A recent report on the BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation, website mentioned that thousands of Shiite Muslims from the United Kingdom have visited the Shia holy sites in Iraq even though the situation is dangerous for foreign visitors in war-torn Iraq.
The Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala are home to some of the most sacred shrines of the Shia branch of Islam and they are leading centers for scholars of Islamic theology. To Jews and Christians there are remains of biblically significant locations in Iraq as well including the cities of Nineveh, Ur of the Chaldeas, and the age old city of Babylon.
Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News
The draw of sacred holy sites for Muslims, Jews, and Christians in Iraq is a precursor to a time when one of these holy sites will be the leading city on earth, that is according to Bible prophecy. As the war-torn nation of Iraq endeavours to conquer and subdue the insurgents, elect its national leadership and rebuild its nation there are plans already in place for marketing the holy sites of Iraq to the religious-minded in our world today.
In the Shia Muslim world their holiest sites and most scholarly scholars are located in two cities that have been at the center of intense conflict during the last three years, that would be Najaf and Karbala. Ur of the Chaldeas, birthplace of Abraham, is a revered site to the Jewish world and Babylon has a history that is part of Judaism's 4,000 year old history. In fact, Babylon will play a role in the End Times scenario in our world in what could be the very near future.
Babylon, a city that has been on the shores of the Euphrates River for 4,500 years, will be the international headquarters for the one-world, economic, political, governmental system of the Antichrist, that is according to Bible prophecy found in Revelation 18. The ancient Jewish prophet Jeremiah in chapters 50 and 51 reveals that Babylon will be destroyed, and then according to Revelation chapters 16 and 18, Jesus Christ will return to the earth.
Iraq's rebuilding today will prepare Babylon to attract the world to its leadership in a future tomorrow. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.
