Bob Dylan, aka Robert Zimmerman, is a Jewish song writer who prophesied from the Bible the fall of Babylon in his song All Along the Watchtower:
There must be some way out of here
Said the joker to the thief
There's too much confusion
I can't get no relief
Businessmen, they drink my wine
Plowmen dig my earth
None of them along the line
Know what any of it is worth
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No reason to get excited
The thief, he kindly spoke
There are many here among us
Who feel that life is but a joke
But you and I, we've been through that
And this is not our fate
So let us not talk falsely now
The hour is getting late
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All along the watchtower
Princes kept the view
While all the women came and went
Barefoot servants too
Outside, in the distance
A wildcat did growl
Two riders were approaching
The wind began to howl
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And just what was Dylan saying in this, his most famous of ballads [n A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas.]? It is his visualization, narrating a passage from the Book of Isaiah, where he observes people's confusion about the purpose of life, who feel that it's pointless, and that no one knows “what any of it is worth.”
However, he says that some of us can see through the confusion and hopelessness and act accordingly: “So let us not talk falsely now,” because “The hour is getting late.” They are reminded of God's admonition “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: Which is the second death.” – Revelation 21:8.
The second death is the death of the soul, the individual's unique identity that's erased from the screen of life for eternity. This is eternal damnation – not being poked in the butt with a pitchfork forever. The first death is the death of the physical body, which is but a suit of clothes that we put on and take off, so that we can learn the correct use of free will within the limitations of time and space.
However, he says that some of us can see through the confusion and hopelessness and act accordingly: “So let us not talk falsely now,” because “The hour is getting late.” They are reminded of God's admonition “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: Which is the second death.” – Revelation 21:8.
The second death is the death of the soul, the individual's unique identity that's erased from the screen of life for eternity. This is eternal damnation – not being poked in the butt with a pitchfork forever. The first death is the death of the physical body, which is but a suit of clothes that we put on and take off, so that we can learn the correct use of free will within the limitations of time and space.
So be like the princes who kept the view for signs of the fall of ancient Babylon; wherein our time it's become a template, as “Outside, in the distance, A wildcat did growl,” and “Two riders were approaching, The wind began to howl.” This is an ominous reference in Isaiah to two horsemen, with two more following, bringing news of the fall of, according to the template, there being four horsemen
and invoke your spiritual shields. _________________________________________
In the Book of Isaiah, the fall of America is here foretold:
“Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
“For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
“And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:
“And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
“And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.” – Isaiah 21:5,6,7,8,9
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Revelation 14:8And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
Revelation 16:19And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
Revelation 17:5And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth.
Revelation 18:2And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Revelation 18:10Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
Revelation 18:21And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.