538 B.C. — Cyrus Issues the Decree
The Exiles Are Permitted to Return Babylon had fallen in 539 B.C. One year later, the change of empire produced a decisive consequence for the …
539 B.C. — The Fall of Babylon
The Writing on the Wall In 539 B.C., the Neo-Babylonian Empire came to its end. The city that had conquered Jerusalem, destroyed the Temple, and …
586 B.C. — The Destruction of Jerusalem
The Prophetic Warning Fulfilled In 586 B.C., Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonian army, Solomon’s Temple was burned, and the Kingdom of Judah came to …
Chapter 17 — Religious Babylon, the Three Beasts, and the Rise of Secular Europe
Revelation 17 explains the judgment of the woman who rides the scarlet Beast. The chapter does not describe the fall of Economic Babylon in Revelation …
Chapter 18 — London, the City of Economic Babylon
Revelation does not present one single Babylon under three interchangeable images. It presents three successive forms of domination. Revelation 17 exposes Religious Babylon: Pauline imperial …
“They Gave Me the Right Hand of Fellowship” – But What Exactly Did the Apostles Approve?
After showing that Paul did not go to Jerusalem to verify his Gospel, but to protect his 14-year work against the attacks of the Judaizers, an inevitable …
Chapter 9 — The Seventy Weeks, the Anointed One, and the End of Israel’s Exclusive Covenant
Part I — The Prayer, the Prophecy, and the Decision of God Daniel 9 begins with a man praying for the restoration of his people …