Babylon

[obyknven]

I found the Second Babylon.

From Book of Revelation:

And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

And upon her forehead was a name written a mystery: Babylon The Great, the mother of harlots and abominations of the Earth.

And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration...

 

Then the angel said to me, "The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages... The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth....

 

After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor. With a mighty voice he shouted:

"Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great! She has become a home for demons and a haunt for every evil spirit, haunt for every unclean and detestable bird. For all the nations have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries. The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries."...

 

"When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her and shared her luxury see the smoke of her burning, they will weep and mourn over her. Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry:

" 'Woe! Woe, O great city, O Babylon, city of power! In one hour your doom has come!'

 

"The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes any more -— cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble; cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and bodies and souls of men.

 

http://vimeo.com/54159938

 

http://vimeo.com/45304723

[HoonDing]

Aforementioned woman is likely Lady Gaga.

[Gfted1]

Dubai is awesome. We used it as a port of call during the first Gulf War back in the early 90's. Although it is ridiculously hot. The kind of hot thats so hot it makes you squint. And the cab drivers stink a bit.

[Felithvian]

And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

And upon her forehead was a name written a mystery: Babylon The Great, the mother of harlots and abominations of the Earth.

And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration...

 

Then the angel said to me, "The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages... The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth....

 

Vatican City.

 

The city of seven hills will be destroyed by the terrible Judge.

[Guard Dog]

You know Felithvian might actually be on to something here. I have given the book a Revelations a lot of study over the years and it seems to me it makes a lot of sense in hindsight to deduce the apocalypse John was describing was the collapse of the Roman Empire and the rise of the Catholic Church rather than anything coming in our future. I might be totally off base on this obviously but it is a theory I've been rolling around for a little while now.

 

Of course everything looks clear in hindsight so...