"Entry of Alexander into Babylon", a 1665 painting by Charles LeBrun, depicts Alexander the Great's uncontested entry into the city of Babylon, envisioned with pre-existing Hellenistic architecture. Chapter 18 of Revelation and the YouTube are here - next post below. That chapter should be read slowly to capture the future lying before us - not in the future but now. The worst examples start with our treatment of the unborn, trafficking in babies and young children, abusing all the medical possibilities, public school tricks, and more to end the life of an innocent child. The Biblical chapter is a reminder of what will arrive in the future. That entails enormous greed, the worst abuse of maintaining families, and devouring all the delights of the flesh. |