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A lamentation made for Tyrus by world leadership. Leaving their thrones the sit upon the ground in abject fear and trembling. They are stunned that such a formidable fortress could be overwhelmed and utterly destroyed. These in mourning are utterly dismayed. Eze. 26:17-18 Thus, what was to happen to Tyrus was a type, a foretelling of the destruction which will come upon the city of the antichrist in the end of the age. She is to be the center of every activity known to man. The most outstanding being the religious and political; power and a authority. Along with that will be her complete control of all of the merchandising of the world. She will completely control the monetary world. Could there be a reason for the emphases found in the church today to seek after the wealth of this world? When the world order gives control of the world finances over to this political/religious city, it will be Babylon. Rev. 17:5.
The Babylon of the book of Revelation is not Rome. Satan is clever in misdirecting the doctrines of the church. That does not exclude Rome from being a part of the last day order. There is however one city that is considered to be a holy city by the major religions of the world. To the Jew it is their homeland and most definitely a holy city. To the Roman church it is holy, to the Protestant churches it is holy, to the Moslem it is a holy city. There is no way that this could be just circumstantial. Consider such a similarity as this, ìI will bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee.î Eze. 26:19 Sounds like the tsunami of all tsunamis. The book of Revelation will identify the waters as the ìpeoples and multitudes, and nations, and tongues,î (Rev. 17:15) of the earth all of whom the Lord will inspire to also be the destructive factor used in the destruction of the great harlot city.
The political ruling force of that day will be the ten kingdom empire. An amalgamation of ten spheres of influence, such as, NATO, EU, etc embracing every nation of the world and each group of nations appointing one who will be their head. The current EU is quickly outgrowing the ancient Roman empire so is not the leading factor. There will be a split between the religious and the political forces of that day and the religious will be utterly destroyed by the ten horns or the ten kingdom empire.
Rev. 17:16 The cause of her downfall will be the fact that she will at sometime in the last day order of things have the absolute control over the political ruling body.
Rev. 17:18 Her desire to control is a part of the cause of her downfall.