Scholars Crossing LBTS Faculty Publications and Presentations 1998 Do the Prophets Teach That Babylonia Will Be Rebuilt in the Eschaton Homer Heater Liberty University,
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[email protected]. JETS 41/1 (March 1998) 23-43 DO THE PROPHETS TEACH THAT BABYLONIA WILL BE REBUILT IN THE ESCHATON? HOMER HEATER, JR.* Dispensationalists have traditionally argued that "Babylon" in Revela tion 14 and chaps. 17-18 is a symbol indicating some form of reestablished Rome. * In recent days a renewed interest has been shown in the idea that the ancient empire of Babylonia and city of Babylon will be rebuilt.2 This conclusion comes from a reading of the prophets—Isaiah and Jeremiah