Changes need to happen for the Toronto Blue Jays

The Toronto Blue Jays spent big during the offseason they acquired NL CY Young Award winner RA Dickey, Middle rotation starter Mark Buerhle, all star shortstop Jose Reyes as well as other deals. The Blue Jays were supposed to be contenders. Many predicted the blue Jays would win at least 90 games and at the worst be a wildcard team. As of this writing Toronto is 9 games under 500 and is a whopping 14.5 games behind first place and 9.5 games behind a wildcard spot. So it is safe to say the Jays are not going to be going anywhere this year. That is surprising because on paper the Jays are better than this. Toronto has one of the top offenses in the American League but the pitching has been horrible this year. Toronto needs to make some changes to finish 2013 on a high note and get ready to finally make a run in 2014. Here are some changes that I think Toronto needs to make.

The first change that needs to be made is pitching. RA was not expected to win 20 games again but many including myself predicted he would win at least 15 games. So far this season RA has had some good games but he has an 8-11 record. Buerhle was supposed to be the middle rotation guy and he got off to an awful start but the past two months Buerhle has been pitching good. After RA and Buerhle the rotation is a mess. Johnson has been horrible at 1-7, Rogers has gotten hit hard in his past 4 starts. The rest of the rotation has been emergency starters. Toronto does have some pitchers coming back. Drabek and Happ should be returning and that might help. But Toronto needs to get some pitching. Toronto needs to add number #3 type starters. Drabek and Happ could be good but they are coming off of injuries. Romero is still in the minor leagues working on his mechanics.

The second change that needs to be made is coaching. Gibbons has clearly not communicated with his players. When the Jays went on an 11 game winning streak I thought they would go on a run the rest of the season. After the 11 game win streak Toronto dropped 11 out of the next 14 games. Gibbons was fired once for not communicating with his players. The Toronto dugout looks lost at times. Gibbons has talented players that can win but for some reason they are not getting the message. The second coaching job that needs to happen is the pitching coach. As much as I like Pete Walker the rotation has been a mess it seems like the pitchers are not getting what walker is telling them. When the rotation becomes a mess the pitching coach needs to find out what is wrong. So far Walker  has not been communicating with his pitchers and it has been showing.

Toronto’s top brass needs to make some changes if they are going to be contenders or at least finish 2013 on a high note. The Jays do have a lot of good players. Some fans have been calling for RA to go but he has had some good games. RA being a knuckle ball pitcher will have good games but their will be times were hitters sit on his knuckle ball. Buerhle has been pitching good since June. The Jay’s bullpen has been good but I wonder if it is starting to get overused.  What I think is wrong with this team is it has no direction mostly due to bad coaching

steroids in baseball and what baseball could do

Steroid use is a huge problem in all sports. One sport that gets the most attention is Major League Baseball for several reasons. First it is the second most popular sport in America just slightly behind Football. Second its a 6 month season, not including the playoffs, and third lot of records have been broken by athletes on steroids. However, baseball does not have the most players on steroids even during the steroid era. Sports with higher abusers include the Olympics, UCF also known as the Octagon, football, hockey and professional wrestling the later having the most abusers even during the steroid era of baseball.

During the Steroid era in baseball which most baseball analysis place between the years 1990-2004. During that 14 year span, Roger Marris’s  single season home run record was broken by Sosa and McGuire in 1998. Only for McGuire’s record to be broken 3 years later by Barry Bonds. The home runs were up as more players were hitting over 40 home runs. Baseball has always had power hitters but more players were hitting home runs than before. However major league baseball in 2005 started drug testing and a few years after that baseball started suspending players with the toughest penalties seen in all American sports.  1st offense 50 games suspended without pay, 2nd offense 100 games without pay, 3rd offense kicked out of the game.

