Mystery Babylon One World Religion

The unthinkable is at hand. God has become the final toy of the world religious leaders. His name is no longer important. The only important thing is unity. The only unpardonable sin is to believe that the Bible is the infallible Word and that the only true God is the God of the Bible. To finish the vision that the Lord Jesus Christ gave to John the Revelator, we must see this One World Religion as it helps empower Satan and the Antichrist for their evil part. In the book of Zechariah we see three evil women as they unite to deliver the world system over to the Antichrist. Zechariah described his vision, “Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah (The third woman is in the ephah.) between the earth and the heaven. Then said I to the angel that talked with me, whither do these bear the ephah? And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar (Babylon) …” (Zechariah 5:9-11a)

One World Religious Order
The Holy Scripture has perfectly foretold of this One World Religious order that would give credibility and power to the One World Political System. This religious system or its primary leader is called a beast and/or a false prophet. Here is John the Revelator’s first description. “And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.” (Revelation 13:11)

Several functions of this religious order are clearly described. Please note carefully how important these actions are in promoting this New World Political System or New World Order.

1. The One World Religion has the same power and authority as the New World Political Order and is the authority that requires the people to worship the Antichrist.
    
2. The head of this religious order will resurrect the false Christ after he is slain with a sword. This will be a kind of mimic of the resurrections of Jesus Christ.
    
3. This religious giant will also have power to animate a statue of the false Christ and cause the statue to speak and pronounce judgment.
    
4. The New World Religious Order will be the force behind the Mark of the Beast.

Since the Mark of the Beast (666) is a religious mark identifying the person as a worshipper of the new godhood, no person can be redeemed or saved after receiving this mark. They are lost forever. “And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.” (Revelation 19:20)

New World Religion Called "The Great Whore"
The description of this false religion becomes even more graphic as the picture unfolds. It is called a beast or false prophet in the previous explanation, but after receiving power from the Antichrist and great acceptance and worship from the world population this New World Religion becomes a mammoth force. It is now called "the Great Whore" and is seen on top; riding a "scarlet-coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy…" (Revelation 17:3) Let’s read carefully John’s description.

"Come hither; I will show 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, 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." (Revelation 17:1b-6)

Please note her characteristics and vileness.

1. This religious whore is a great fornicator and is guilty of changing, twisting, and debauching the Word of God. God has pronounced judgment on anyone who adds to or subtracts from the Word of God. "For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book." (Revelation 22:18-19)
    
2. She is rich, but spends her riches on herself. She is proud and worldly and decks herself with costly jewels. She drank from a golden cup but its contents have become vileness and abomination.
    
3. She is a mother of harlots and all her offspring are as wicked as herself.
    
4. Her greatest hatred is for the true believers who hold to the Holy Bible and its infallible truths. She is drunk with the blood of murdered saints.

Nothing is as vile as religion that has lost its way and departed from purity and holiness. There have been dark moments in the past when this has happened. Jesus came in a time when the Jewish religion was a botched form of greed and selfishness. He walked into the temple with a whip and drove out the temple-evangelists. The Reformation came after a thousand years of Madonna-worship, indulgences (buying sin-rights from the priest in advance), and distorted communion called the mass. Again, the Holy Spirit drove out the priest and the pope and the gospel was heard by millions. Very soon religion will be more vicious and vile than ever before and multitudes will either worship a false god or will be tortured and slain. The Son of God will arrive on schedule to cleanse this earth of the last religious deception and He will be installed as King, Prophet, and Priest.

