what is Babylon in the christian religion and in Jewish?
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Revelation discusses an entity it calls “Babylon the Great”, which practices adulterous harlotry with earthly governments. Only false religion could lyingly claim and disgustingly betray a relationship with God by "selling" itself for governmental "favors"!\n\n(Revelation 18:3) all the nations have fallen victim, and the kings of the earth committed fornication with her\n\n(Revelation 14:8) Babylon the Great has fallen, she who made all the nations drink of the wine of the anger of her fornication!”\n\nThe Bible shows that all the many forms of false religion make up a conglomerate “Babylon the Great.” (Revelation 17:5) That name calls to mind the ancient city of Babylon, where false religion started up after the Flood of Noah’s day. Many teachings and practices now common in false religion originated long ago in Babylon. For example, the Babylonians worshiped trinities, or triads, of gods. Today, the central doctrine of many religions is the Trinity. But the Bible clearly teaches that there is only one true God, and that Jesus Christ is his Son. (John 17:3) The Babylonians also believed that humans have an immortal soul that survives the body after death and can suffer in a place of torment. Today, belief in the immortal soul or spirit that can suffer in hellfire is taught by most religions.\n\nSince ancient Babylonian worship spread throughout the earth, modern Babylon the Great can properly be identified as the world empire of false religion. And God has foretold that this empire of false religion will come to a sudden end. (Revelation 18:8) Do you see why it is vital that you separate yourself from every part of Babylon the Great? The Almighty God wants you to “get out of her” quickly while there is still time.—Revelation 18:4.\n\nTrue Christians can help you understand other details of the Scriptures. You can contact them at:\nhttp://www.watchtower.org
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Christianity kind of messes up on this bit of theology. According to them, there was a war in heaven between Satan and God, and Satan got cast to Earth.  At the same time, they say that heaven is a wonderful, joyous place of eternal bliss that we should all strive to attain. I posit that these two concepts are incompatible. It means that there is sin and rebellion in heaven, and if there was one war, there might be others that Christians don't know about. Why bother going to a place that is no better than Earth??\n\nAnd yes, the word "lucifer" does NOT refer to Satan at all. It is a LATIN word, not a Hebrew name, and was used to translate the words "morning star," or "son of the morning."  It is actually a reference to the planet Venus, which is very bright and can be seen in the early dawn sky; it precedes the sun and so is called the "bringer of light" and similar titles in many cultures. This title is found in Isaiah ch.14, in a prophecy about the king of Babylon. It has nothing to do with Satan, but is a poetic reference to how the king aspired to greatness and would be cast down to the dirt. Christians take it literally, but if they would actually READ the entire chapter--and the one preceding it--they would see that the context can in no way refer to an angelic being. It is all about Israel and Babylon. Funny how Christians always accuse us skeptics of taking things out of context, when they do it all the time, in order to make scriptures mean what THEY want them to mean, and not what they actually say!
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Christ started the entire charistian religous adventure. Would it be fair to say the Christianity is a religion and a race. A race that is poulated by blood descendants of jesus? Unlikely.\n\nOr, the first jew was Abraham who took the commandment from God outside of the cty of Ur, check out the old testament for this. Before that Abraqham was not a Jew, just like Christ was Jewish befor he converted to Christianity by his death by some charistians account. Therefore the only true members of the Jewish race would be blood descendants of Abraham. Again not a likely defintion or race event.\n\nBut to be precise here is the definition of race(noun)\na group of persons related by common descent or heredity.  \n2. a population so related.  \n3. Anthropology. a. any of the traditional divisions of humankind, the commonest being the Caucasian, Mongoloid, and Negro, characterized by supposedly distinctive and universal physical characteristics: no longer in technical use.  \nb. an arbitrary classification of modern humans, sometimes, esp. formerly, based on any or a combination of various physical characteristics, as skin color, facial form, or eye shape, and now frequently based on such genetic markers as blood groups.  \nc. a human population partially isolated reproductively from other populations, whose members share a greater degree of physical and genetic similarity with one another than with other humans.  \n \n4. a group of tribes or peoples forming an ethnic stock: the Slavic race.  \n5. any people united by common history, language, cultural traits, etc.: the Dutch race.  \n6. the human race or family; humankind: Nuclear weapons pose a threat to the race.  \n7. Zoology. a variety; subspecies.  \n8. a natural kind of living creature: the race of fishes.  \n9. any group, class, or kind, esp. of persons: Journalists are an interesting race.  \n\nThe only definitions for race that come close are"\n 4. a group of tribes or peoples forming an ethnic stock: the Slavic race.  \n5. any people united by common history, language, cultural traits, etc.: the Dutch race\n\nJews may or may not have developed from a common tribe or ethnic stock. If you believe they did, the 12 tribes of Israel...then Yes Jews are a race.\n\nIf you believe that jews are united by a common history...you are making a wek argumenbt as Jews can be found in many countries and cultures are are unrelated by a common history, language or culture.\n\nNo...jews only have a religion in common. They are a very diverse froup of individuals spread arounfd the world living within cultures and speaking diverse languages so they are not tryuly a race as such.
