1. Read Revelation 17 and Revelation 18, the major passage concerning Babylon.
a. How is Babylon identified symbolically? What is her name? How is she dressed?
b. What does she say about herself?
c. What is her cup?
d. What is her relationship to kings? to nations? to merchants?
e. What is her relationship to the beast? Why is she destroyed?
f. What is her relationship to saints (believers)? How do they respond to her destruction? (Read into Revelation 19)
2. Read Genesis 10: 6-10 and Genesis 11:1-9.
a. From what family line did Nimrod originate? Note all you learn about this man.
b. What were the first centers of his kingdom? Who settled in the Babel located in the land of Shinar which is now in the country of Irag?
c. Why was the Lord displeased with them? What were the consequences of their actions?
d. How might Babylon’s beginnings represent her role in history and her final destiny?
3. Read Isaiah 13-14:23 carefully. Some of this prophecy against Babylon was fulfilled when the Medes destroyed Babylon in 539 BC (Isaiah 13:17) and some will not happen until the day of the Lord. Some events go beyond that time (Isaiah 13:20-22;14:23). Also, in addition to being a king of Babylon many also consider it a passage on Satan.
a. Who will war against Babylon?
b. How is Babylon described?
c. What is the final end of Babylon?
4. Read Isaiah 43:14 and its context. For whose sake will the Lord bring down as fugitives all the Babylonians?
5. Read Isaiah 47.
a. How does the Lord describe Babylon? How does Babylon describe herself (Remember Revelation 18)?
b. What will happen to Babylon?
6. Read Isaiah 48:12-22. Who is supposed to leave Babylon?
7. Read Jeremiah 50-51. Who is speaking” To whom? Who will destroy Babylon (Compare with Revelation 17:15–18)?
8. Read Zechariah 2:7-9. Why will Babylon be destroyed?
9. Read Zechariah 5. What was taken to Babylon? What did it contain?
10. Read Revelation 14:8 and context.
a. What did Babylon cause other nations to do?
b. Where was the angel that made this announcement about Babylon?
c. How would you reconcile the time of this announcement with the time Babylon falls (Revelation 16:19)?
11. Where does the destruction of Babylon fit into the timing of the Seals, Trumpet and Bowls and the final battle? Give Scriptures to support your conclusion?
12. Do you think Babylon is an ecclesiastical (religious) symbol or an economic symbol or a geographical city or all of the above or something else? Consider this quote: “In the Old Covenant, Jezebel was a living, breathing woman; but in the New Covenant she was a spirit. In the same way, Old Testament Babylon was a literal place; in the New Testament, Babylon is a spirit, not limited to a specific location. Often that which is singular and local in the Old Testament is corporate, boundless and spiritual in the New Testament.” Exposing Witchcraft in the Church by Rick Godwin; p. 21. Do you agree? All false religions had their start in Babylon. Also, consider that the city of Babylon is being restored. Give Scriptures to support your conclusions?