Jews and Joes

Reasons Mecca NOR Saudi Arabia can be Mystery Babylon

All the pertinent problems with Mecca as Mystery Babylon can also be expanded and applied to Saudia Arabia as a whole.

  • Mecca is not a great consumer or importer that would cause all the merchants of the earth to mourn at her utter destruction (Revelation 18:3,11-13,17-19).
  • Mecca is not an international policeman or the "hammer of the whole world" (Jeremiah 50:23).
  • Mecca is not known for devouring or raping other nations for their resources (Isaiah 14:8).
  • Mecca is not known for being a center for agriculture (Jeremiah 50:16).
  • Mecca has never been considered "tender and delicate" (Isaiah 47:1).
  • Mecca is not a significant host city for JEW-dah (Jews) and 10-Israelites (Jeremiah 50:1-20,25; 51:5-6,10,45; Isaiah 48:20; Revelation 18:4). In the future, when Judah and Israel are found departing Mystery Babylon at her destruction (Jeremiah 50:4-5), how and why would they be looking for the Way to Jerusalem if they were merely in Mecca or Saudi Arabia? It is a relatively short distance from Mecca to Jerusalem. Simply following the Red Sea north/northwest would take them there.

There are likely many more reasons, but those are the ones I could think of off the top of my head. Some of them are of course more compelling than others.

The current Saudi government is a patsy regime built-up and propped up by the United States of America, i.e., Mystery Babylon. The current Egyptian government is in an inferior but very similar cozy relationship with America, not to mention Yemen, Oman, Bahrain, and many others. The Anglo-American Empire lost controlling influence over Iran, Syria, and Lebanon to the Medes in the last 3 or 4 decades... and they are going to lose much more in time as the money runs out and trust-relationships become more and more unstable. For example, America's recent betrayal of Mubarak was extremely alarming to the current Saudi family.

Selah!
Hanok ben-Isaak

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