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probably Hebraic and Aramaic
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peter was upside down on the cross. and it was in rome.\nthe word babylon is your past.and it doesn't say who was killed first peter or paul.
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That would suggest that your friend Jesus (probably pronounced Hayzeus) was perhaps a rastafarian. Does he start a lot of his sentances with the phrase "I and I"? \n\nOh, and it means that smoking weed will somehow bring down "the man". perhaps by funding those who work outside the law lad down by "the man". \n\nIt has nothing to do with the actual Babylon of old or even Chaldea the second Babylon. Babylon is a way to say the world as created by "the man". \n\nTake that with a grain of salt though. I am the man. I'm bad. I'm so bad I should be in detention.
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I believe its the same God as the Christian bible old testament. Same God for judaism as well.
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How could Babylon the Great be a government if "all the nations have fallen victim" to her and if "the kings of the earth [again, seemingly all earthly governments] committed fornication with her" and if she "made all the nations drink"? Additionally, why would interaction between secular governments be called "fornication" since no human empire could ever be considered a "wife" of God with the potential to betray their relationship? Only so-called religion could lyingly claim and disgustingly "sell" such a relationship with God for governmental "favors"!\n\n(Revelation 18:3) all the nations have fallen victim, and the kings of the earth committed fornication with her\n\n(Revelation 14:8) Babylon the Great has fallen, she who made all the nations drink of the wine of the anger of her fornication!”\n\nBabylon the Great is no governmental entity; the Bible shows that all the many forms of false religion make up a conglomerate “Babylon the Great.” (Revelation 17:5) That name calls to mind the ancient city of Babylon, where false religion started up after the Flood of Noah’s day. Many teachings and practices now common in false religion originated long ago in Babylon. For example, the Babylonians worshiped trinities, or triads, of gods. Today, the central doctrine of many religions is the Trinity. But the Bible clearly teaches that there is only one true God, and that Jesus Christ is his Son. (John 17:3) The Babylonians also believed that humans have an immortal soul that survives the body after death and can suffer in a place of torment. Today, belief in the immortal soul or spirit that can suffer in hellfire is taught by most religions.\n\nSince ancient Babylonian worship spread throughout the earth, modern Babylon the Great can properly be identified as the world empire of false religion. And God has foretold that this empire of false religion will come to a sudden end. (Revelation 18:8) Do you see why it is vital that you separate yourself from every part of Babylon the Great? The Almighty God wants you to “get out of her” quickly while there is still time.—Revelation 18:4.\n\nJehovah's Witnesses are the only true religion, and can help you understand other details of the Scriptures.
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Christianity is paganism and has no relation with the original Hebrew religion.\n\nConstantine attempted to invent a universal religion by incorporating Hebrew myths into his pagan religion, but it appears Hebrews would have nothing to do with it.
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The Sabbath, or day of rest, is a common feature of Jewish and Christian religions.  Jews preserve the original Sabbath of the Hebrew and later Jewish faith, Saturday (dusk Friday to dusk Saturday), the 7th day of creation in the Genesis narrative.  Jews are enjoined by Jewish Law to observe specific practices on the Sabbath including avoidance of work in favor of reflection, prayer, and study.  For most Christians (other than Seventh Day Adventists), the belief that Jesus' resurrection occurred on a Sunday shifted the Sabbath to Sunday, and the Christian Sabbath is more about a period of time when it is obligatory to attend church services than a separate way of daily living, as seen in the Jewish faith.  Both Christians and Jews vary widely from sect to sect and individual to individual as to the importance and strictness of Sabbath-keeping customs.\n\nHope this helps.
