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  COMMENTARY ON REVELATION 17-18
  by Chuck Smith
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In chapter seventeen, we now have the specific judgment of God upon the
false religious system that has damned the souls of so many men through
deception. Jesus warned us to "beware of false prophets who will come
looking like sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves" (Matthew
7:15). And the false religious system, which traps the souls of men and
its judgment, is coming. Chapter seventeen tells us of this judgment.

Babylon is used in the scripture as a symbol of confusion, because it
was in Babylon where man, in rebellion against the living God, decided
to build a tower whereby they could communicate with the universe.
Ancient man was not as primitive and ignorant as we think him to be.
They had tremendous means of communication. Perhaps even superior to
ours, because there are indications that they had developed methods
whereby they could communicate with other beings outside of the earth.

It is interesting Stonehenge in England, one of the communication
centers, it was set up to match with the zodiac. But all through North
America the Indians also had miniature Stonehenges, where it was just a
miniature of what was that large finding in England where they would sit
in the middle and communicate with the spirits. They were set exactly in
alignment as is Stonehenge with the zodiac.

The large stones set on top of silicate, we know that to make a little
receiver what you do is take a crystal, and by just through the crystal
you can actually-Have you ever had a crystal set where you have tuned in
and listened to the radio on a crystal set? When we were kids we used to
always be making crystal sets and it was always exciting to hear the
radio with the crystal. And with just moving the crystal a bit you could
get different stations. We know that there is that communicating power
within the crystal. We also know that energy is produced by the
compression of crystal or silicate, and thus, these large stones were
set upon crystal, compressing it and creating an energy force. Then the
ability to transmit and to hear and communicate. It is also thought that
that could be the purpose of the great pyramids, which again are in
alignment with the zodiac.

So, in Babylon, they were going to build this tower to communicate with
heaven, and because they had advanced and developed so in their science
and in their capacities, God said, "Look what man is seeking to do now.
If we don\

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