eridu. Some Biblical literalists believe that Nimrod was the original founder of Babel (Babylon), because this is stated in Genesis 10. Joan Oates claims in her book Babylon that the rendering "Gateway of the gods" is no longer accepted by modern scholars.

Over the years, the power and population of Babylon waned. From around the 20th century BC, it was occupied by Amorites (nomadic Semitic tribes), fleeing southern Mesopotamia from the west.[citation needed] The First Babylonian Dynasty was established by Sumu-abum, but the city-state controlled little surrounding territory until it became the capital of Hammurabi's empire. Hammurabi is known for codifying the laws of Babylonia that were to have a profound influence on the region (ca. 18th century BC).[citation needed] From that time onward, it continued to be the capital of Babylonia, although during the 440 years of domination by the Kassites (1595–1185 BC), the city was renamed Karanduniash.

The city itself was built upon the Euphrates, and divided in equal parts along its left and right banks, with steep embankments to contain the river's seasonal floods. Babylon grew in extent and grandeur over time, but gradually became subject to the rule of Assyria.

It has been estimated that Babylon was the largest city in the world from ca. 1770 to 1670 BC, and again between ca. 612 and 320 BC. It was perhaps the first city to reach a population above 200,000.

It is recorded that Babylon's legal system developed a form of negligence law, and Babylon was probably the first culture to develop negligence law. In the common law world, the law of negligence was not fully rediscovered until the 20th century.