But despite the harsh penalties they are some players that still cheat. Their is also a new dilemma lot of the players that were known to be using steroids during the steroid era are now able  to appear on the Hall of fame Ballot. The dilemma is what do, does players like McGuire, Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Roger Clemens and others deserve to be considered for the hall of fame? Another question is what to do about their records should baseball recognize McGuire and Bonds for their home run records or should the be erased. Another question is what to do about current cheaters. Right now they are two players that have been linked to using steroids over the past two years. Ryan Braun and Alex Rodriguez. Braun is an interesting case cause he won the MVP in 2011 only to be busted for using steroids then getting off the hook due to the lab corp tampering with the evidence. Now Braun is still linked to steroids and A-rod who admitted he juiced during the steroid era is linked to them. Baseball and a lot of the players want tougher penalties. But i have a solution to the steroid problem

the first of my solution to the dilemma concerning the hall of fame is this:

The home run Record should stand at 61, the most career home runs should stand at 755.  Bonds and McGuire’s records should be erased. In fact they should be banned from appearing on the hall of fame ballot. I think all players that have used steroids should have their stats erased like they never played the game. Sosa, Bods, McGuire, Clemens, Consenco and others should be erased from the game and all awards they won stripped. I also think they do not deserve to be in the hall of fame. Another dilemma is if you ban these guys what about Pete Rose. What Rose did was wrong, but if baseball is going to let the juicers appear on the hall of fame ballot t hen it is time to let Rose appear. But my opinion is that steroid users should be banned from the game

The second solution would be a tougher penalty system it is already tough, but they are still a few that cheat. What I would like to see is 1st offense 100 game suspension, second offense all records, stats, erased and banned from the game

Concerning the Bruan case, Braun should be stripped of his MvP and his states for the past two years erased. If I was commissioner of baseball I would try my hardest to get the known cheaters records erased and not appear in the hall of fame ballot.

The Home runs hit in a year would still stand at 61

Hank Aaron would still hold the most career home runs at 755

Baseball has gotten better on suspending steroid users, however they are some things that could be done to make it better and to send a message to players you cheat you lose

America’s Costliest Tropical Storms

This is a list of America’s most destructive storms. The USA territories of Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands are included. Also the state of Hawaii is included. Damage is in American Dollars. * means the storm was a major storm at one time in its lifetime (category 3 or higher). Note a lot of storms also impacted other countries but I will only list their American landfalls and the damage they did to just America.

1. *Katrina- (2005) $100 Billion. Katrina made landfalls in Louisiana and Mississippi as a category 3 hurricane with winds of 125 mph. Katrina also made landfall in Florida as an 80 mph category 1 hurricane.  Katrina at its peak had been a category 5 hurricane with winds up to 175 mph

2. *Sandy (2012) $70 Billion. Sandy made landfall in New Jersey as a 90 mph category 1 hurricane, though some sources state that Sandy was sub-tropical when it made landfall. Sandy had been a category 3 hurricane at its peak with winds up to 115 mph

3. *Ike (2008) $32 Billion. Ike made landfall in Texas as a category 2 hurricane with winds up to 110 mph. Ike was at category 4 hurricane at its peak  with winds up to 145 mph

4. *Andrew (1992) $26.50 Billion. Andrew made landfall in Florida as a category 5 hurricane with 165 mph, which was the storms peak. Andrew also made landfall in Louisiana with 115 mph winds as a category 3 hurricane

5. * Wilma (2005) $20.60 Billion. Wilma made landfall in Florida as a category 3 hurricane with winds at 125 mph. Wilma  had been a category 5 at its peak with winds up to 185 mph

6 *Charley (2004) $17.50 Billion. Charley made landfall in Florida as a category 4 hurricane with winds at 145 mph, which was the storm’s peak intensity. Charley also made landfall in South Carolina as a category 1 hurricane

7. *Ivan (2004) $17 Billion. Ivan made landfalls in Florida and Alabama as a category 3 hurricane with winds up to 120 mph. Ivan at its peak had been a category 5 hurricane with winds up to 165 mph

8. *Irene(2011) $14 Billion. Irene made landfall in North Carolina as a 90 mph category 1 hurricane, then New Jersey as a 75 mph category 1 hurricane. Irene at its peak had been a category 3 hurricane with winds up to 115 mph

