I get unsolicited phone calls and emails all the time, but yesterday\u2019s was a first. While I was out of the office, someone I don\u2019t know called my work number and left a voicemail saying that she urgently wants to talk with me about\u2026the whore of Babylon.<\/p>\n
Part of me feels that perhaps this is a Republican voter who just noticed for the first time that there is a striking resemblance between this depiction of the Roman Empire found in the Bible\u2019s Book of Revelation and the United States in the present day. If so, she might need encouragement to continue thinking along those lines.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve nonetheless decided not to return the call. But let me share some things that on that topic, including some blog posts that I\u2019ve written previously that relate to this topic. First, Rachel Held Evans wrote<\/a>: \u201cAmerica\u2019s no ancient Babylon or Rome, I know that. But America\u2019s no kingdom of God either.\u201d<\/p>\n Revelation 17 played a decisive role in changing my entire approach to the Book of Revelation:<\/p>\n