by the Medo-Persians.Īfter hundreds of years of lying in oblivion, we are now told that ancient Babylon has been reincarnated in modern Iraq. It was there that Alexander the Great died (323 B.C.), while planning a new capital. From there Daniel was prime minister and from there Cyrus the Persian issued an edict allowing Jews to return to their homeland. Time that Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed (586 B.C.) and the Jews were taken captive for 70 years.
In the Neo-Babylonia era, Nebuchadnezzar was the ruler (605-562 B.C.) in the height of its glory. It was from Ur in Babylonia that God called Abraham to go into a land that he would show him. The Tower of Babel was built there and Hammurabi, the great lawgiver, reigned there in the nineteenth century before Christ. Baghdad is located on the Tigris River, approximately 40 miles east of the Euphrates. This concept we will clearly show is without biblical support, being concocted in the wild imaginations of men.īabylon was situated on the Euphrates River, about 50 miles south of modern Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. Is Iraq modern Babylon? Is Iraq in Bible prophecy? It is true that Iraq is located in the area that was once occupied by ancient Babylonia, but that proves nothing, unless the Bible teaches that Babylon would be revived once again into another nation, specifically in the nation of Iraq. Spiros Zodhiates, Editor-in-Chief of Pulpit Helps, advertises a cassette of his entitled, "Iraq in Prophecy." The ad states, "These lessons provide the biblical information to identify Iraq as the modern Babylon." Likewise we note things of interest in Iraq (Babylon) which may have a bearing on the approach of the events surrounding the Second Coming."' The Bible foresees that it will prostitute its political and religious and commercial power in association with a world leader called The Beast (Rev. He wrote, "Prophetically, in the future Babylon will once again be a great nation. Ken Fleming, a professor at Emmaus Bible College, Dubuque, Iowa, identifies Iraq as the prophetic Babylon of Scripture.
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Mathew 24:35-36 "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words shall not pass away. "The plain of the dur" or "rampart" within Babylon would therefore seem to be the best rendering.Date setters, making irresponsible predictions! Misleading the ignorant masses for higher TV ratings and book sales! It seems to have been called also Dur-ili, "god's rampart." That it was at some distance is supported by the list WAI, IV, 36, where Duru, Tutul and Gudua (Cuthah), intervene between Deru or Dur-ili and Tindir (Babylon). It is noteworthy that the Septuagint substitutes Deeira, for Dura, suggesting that the Greek translators identified it with the Babylonian Deru, a city which apparently lay toward the Elamite border. The fact that the plain was within the city of Babylon precludes an identification with the city Duru, which seems to have lain in the neighborhood of Erech (Hommel, Grundriss, 264, note 5). Others have believed that name to indicate a portion of the actual site of Babylon within the great wall (duru) of the city-perhaps the rampart designated dur Su-anna, "the rampart (of the city) Lofty-defense," a name of Babylon. Oppert placed it to the Southeast of Babylon, near a small river and mounds bearing the name of Douair or Duair, where, also, was what seemed to be the base of a great statue (Exped. Du'-ra (dura'): The name of the plain on which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, set up the great golden image which all his subjects were ordered to worship ( Daniel 3:1).