9. *Rita (2005) $12 Billion. Rita made landfall in Louisiana as a 115 mph category 3 hurricane. Rita at its peak was a category 5 hurricane with winds up to 180 mph

10 * Hugo (1989) $10 Billion. Hugo made landfall in Puerto Rico as 125 mph category 3 hurricane, then it made landfall in South Carolina as a 140 mph category 4 hurricane. Hugo at its peak had been a category 5 hurricane with winds of 160 mph

11. *Frances (2004) $9 Billion. Frances made landfall in Florida as a category 2 hurricane with winds up 105 mph. Frances had been a 145 mph category 4 hurricane at its peak

12.* Jeanne (2004) $7 Billion. Jeanne made landfall in Florida at peak strength which was a 120 mph category 3 hurricane

13. Allison (2001) $5.5 Billion. Allison was only a tropical storm at peak strength but it caused severe flooding damage in Texas were it made landfall as 60 mph tropical storm

14.* Isabel (2003) $5 Billion. Isabel made landfall in North Carolina and Virginia as a 105 mph category 2 hurricane. Isabel had been a 165 mph category 5 hurricane at its peak

15. *Georges (1998) $5 Billion. Georges made landfalls in Puerto Rico as a 110 mph category 2 hurricane and later Mississippi as a 105 mph Category 2 hurricane. At its peak Georges was a 155 mph category 4 hurricane

16. *Gustav (2008) $4.8 Billion. Gustav made landfall in Louisiana as a 105 mph category 2 hurricane. Gustav at its peak was a 150 mph category 4 hurricane

17. *Floyd (1999) $4.40 Billion. Floyd made landfall in North Carolina as a 105 mph category 2 hurricane. Floyd at its peak was a 155 mph category 4 hurricane

18. *Opal (1995) $3.90 Billion. Opal made landfall in Florida as a 120 mph category 3 hurricane. Opal at its peak was a 150 mph category 4 hurricane

19. *Fran (1996) $3.30 Billion Fran made landfall in North Carolina at peak strength which was a 120 mph category 3 hurricane

20. * Alicia (1983) $3 Billion. Alicia made landfall in Texas at peak strength which was a 115 mph category 3 hurricane

21. *Frederic (1979) $2.4 Billion. Frederic made landfall in Alabama as a 125 mph category 3 hurricane. Frederic had been a 135 mph category 4 hurricane at its peak

22. Isaac (2012) $2.3 Billion. Isaac made landfall in Louisiana at its peak which was an 80 mph category 1 hurricane

23. *Dennis (2005) $2.3 Billion  Dennis made landfall in Florida as a 120 mph category 3 hurricane. Dennis at its peak was a 150 mph category 4 hurricane

24. * Iniki (1992) $2.2 Billion. Inki made landfall in Hawaii at peak strength as a 135 mph category 4 hurricane

25. *Luis (1995) $2 Billion. Luis impacted the United States Virgin islands as a 135 mph category 4 hurricane, its winds at its peak were 145 mph

26. Agnes (1972) $2 Billion. Agnes made landfall in Florida at its peak which was an 85 mph category 1 hurricane, then Agnes made landfall in New  York as a tropical storm

27. *Marilyn (1995) $1.7 Billion. Marilyn made landfall as a 100 mph category 2 hurricane in the United States Virgin Islands. Marilyn at its peak was an 115 mph category 3 hurricane

28. *Bob (1991) $1.5 Billion Bob made landfall in New England as a 105 mph category 2 hurricane. At its peak Bob was a 115 mph category 3 hurricane

29. Juan (1985) $1.5 Billion. Juan made landfall in Louisiana at peak strength as a 85 mph category 1 hurricane

30. *Camille (1969) $1.45 Billion. Camille made landfall in Mississippi at peak strength which was a 190 mph category 5 hurricane

31. *Betsy (1965) $1.45 Billion. Betsy made landfall in Florida as a 120 mph category 3 hurricane, then Louisiana as a 135 mph category 4 hurricane. Betsy was a 155 mph category 4 hurricane at its peak