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HAD EXCELLENT STUDY TODAY ABOUT THIS, IT SAID TO GET OUT OF HER, UNLESS YOU WISH TO END UP THE WAY FALSE RELIGION WILL END UP.  ALSO I AM NOT INVOLVED IN BABYLON THE GREAT, EXCEPT TO TELL OTHERS THAT IT IS GOING TO BE DESTROYED.\n\nThis harlot takes her name from ancient Babylon, the proud city established in Mesopotamia more than 4,000 years ago by Nimrod, the “mighty hunter in opposition to Jehovah.” When the Babylonians started to build a pagan religious tower, Jehovah confused their language and scattered them to the ends of the earth. They took their religion with them, and that is how a world empire of Babylonish religion got started. Truly, it is Babylon THE GREAT. (Genesis 10:8-10; 11:1-9) Down to our time, the mysteries of ancient Babylon are reflected in the beliefs and practices of the world’s religions. (Revelation 17:7) The Hebrew name for the city, Babel, means “Confusion,” a fitting label for today’s hodgepodge of false religion!\n\nAncient Babylon became a pile of rubble—uninhabited except for reptiles and wild beasts—exactly as foretold!  \nHowever, that other Babylon, modern-day Babylon the Great, lives on. As the world empire of false religion, she perpetuates the original Babylon’s teachings and haughty spirit. She is Satan’s chief instrument for blinding the people to God's  Kingdom purposes
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Jews! Jesus was a Jew. \nChristianity came from a mix of Judiasm and Paganism...
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That is  a very good question and the answer is a little confusing. The problem is that people often get confused between Judiasm and Jews. To be Jewish does NOT mean you follow the Jewish religion, instead it is a group of people. Kind of like just because you are Indian does not mean you are hindu, or if you are arabic it does not mean you are muslim (unless it is the law of your country) \n\nNow before the birth of Christ, the Jewish(reffering to the group of people) did follow the same religion, which can be called the "Jewish" religion, because they where Jew and that was their religion. Now, before Christ was born, as you know from reading the scriptures, their where prophesies about his coming. Some believed and some did not believe he was coming. When Jesus Christ was born he taught many new things and gave new revelations. Thus came Christianity, though if it was called that at the time, I am not sure. Those who did not believe he was the Savior and still live by the ways before Christ and do not follow His new teachings broke off and are today reffered to as "Jewish"\n\nThose who followe Christ are Christians. Those who are Jewish by blood are not neccesarily Jewish by religian, You can be jewish by religion even if you are not Jewish by blood. Jesus was born to Jewish parents and He is how Christianity started. Remember, back then Jewish and Christianity were intertwined and not distinctively seperate.\n\nI know it is confusing. But basically, the coming of Christ and the belief in whet He taught is what seperates the 2 religions.
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The Jewish law in Jeremiah says that the wages of sin is death so all humanbeings are destined to die. To remove this death Christ came to this world to die in the place of us and give us eternal life. This is how Christ is regarded as Messiah or the Saviour of mankind. And when you read Isaiah you can see that He bore our iniquities and By his stripes we are healed signify that The Christ which walked on the earth was the Son of God and Christianity is well flourished and blessed in this world and they are ruling the world. If it is not from God then who can they be?
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Babylon---- okay ,google says Damascus and Jericho
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The word "Judaism" is related to the word "Jewish", and to the name "Judah", though it's not so obvious in English.  Here's how it happened:\n\n"Judaism" is derived from the name "Judah" -- it was used to refer to the religion of the 'people of Judah'.  "Judah" was one of the larger, more powerful tribes of the people of Israel, the tribe from which King David and his descendants come.  Most of the Israelite tribes to the north split off to form their own kingdom after the death of David's son Solomon (called "Israel" in the Bible, while the southern kingdom is called "Judah").  \n\nAfter the Assyrians destroyed the Northern Kingdom (Israel) late in the 8th century BC, only the kingdom of Judah remained.   They were the ones who fell to Nebuchadnezzar and many of whom were exiled to Babylonia. in the 6th century B.C.   And they were the ones who later re-established a kingdom.    Remnants of the other tribes joined them, but the tribe of Judah was still central, hence the people were known by this name.  \n\nA literal translation of the TERM used from them might be "Jud-ish" (compare the term "Judean").  In fact, most European languages use a form something like that.  German is Juedisch.     What causes confusion is the fact that English lost the "d" and ended up with the word"JEWISH", a form that is not obviously related to "Judah"/"Judean".\n\n(For what it's worth, the language spoken by many Jewish people in Eastern Europe is a dialect of GERMAN --not Hebrew-- called Juedisch, or in English, "Yiddish")\n\nOne other note: there was in the first century a lot more variety in "Judaism" (or perhaps we should say "Judaism-s").  The form we now identify as Judaism was the Rabbinic form that gained the ascendancy after the Temple was destroyed in AD 70.  (Remember too that Christianity was considered a Jewish sect in the first century; thus what we think of today as "Judaism" and "Christianity" were in a sense born at about the same time, two distinct offshoots of one tree.)
