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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 19, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 12.

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Double Prophecy

Double Prophecy.—Many are looking for a rebuilding of old Babylon on the Euphrates River, and a subsequent sudden destruction. They think that they see this in the prophecies of Jeremiah and Revelation. They will be disappointed. (1) The prophecy in Jeremiah includes not merely the fall of the city, but the fall of the empire, a sudden fall in the midst of a feeling of security on the part of Belshazzar and his lords. (2) The prophecy is double, referring not alone to the fall of the ancient city and empire, but to the antitypical Babylon, the great apostate harlot-system which ruleth over the nations of the earth. (3) The prophecy of the Revelation refers to Babylon the apostate alone.