32. Dolly (2008) $1.4 Billion. Dolly made landfall in Texas as a 100 mph category 2 hurricane which was its peak strength

33. *Elena (1985) $1. 3 Billion. Elena made landfall in Mississippi at peak strength which was a 125 mph category 3 hurricane

34. Lee (2011) $ 1 Billion. Lee made landfall in Louisiana at its peak which was a 70 mph tropical storm. Lee caused a lot of flood damage

35. *Lili (2002) $1 Billion. Lili made landfall in Louisiana as a 90 mph category 1 hurricane. Lili at its peak had been a 145 mph category 4 hurricane

36. *Bonnie (1998) $1 Billion made landfall in North Carolina as a 110 mph category 2 hurricane, it had been a 115 mph category 3 hurricane at its peak

37. *Gloria (1985) $1 Billion. Gloria made landfall in North Carolina as a 110 mph category 2 hurricane then New York as a 100 mph category 2 hurricane. Gloria at its peak had been a 145 mph category 4 hurricane

38. *Allen (1980) $1 Billion. Allen made landfall in Texas as a 115 mph category 3 hurricane. Allen at its peak had been a 190 mph category 5 hurricane

39. * Celia (1970) $930 Million, Celia made landfall in Texas at peak strength which was a 125 mph category 3 hurricane

40. * Donna (1960) $900 Million, Donna made landfalls in Florida as a 140 mph category 4 hurricane,  North Carolina as a 110 mph category 2 hurricane, and New England as a 100 mph category 2 hurricane. Donna at its peak had been a 160 mph category 5 hurricane

41. Irene (1999) $ 800 Million  Irene made landfall in Florida as a 85 mph category 1 hurricane. At its peak Irene was a 110 mph category 2 hurricane

42. Alberto (1994) $775 Million  Alberto made landfall in Florida as a 65 mph tropical storm which was its peak. Alberto caused lots of flood damage

43. *Diane (1955) $755 Million, Diane made landfall in North Carolina as a 80 mph category 1 hurricane. At its peak Diane was a 120 mph category 3 hurricane

44. Erin (1995) $750 Million. Erin made two landfalls in Florida the first one was as a 85 mph category 1 hurricane, the second one was at its peak which was a 100 mph category 2 hurricane

45. * Kate (1985) $750 Million. Kate made landfall in in Florida as a 105 mph category 2 hurricane. Kate was a 115 mph category 3 hurricane at its peak

46. Fay (2008) $580 million. Fay made 4 landfalls in Florida at its peak which was a 70 mph tropical storm

47. *Eloise (1975) $580 Million. Eloise made landfall in Florida at its peak which was a 120 mph category 3 hurricane

48. Allison (1989) $500 Million. Allison made landfall in Texas at its peak which was a 60 mph tropical storm.

49. Carol (1954) $460 Million. Carol made landfall in New England at its peak which was a 115 mph category 3 hurricane

50. Hazel (1954) $420 million. Hazel, made landfall in South and North Carolina at its peak which was a 150 mph category 4 hurricane

 

 

 

Are the Colorado Rockies contenders

It is the wild wild west concerning the National League West Race all five teams are technically still in it. What of the teams that nobody expected to do much accept for hit home runs is the Colorado Rockies. As of this writing the Rockies are 45-50 and 5.5 games back of first place. The Rockies last year did not win their 45th game till August in what would be a disastrous 64-98 season. So the Rockies are better than last year. Right now the Rockies are on pace to go 78-84 while that might not be too pretty, it is a 14 game improvement from last year. The Fans still grumble but this team has improved. But the question rises are the Rockies Contenders.

