Pride, Wickedness, and Babylon

Babylon is often used in Scripture as a metaphor for the evil world system that opposes God. Such a system is replete with corruption, sexual immorality, and idolatry���to name just some of the wickedness. And when you list many of the characteristics of Babylon, you could almost be describing America (and, in fact, the entire Western world) today. Characteristics like:

Highly regards ���wisdom��� and knowledgePossesses lots of information, but the culture is not based on the fear of the Lord as...