The New World Religion is at Hand
We have passed the day of the old ecumenicalism, churches working together under the name of Jesus Christ as Lord. The new ecumenical movement is at least two steps removed from the old ways. The second step of the ecumenical world included a working relationship between Protestants, Catholics, and Jewish individuals or groups. The new ecumenical movement has embraced all religious expression and is clearly setting sights on a return to the Catholic fold. Read carefully these expressions:

Dr. Robert Schuller: “It’s time for Protestants to go to the shepherd (the pope) and say, ‘What do we have to do to come home?’” (Los Angeles Herald Examiner)

U.S.A. Ministers: “Heads of the American Protestant and Eastern Orthodox churches who were meeting with Pope John Paul II recently hailed their first, broadly representative discussion as a landmark on the road to greater unity … The Rev. Donald Jones, a United Methodist and chairman of the University of South Carolina religious studies department, termed it ‘the most important ecumenical meeting of the century’ … The Rev. Paul A. Crow, Jr., of Indianapolis, ecumenical officer of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), called it a ‘new day in ecumenism’ opening a future in which God ‘is drawing us together.’” (The Montgomery Advertiser)

Anglican Leader: “Anglican leader Archbishop Robert Runcie called Saturday for all Christians to accept the Roman Catholic Pope as a common leader ‘presiding in love.’ ‘For the universal church, I renew the plea,’ he said. Could not all Christians come to reconsider the kind of primacy the bishop of Rome (the pope) exercised within the early church?” (The Dallas Morning News, Associated Press)

Baptist & Catholic Theologians: “Southern Baptists and Roman Catholics, the nation’s two largest denominations, generally have been regarded as doctrinally far apart, but their scholars find they basically agree … The 163-page report is seen as the most full-scale, mutual examination of respective positions of the two traditions. Achieving it was an unprecedented experience for Southern Baptists, commonly averse to ecumenical affairs … The talks, sponsored by the Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Ecumenical and Inter-religious Affairs and the Southern Baptist Department of Interfaith Witness, involved 19 meetings between 1978 and 1988.” (The Bakersfield Californian, Associated Press) Never before have church leaders been so intent on unifying all varying expressions of religion. It’s like a mad dash into the very spirit of Babylonian confusion. The World Council of Churches met this year in Australia. A leader, Nicholas Lossky, was asked by a television journalist, “How close are we to church unity?” His answer was, “Only God can answer that, we must do whatever we can for unity; but only God can decide to produce the event.” The same article that recounted this exchanged stated, “Church unity is listed first among the WCC’s functions and purposes in its constitution.” The same article then mentioned a session on unity, which included Deegalle Mahinda, a Buddhist monk from Sri Lanka.” (Assembly Line, World Council of Churches, Seventh Assembly)

Pagans at World Council of Churches Assembly – 1991
The World Council of Churches chose to open its seventh assembly with a ceremonial welcome from pagans of Australia. Aboriginal witch doctors performed animalistic ceremonies to welcome the Catholics, Presbyterians, Methodists, Disciples of Christ, Evangelical Lutherans, and American Baptists, etc. to this event. The religion of these pagans is animalistic and does not differ at all from African heathenism. Not only did they perform, but also in order to attend, all the worshippers at the assembly opening session were forced to enter the Assembly Hall through a pagan cleansing ritual. Here is the description of that ritual from their publication. “The worship began with an Australian Aboriginal ritual. Participants entered the tent through the smoke of burning branches, a traditional aboriginal cleansing ritual.” (Assembly Line, World Council of Churches, No. 1, p.1) The blood of Jesus Christ was blasphemed as they dared claim cleansing through a pagan and heathen ceremony.

It’s hard to believe such mindless activities could be tolerated by an organization claiming to represent the major Christian churches of the world, much less force all who attend to blaspheme God. You cannot call this action anything but a direct act of pagan worship in defiance of the first commandment. “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” (Exodus 20:3)

An article in the same edition listed above described the religious belief of the Aborigines. Note how carefully the speakers blended paganism with Christianity. “The spirituality of the Aboriginal women keeps them going. ‘The power of the Spirit enables each person to have strength,’ said Agnes Palmer of Alice Springs, ‘This is the power we have through our Dreaming and the power of Jesus, who came not to destroy our culture (pagan) but to fulfill it.’ She used water as an example of the oneness between Aboriginal spirituality and Christian faith. ‘In our spirituality, water is a sign of life, a source of life, just as in Christianity, baptism with water gives new life.’” (Assembly Line, World Council of Churches)