The Rockies mathematically are still in the thick of the race  and so far nobody has really run away with the division yet. However, the Rockies have some issues that could ruin their chances of contending. The Colorado Rockies have some pitching this year but they still have some issues. The Top three starters Chatwood, Chacin, and Rosa have ERA’s under 4.00 and have gone 22-12 so far this year. That is a huge improvement from last year were no starter had a winning record. The back end of the rotation has been the Rockies downfall this year. Juan Nicasio looked good and showed promise in his last start boosting his record to 5-4 and lowering  his ERA. The 5th starting spot has been bad for the Rockies this year. The #5 starters have gone 6-18 this year. The fifth starters have included Garland (4-6) 5+ ERA, Francis (2-5) 6 ERA, OsWalt (0-4) 7.5 ERA, and Pomeranz (0-3) 8 ERA. Also a problem for the Rockies has been middle relief. The Rockies acquired Lopez to pitch the 6 and 7th innings and to be a solid middle reliever. So far Lopez has blown 7 games this year and has been horrible. Scahill another middle reliever has been awful too. The Rest of the bullpen has been okay

Offensive wise the Rockies have shined as they are in the top 5 in home runs hit and runs scored. However the Offense despite being a league leader has at times been all swing or nothing. The Rockies offense is built to hit home runs and hit them and bunches which they have done. However, the Rockies offense has also produced a lot of strike outs and sometimes they beat themselves at the plate. The Rockies despite their slump will score and at the end of the year will probably still be in the top 5 in runs scored. But the Rockies need to realize they do not need to hit home runs all the time to score.

On the Bench the Rockies do not have a lot of players. Eric Young Junior was hitting just 200 which is not good considering he played half of his games at Coors and thus he was traded away. Helton has had some good hits but Helton is not the 300 clutch hitter he once was. Pacheco hits but if he does not get any playing time he gets rusty. Colvin has been awful hitting 160 this year. The Rockies do not have a good bench and their really isn’t a guy on the bench that terrifies opposing teams late game pitchers.

So The Rockies have three good starters, a line up that can hit home runs in bunches and will score but also messes themselves up with strike outs. The Rockies have an empty bench. The Rockies need to win the West to get into the playoff’s cause unless something happens the Central division will likely send 3 teams to the playoff’s. Anything can happen in the second half, but it looks like the two wildcard spots will come from the Central. So that means the Rockies need to play strong in the second half to win. If they can do that then they are contenders. If not then what you have is an improving team but not contenders.

Fans should not expect the Rockies to be solid contenders but at the same time the fans have every reason to be angry with the front office for getting this team in last years mess. Still, if the Rockies avoid 90 loses finish close to 500 then that would be a huge improvement for a team last year that almost lost 100 games. The Rockies have talent and they have the talent to win this division since it may only take 85 games to win this division or less. As long as nobody runs away with it and if the Rockies play good they have a shot. Still this has been a fun team to watch at times

What is wrong with the Toronto Blue Jays

After the Blue Jays made noise before the 2013 season be getting RA, Buehrle, Johnson, and Reyes many people including myself expected the Blue Jays to be contenders. At the worst they would come just short but have a winning record. Toronto was supposed to have the best rotation with RA, Buehrle, Johnson, Marrow or Happ and Romero being the 5th starter. Toronto was also supposed to be an offensive powerhouse. So, what has happened that is a puzzling question as of this writing Toronto stands at 44-48 12 games out of first and 8 games out of a wild card spot. Now, with around 67-70 games left a lot can happen. If the Jays are going to contend they need a very strong second half. However the main question is what is wrong with Toronto.

The answer lies in the starting Rotation. RA has had some good games and some bad ones, he is 8-10 not quite what the Jays were expecting. RA probably wasn’t going to win 20 games this year like he did last year but he was supposed to be the #1 starter and so far he hasn’t though he has had better games recently. Buehrle was supposed to be the solid starter that ate up innings and kept the team in ball games. So far Buehrle has not been the starter he normally is going 5-6 with an elevated ERA and he has been hittable this year. Johnson has been inconsistent, Marrow has been hurt. Romero was supposed to be the 5th starter, instead he has had to go back to the minors to work on mechanics. Happ has also been hurt. So Toronto has had different starters it seems like in the 4th and 5th spots.

