Spiritual Shift (7) Babylon the Great

If Obama is America’s Alexander, he will be the pivot who releases the spirit of Babylonian Rome into America.

When Obama won his second presidential election, a spiritual shift took place. In his first election campaign, Obama was an outsider promising change. He was challenged by John McCain, a man strongly influenced by the violent warring spirit. He sang a song about bombing Iran to the tune of a Beach Boys song. Obama’s victory represented a loss for that principality.

Once he became President, Obama’s approach changed. He had opposed the war in Iraq, but he was persuaded to undertake a troop surge in Afghanistan. He sent more than hundred thousand troops, plus as many military contractors into this pointless war.

Obama has been heavily involved with the use of unmanned drones to kill military and political enemies. He claims to approve the kill lists himself. This fascination with killing and destruction seems to have corrupted his spirit and opened him up to the violent warring spirit that has been getting stronger in his nation.

The recent election was different. Obama defended his wars and Romney claimed he would do better. The election was partly a contest about who would be most capable at waging violent war. In this election, the warring violent spirit was standing on both sides, so 99 percent of American voters gave their support to a man under the influence of the warring violent spirit. This has opened the nation up to the Babylonian spirit in a new way. If the spiritual protection of the gospel and the spirit is not restored to America, Obama’s election could be a key step down the part towards becoming Babylon the Great.

Obama might be the pivot that allows the spirit of Babylonian Rome into the United States. Babylon the Great sat on a beast with ten horns.

I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns (Rev 17:3).

Babylon the Great may represent the principalities and powers that control the emerging Beast. If the Babylonian spirit were to gain control in the United States, the Beast would follow, and the American empire would become dangerous.