September 26, 2003. The top-selling “Left Behind” series envisions a lavishly rebuilt Babylon as the headquarters of Antichrist. In spite of the fact that the… Read More »Insight #116 — Babylon Will Not Rise (Babylon series, 5 of 5)
September 5, 2003. Hardly known for humility, Saddam Hussein had thousands of statues and posters of himself placed in every corner of Iraq, including a… Read More »Insight #115 — Removing Saddam’s Bricks (Babylon series, 4 of 5)
August 13, 2003. If Saddam Hussein had really wanted to reconstruct the ruins of old Babylon into a real city, he surely would have done… Read More »Insight #114 — Inhabitants of Babylon Expelled (Babylon series, 3 of 5)
July 29, 2003. Babylon lay in heaps from the second to the twentieth century, just as Jeremiah had predicted: “Babylon shall become heaps” (51:37). However,… Read More »Insight #113 — Babylon Not Rebuilt as a City (Babylon series, 2 of 5)
July 4, 2003. How would Nebuchadnezzar have reacted to an American tank rumbling down the street of Babylon? “Is not this great Babylon,” he had… Read More »Insight #112 — Babylon’s Rebuilder Routed (Babylon series, 1 of 5)
December 15, 2001. “Jack never says a word.” That is not a lie; it is hyperbole–an “exaggeration used as a figure of speech.” Consider Matthew… Read More »Insight #77 — Hyperbole in Prophecy
October 16, 2001. “Joe eats like a pig.” “Like” — a comparison. We use comparisons all the time. No one has to tell us that… Read More »Insight #75 — Comparisons Have Limits
September 8, 2001. Few cities in history have equaled the splendor and wealth of ancient Babylon. Its walls were so massive six chariots could ride… Read More »Insight #72 — Babylon: Heaps of Ruins