The second answer is inconsistency. Toronto started off horrible then had a better May, then went on a losing streak again. The next thing Toronto won 11 games in a row moving up to 3rd place and getting above 500. Since the 11 game winning streak Toronto has gone 3-7 since then. Toronto needs to get more consistent if they are going to be contenders. Being in the East losing streaks can be brutal and can determine how a season will go.

The third answer lies in the offense. The offense has been this clubs strength as Toronto is in the top 5 in home runs hit and runs scored. However sometimes the offense has not shown up. Most of Toronto’s hitters swing for the fences that equals runs scored and lots of home runs. However, it also means a high number of strike outs. The hitters would be good to not swing for the fences all the time. Home runs are nice and this team will hit home runs in bunches, but when the home runs are not coming sometimes the bats go cold.

Could the answer be in the manager? Sometimes it seems that way they are times were Gibbons acts like a manager other times one has to wonder if he is connecting with the players. Remember Gibbons was fired a few years ago for not communicating and connecting with the players. I think the second half will be what is used to judge Gibbons. If the Jays can get back in the race and make things interesting then I think Gibbons job is safe. If the Jays continue to have ups and downs then their might be some changes as the front office did not spend this money to be 12 games back and under 500.

So, Toronto has the talent to get back in the race, but the Blue Jays need to be more consistent and limit losing streaks if they are going to contend. The pitching needs to come together and the big three RA, Buehrle, and Johnson need to pitch like the pitched last year. The offense needs to not rely on the long ball so many times.

Who could be Babylon that the Bible mentions in Revelation

I will admit I’m no bible scholar but I am a Christian and I study the bible.

Their is a debate among Christians that has been going on for Centuries. The debate is who is the great white harlot of Babylon that the Apostle John mentions in Revelation. Many Scholars have different theories. The book of Revelation describes that future times and whoever the Harlot is will be like the ancient cities of Babylon and Rome. I will first be starting off with Babylon.  During the Chaldean or Babylonian Empire Babylon was the central city of the Empire. The Babylonians at their peak controlled much of Central and Western Asia. Babylon was the center of it, with trade, wealth, military power, and it was known for its beauty. However Babylon had a lot of immoral going on inside of it. In Babylon their was greed, sorcery, idol worship, killings, sexual immorality and other bad stuff. The prophet Danial said   that Babylon would be destroyed.  After Daniel made this prophesy the Persians destroyed Babylon. The result was Babylon was never a powerful nation or city again. Rome during the Apostles time was the commercial center of the Roman Empire. At its Peak the Roman Empire had conquered the whole world. Its Empire stretched from North Africa to Modern France, and expanded well into Asia. Rome like Babylon had a lot of bad stuff, their was paganism, sorcery, idol worship, some cults that lived in the Northern empire even did human sacrifice, adultery, sexual immorality, mass killings of Jews and Christians. John used these two cities to describe what would happen.

Now the second half of Revelation tell us what will happen. Their will be a powerful nation that has influence on a world system (NWO). The Bible tell us that the leader of this organization and/or Nation will be the Beast. The Beast will have a false prophet. People will be led into believing the false prophet. The Nations will love the beast and he will make them feel secure. However the bible tells us that the Beast is of the devil. He will then make people have a mark (probably a card in today’s times the bible doesn’t say) to buy or sell. He will then start to mass murder the Jews and Christians (like Rome Did). The bible tell us that he will gather an army over 200 million to attack the nation of Israel. This is interesting cause After AD 70 Israel did not exists, but earlier prophesies said Israel would become a Nation again never to be driven out again. In 1948 Israel became a nation again. Back in John’s time a 200 million army was impossible. In today’s time it would be easy with close to 200 nations that exists in the world today. The Bible tells us that these nations invading Israel will suffer a huge defeat. After that we learn nations rebel against the Beast. In the mean time people have been led astray by the Great Harlot of Babylon as what the nation and organization that produces the beast is. Jesus says Come out of her my people.

