Hello John and Doves,
With the 250th anniversary coming up on July 4th, I
wanted to write a letter about the Statue of Liberty.
Maybe there is no connection to the Revelation 17
woman that sits on the scarlet beast...but the Statue of
Liberty sits in the harbor of a now Muslim controlled city -
a great American city. A city of great power and
wealth. And there is a very large Jewish population in
NYC - over 2 million. Tel Aviv has near 3 million.. A
city (or megalopolis) that may be Mystery Babylon.
Gary Stearman of Prophecy Watchers believes NYC/NYC
megalopolis or the eastern seaboard (which includes NYC,
D.C. etc.) is a good candidate for Mystery Babylon.
I have not read anything by R.A. Coombes in a long
time - but I came across this article by him. He makes
some interesting comparisons.
In The Revelation, chapter 17, there is a description
of a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which has seven heads
and ten horns; the woman is dressed in purple and scarlet
who is adorned with gold, precious stones, pearls and in her
hand is a golden cup that is "full of abominations and
filthiness of her fornication." Revelation 17:4
On her forehead is written "Mystery Babylon the Great, the
mother of harlots and abominations of the earth." She
was drunk - drunk with the blood of martyrs. The ten
horns are ten kings that give their authority to one of the
seven heads/kings. This 'one of the seven kings'
becomes THE eighth king. The ten kings "have one
mind/purpose, and shall give their power and strength unto
the beast (THE eighth king). Rev 17:13 These ten
horns/kings "hate the whore and shall make her desolate and
naked, and shall eat her flesh and burn her with
fire." Rev. 17:16 God puts it into their hearts
"to fulfil His will and to agree and give their kingdom unto
the beast (THE eighth king)..." Rev 17:17 The
woman "which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth
over the kings of the earth." Rev. 17:18 The kings of
the world have committed fornication with her and the
merchants have become rich through the extravagance of her
luxury. She glorified herself and lived in luxury
saying she will 'sit a queen' and never see sorrow.
Plagues will come in one day - death, mourning and famine -
she will be utterly burned.
Here are some interesting
tidbits about this statue:
The Statue of Liberty is a colossal sculpture of a
robed woman wearing a crown. This statue was inspired
by the Roman goddess of liberty Libertas. She is an
icon of freedom and democracy and a historical
representation of the United States. A landmark
of huge significance. A beacon of hope and liberty.
This statue was originally intended to represent a
female Egyptian peasant - that was based on Colossues of
Rhodes - one the Wonders of the World. The Arab
peasant girl morphed into a colossal goddess of Egypt.
This statue was to rival the Colossus of sun-god Helios that
was said to have straddled the harbor of Rhodes - one of the
Great Wonders of the World.
She was initially an 'idea' by the French creator
Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi. For Egypt. An early
model was called "Egypt carrying the Light to Asia".
It was to be a 180 foot tall lighthouse built at Port Said
to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal. But Egypt
said it was too expensive. She was to stand at the
entrance to the Suez Canal, in the Mediterranean Sea.
She was to be draped in traditional garb. With no
crown on her head and a torch in her hand.
When Egypt refused the colossus, she
was 'repurposed' for the U.S. as a woman holding a blazing
torch renamed 'Liberty, Enlightening the World'. She
still had the torch, but a crown was added with seven
spikes. The French people paid for her construction.
The head, arm and exterior were built by Gaget, Gauthier
& Co. The pylon tower was built at Gutave
Eifffel's factory (of Eiffel tower fame). The
pedestal was paid for by donations in America. Ten
years before the statue came to the U.S. - her arm and torch
came to America and was displayed at the Centennial
Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876 at Madison Square
Park. The statue was assembled in France and then
disassembled for shipment. Each piece was assigned a
number or figure to precisely line up with adjacent
pieces. And then the pieces could be riveted together.
The rest of the 350 pieces arrived in New York
Harbor on June 17, 1885. 214 wooden crates with 350
pieces of copper and iron. A huge pedestal had
to be built. Donations were collected from the public
and in five months $101,091 had been collected from some
160,000 donors with 75% of the donations less than a
dollar. The pedestal was built on Bedloe's Island
which later in 1956 became Liberty Island in Upper New York
Bay/New York Harbor. Then in October 1886 the statue
was finished. It took four months to put her back
together. There was a huge celebration on land and sea
with some 1 million spectators. She became known as "The
Statue of Liberty". Governor of New York, Grover
Cleveland presided over the dedication ceremony. There
is a huge ticker tape parade.
