What will happen to the end-time Babylonian world system?
The end-time Babylonian world system—the worldwide system of economy, politics, and religion—will come under the wrath of God and be suddenly and totally destroyed. Just as ancient Babylon fell almost overnight after the Medes and Persians diverted the Euphrates, this end-time system will likewise be suddenly and totally destroyed.
Les teaches that Jeremiah 51:8 may contain both a near and a far view. The near view is ancient Babylon: once the Medes and Persians gained entrance under the walls by drying up and diverting the Euphrates, the city was destroyed suddenly, almost overnight. The far view is the Babylon of the end-time ages—the whole worldwide system of economy, politics, and religion—which will also come under the wrath of God and be suddenly and totally destroyed. Les then moves in the same line of thinking to Daniel 2 and Nebuchadnezzar’s dream.
Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
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What is the near and far fulfillment of Babylon's fall in Jeremiah 51:8?
In Jeremiah 51:8, the statement that Babylon has suddenly fallen has both a near fulfillment in ancient Babylon's fall to the Medes and Persians and a far fulfillment in the destruction of end-time Babylon.