The book of revelation tells us that this wealthy power will be destroyed Just like Babylon and Rome were, whoever the Harlot of Babylon is, she will never be a power, no longer be wealthy, never be the same again, and Revelation hints that people may never live or be tied to Babylon again. The Bible tells us that people will mourn and weep over Babylon’s destruction. We also learn that despite this mankind will not repent. So the question that is often asked who is Babylon.

They are three answers I get the most and that scholars have wrote the most about so I will be covering them.

The first is Babylon is the United States of America. Scholars who believe this, point out that America is a world superpower, is the wealthiest nation on earth is a military power, and has great influence on the United Nations. Scholars also point out that Babylon sits on 7 mountains, while some say the Mountains are kingdoms. Well they are 7 mountain chains in the USA: Appalachians, Ozarks, Rockies, Sierra, Cascades, the Black Hills, and the Alaskan Range. Scholars also point out that the United States is not mentioned in the Bible, but Europe, Africa and Asia are. Religious leaders also talk about how America started and what it has become. America when first started the leaders believed in God (most of them), the settlers believed in God, God was allowed in Government and public life. But over time Americans committed slavery, human trafficking,, While Slavery has been outlawed since 1862 in America. Religious Leaders point out, how their is human trafficking that goes on, murder, greed, idol worship in the form of money, idolatry, sexual immorality, we have taken God out of our public lives as a nation, our government has taken God out, we have also armed Israel’s enemies such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Arabia, Syria and Egypt. Plus the United States has great influence on the UN and the UN influences America. As a super Power lot of the world is tied to America when America’s economy is in recession so is the world.However, some scholars point out America can’t be Babylon because it is not mentioned in the Bible. This offers two views, one is America will be destroyed, or another power will rise and take its place as a super power.

The Second, is Babylon is the Roman Catholic Church. This theory was made popular by Jack Chick of Chick publications. He claims that the RCM is Babylon cause all nations are tied to her through priests and that the Pope influences all nations. and the Vatican though independent is near Rome which sets on 7 hills. Chick claims that the Catholic church came out of the pagan religions in Ancient Babylon and Rome and has deceived many. Chick’s idea has influence a lot of evangelists and some continue to preach that the RCM is Babylon.

The third and one of more common theories is Babylon is the United Nations. Now this might make some sense because majority of nations are tied to the UN. they are over 170 members in the UN so that is over 85% of the world’s countries. The UN makes treaties and if the country’s law makers approve they become laws of the land. Here is something that is interesting the UN hates Israel. The book of Revelation claims that the Great Harlot hates Israel and will form an army to attack it but will be defeated. The UN could easily get over 200 million that John mentions. Also the past 10 years the UN seems to want to rule the Word. The first being the carbon tax or global warming treaty. The UN a few years ago tried to get poorer nations to cut their industries and return the UN would give them food and if they didn’t they would have to pay a higher tax for their carbons. Another treaty is their gun treaty. This treaty would regulate weapon sells to countries and it can regulate countries gun laws. What is ironic is one of the writers of this treat is Iran who has said they want to destroy Israel. The UN two years ago said they wanted to create an Order of Security, many saw this as the precursor to the New World Order. We also have learned that the UN does not seem to be helping Christians struggling in Countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran were Christians are often executed for their faith. Another thing people who think it is the UN points out that the UN has world currencies that it recognizes the Dollar, Euro, Ruble, and Paso in the world money bank.

My take

Here is my opinion I do not know who Babylon is and I think maybe we are not supposed to know till the time comes. But what I do know is that Jesus is coming back for his people who accept him as their Savior. We know that before Christ returns nations will be against nations, evil will be called good and good will be called evil. Kind of like it is now. Nobody knows when Christ will return it could a few years from know or centuries. Babylon could already be here or it may be revealed later on. I really do not know who or what is Babylon. The theories I covered are NOT my theories these three theories are the ones that come up the most.

As Bad as things are we do have hope if we accept Jesus as our savior and repent we become knew creatures and we get to enter the promise land. What is also known is some of the prophecies in the Book of Revelation or coming true