Her nose if 3 feet, 8 inches and her eyes are 2 feet,
6 inches.
She is covered in a layer of copper - its about the
thickness of two pennies. Underneath she is cast iron
and stainless steel. Initially, she was a shiny
reddish-brown gold color (like a penny). Her
outer skin was made of 300 copper sheets.
She is owned by the federal government and maintained
by the National Park Service.
She holds a tablet in her left hand that reads "July
IV MDCCLXXVI" the date of the signing of the
Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. Her right
hand holds the torch - people, at one time, could climb up
into the torch. Her crown has seven spikes that
symbolize the seven continents and seven seas and the rays
of the sun. At her feet is a broken chain and shackles.
It was made with 31 tons of copper. Over time, due to
pollution, the salt air, weathering, she began to change
colors. She initially turned a pink color; Bartholdi
thought she would turn a dark red - as the copper oxidized it developed a layer of
cuprite - a pinkish-red mineral that made her look
rosy. The cuprite continued to oxidize and turned
black so it became a darker brown. By 1910 she was half
copper-colored and half blue-green...then by 1920, with the
formation of brochantite, antlerite and atacamite, she
turned fully a patina green. Like an old penny. They
thought about painting her but that would entail painting
her every 25 years and that was costly. The public
wanted her to be her 'natural' color. This patina is
called "verdigris" - it actually protects the metal from
corroding and degrading.
The torch has been damaged over time - weather,
numerous remakes and an explosion on Black Tom Island on
July 30, 1916. And its undergone numerous 'renovations' and
upgrades. From glass windows, to projectors, a
lighting system, etc. German spies set off explosives in a
munitions depot - blowing out windows as far away as Times
Square - and the explosion destroyed the island.
Shrapnel hit her arm and the torch. This wasn't
repaired until 1984...the torch was replaced and covered
with 24 karat gold leaf. The original torch is on
display at the Inspiration Gallery of the Statue of Liberty
Museum. The public still cannot climb to the torch.
The statue is 151 feet tall. 305 feet including
the pedestal. There are 215 steps from the lobby to
the top of the pedestal. The statue faces
southeast. To climb to her crown, there are 377 steps
to get to the 25 windows. She sways with the wind - up
to three inches in any direction. The torch can sway
five inches.
It functioned as a lighthouse from 1886 to 1906 but
the light was not strong enough to guide ships safely so the
lighthouse part was closed in 1906.
The Statue of Liberty has been hit by lightning every
year since it was assembled. Some estimate she's been
hit 600 times.
It was Thomas Edison that suggested installing a giant
gramaphone inside her so she could "speak" - the idea was
rejected.
In 1903 a plaque was placed in the pedestal "The New
Colossus".
In 1976 at the American Bicentennial, the statue was
"the focal point for Operation Sail, a regatta of tall ships
from all over the world that entered New York Harbor on July
4, 1976 and sailed around Liberty Island." This was
followed by fireworks.
Statue
of Liberty - Wikipedia
(end list)
IF NYC is Mystery Babylon, there is a statue in her
harbor - the idea of which came from a colossus statue of a
Muslim woman. Based on a Greek God of the Sun, Helios
- and the huge Wonder of the World lighthouse - the Colossus
of Rhodes - a gigantic statue of the god. - it was destroyed
by an earthquake. The Statue of Liberty is always associated
with NY Harbor and NYC. She is symbolic of liberty and
freedom - something America's enemies hate.
There is another flotilla planned to sail by the
Statue of Liberty - this will be for the 250th anniversary
of the Independence of Declaration. One of the largest
maritime celebrations in U.S. history will take place in New
York Harbor where the Statue of Liberty is.
Many immigrants saw this statue when they arrived at
Ellis Island. They had reached the land of the free
and the home of the brave. Their new home.
They embraced all that America is and worked, started
businesses and raised their families here. They became
"Americans".
This is just a short list of various facts about the
Statue of Liberty.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
Maranatha~
Chance