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Christian Prophecy - Seeking the Jewish Messiah\nChristian prophecy is really Jewish prophecy. I'm a Jew, and here's how I discovered that incredible truth… \n\nI grew up in an orthodox Jewish home in New York, and several years ago I came to believe that Jesus (Yeshua is the Hebrew way to say the Greek name Jesus) is truly the Jewish Messiah. Believing that Yeshua is the Messiah wasn't easy. I had many, many questions, and I spent months examining the evidences and seeking G-d's answers. During my journey, I constantly reminded myself of a very important verse from the Jewish Scriptures (the Tenach). The Jewish prophet Jeremiah records the words of G-d, "And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:13) \n\nThe Jewish Scriptures (The Torah, The Prophets, and The Writings, which make up the Tenach or the Jewish Bible) paint a very clear picture of who the Moshiach (Messiah) will be when He eventually comes to the nation of Israel. In fact, there are over 300 prophecies in the Hebrew Scriptures, which detail many facts about this coming Messiah/king. Here is just a sampling (and remember, all these verses come from the Jewish Bible): \n\nMessiah was to be born at Bethlehem: Micah 5:1.\nMessiah would be from the tribe of Judah: Genesis 49:10. \nMessiah would present himself by riding on an ass: Zechariah 9:9. \nMessiah would be tortured to death: Psalm 22. \nMessiah would arrive before the destruction of the Second Temple: Daniel 9:24-27. \nMessiah's life would match a particular description, including suffering, silence at his arrest and trial, death and burial in a rich man's tomb, and resurrection: Isaiah 52:13-53:12. \n\n\nChristian Prophecy - Fulfilled in the Jewish Messiah\nChristian prophecy is remarkably specific. In detail as to lineage, birthplace, time and lifestyle, Jesus matched the Messianic expectations of the Hebrew Scriptures. The record of this fulfillment is to be found in the pages of the New Testament. As you review the more extensive list of Jewish Messianic prophecies, allow G-d to speak to your heart and your mind as you seek HIS truth. \n\nInterestingly, the Jewish Scriptures paint seemingly two different pictures about the Messiah to come. For one, they talk about the Messiah who will come as the reigning King, who will usher in a period of unprecedented peace on earth. But many verses talk about the Moshiach who will be a suffering servant, who will suffer and die for the sins of the people. For many hundreds of years the rabbis believed that there would be two Messiahs, the King Moshiach ben David, and the suffering servant Moshiach Ben Joseph. The rabbis, unfortunately, were not able to see that one Messiah would accomplish both missions. \n\nChristian Prophecy - The Jewish Messiah Stands at the Door and Knocks\nChristian prophecy was indeed fulfilled in the Jewish Messiah. Yeshua came to the "lost sheep of the House of Israel" 2000 years ago. He came as Isaiah chapter 53 so clearly states, to die and "suffer" for the sins of the Jewish people. He came to the nation of Israel, but was rejected. If the Jews would have accepted His "once for all" atonement for sins, Yeshua would have ushered in the Kingdom of Heaven at that point in history. But the Jews did not recognize Him. Even though they had the Word of G-d in their own Scriptures, and more than 300 descriptions of who He would be when He comes, they missed Him. As a result, the Good News of God's Kingdom went forth to the Gentile world, and for 2000 years both Jew and Gentile have come together in Moshiach, looking forward to His soon return as reigning King, just as the rabbis have always expected. \n\nAlthough the nation of Jews rejected Yeshua when He came, G-d has always, through the last 2000 years, kept a "remnant" of believing Jews for Himself. I and many thousands of Jews alive today, have received Yeshua as the