Behold he [Peter] received the keys of the kingdom of heaven, the power of binding and loosing is committed to him

Behold he [Peter] received the keys of the kingdom of heaven, the power of binding and loosing is committed to him. Babylon is pictured in Revelation 17—18 as the source of ungodly religion, government, and economics. Virtually all unrighteous, end-time aspects of society derived from a Babylonian source. The true character of Babylon is revealed to John in Revelation 17:5 as a mystery that is exposed.   “BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH” As the mother of all false religion, Babylon is the source from which arises false Christianity in our own day and certainly during the tribulation. All the streams of apostate Christianity—Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodox, and Liberal Protestantism—will converge into ecclesiastical Babylon (Revelation 17) during the tribulation.  Dr. Dyer tells us, “In Revelation 17, John describes a vision with two parts. The first part of the vision is a woman identified as ‘Babylon.’ She is a city of extreme wealth that controls ‘peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages’ (Revelation 17:5, 15). She is the literal rebuilt city of Babylon.” 5 These will all continue their deceptive roles, but will experience God’s judgment during and at the end of the tribulation. The same opinion and destiny are noted in Revelation 18 of commercial Babylon.   Here, Babylon is described figuratively to mean all self-centered governments, businesses, and religions on the globe. The woman that you saw is the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth. The prostitute is also called Mystery Babylon, or Babylon the Great.   Who is the chosen one of Babylon? At the conclusion of his first letter, Peter says, “The chosen one [Peter] at Babylon sends you greeting, as does Mark, my son” (1 Pet. 5:13).   Is the church ready to meet their maker, afraid to speak the truth, stand away from the ones with righteous, afraid that you are not going to be loved, and kissing everybody ass needs to be clean? I don't care about being special to you; as long as I'm special to God, that wouldn't matter, and believe me, how you feel about me, how I feel about you—no,  I'm not going to kiss yours when you have a mouthful of mine. It's a lineage of people, and if they become my enemies, I have to show them love. But Jesus never kissed his enemies and never forgot who pierced him. Neither will I. The love you showed me is the love I show you back in return.