One of America’s leading Pentecostal denominations that was very opposed to the ecumenical movement until the last few years has suddenly become heart and soul ecumenical. The World Council of Churches recently held a dialogue right on the campus of their university. Here are the words of a vice-president of that college defending the new view that now appears to reign, “Dr. Carolyn Dirksen, Vice President for Academic Affairs, suggested that Lee has been working towards developing a faculty and student body that is open to theological tolerance and dialogue. It is fitting, therefore, that this group is here to dialogue in an attempt to bring greater unity to the Church.” (http://leeuniversity.edu/info/news/news-article.asp?newsid=588) When our theology is less than settled and is open to debate, something is seriously wrong.

A number of American churches hold membership in the World Council of Churches. Time could be spent in showing the millions of dollars spent to support guerilla organizations that kill missionaries and wreak havoc in numerous countries.

“New World Religion” Fads
The Islamic Faith: Every religious entity of significance seems to have some form of expectancy toward a New World Religious Order. The Islamic (Moslems or Muslims) faith is promoting a World Constitution that is rooted in the Quran theology. They are probably the fastest growing religion in the world and now claim over one billion inherents. The very spirit of Islam is especially similar to the stated actions and attitude of the Antichrist in Scripture.

Charismatics/Pentecostals: A large portion of the Charismatic/Pentecostal world is going crazy over Kingdom Dominion theology. This is best described as a revived form of post-millennialism, although differing on many major theological points. The bottom line is that we are to become an army of saints, called JoelÂ’s Army, to beat back all forces and to establish the Kingdom of Christ on earth. To those who buy this deception, it will be a world ruled by the church and ready to bring Christ back to earth.

The Catholic Church: The Catholic Church authorities have worked towards and have expected a New World Religious System for many years. They expect to be at the helm to rule this new temporal religious kingdom. Note these two quotes of fifty years ago and 114 years ago, respectively.

“They (Protestants) conveniently forget that they separated from us, not we from them: and that it is for them to return to unity on Catholic terms, not for us to seek union with them or to accept it on their terms … Protestantism is rebellion against the authority of Christ vested in His Church. It neither possesses authority, nor has any desire to submit to authority … Protestantism has really proved to be the ally of paganism … All forms of Protestantism are unjustified. They should not exist.” (America, Catholic periodical)

“We believe in the triumph of the Catholic Church over infidelity, heresy, schism, revolution, and despotism; over Judaism, Mohammedanism, and heathenism. The restoration of the Pope’s temporal kingdom is necessary to this triumph, and therefore we believe it will be restored.” (The Catholic World, Vol. XXV, page 620)

New Agers: No religious entity is expecting or progressing toward a New World Religion more devotedly than the New Agers. While they represent many strains of thought they are bound together as a network of loosely connected organizations. There are a few key spokespersons who certainly speak with some degree of unity. Benjamin Crème is one of those key voices. Note his creation of the “Great Sign” and the description of its meaning. Since the early eighties, he has continued to suggest that the “Christ is Here” and ready to be revealed. His latest claims say that he has appeared on several occasions. His christ is clearly a false prophet.

There will be a New World Religion. It is almost complete, but its ultimate position of power will not be fully realized until the Rapture of the Bride. It will ride as a great whore upon the back of a New World Order. “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.” (Revelation 17:3)

While she will reach great heights of world glory and power with the false political systems of the Antichrist, once he has used her to gain the hearts of the world population, he will then burn her with fire. “And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.” (Revelation 17:16)

Religion is never more than a tool to the great political empires. Literal Babylon must not be confused with Mystery Babylon. Literal Babylon is the city where the Antichrist will set up His capitol. LetÂ’s look next at this great city and its total destruction after the final moments of glory that Antichrist will bring.