A Call for Babylon to Fall

by Melissa Nordell

I was recently captivated by a short video from Lou Engle saying: “We are losing our kids to Babylonian Universities,” saying that we need to target false ideologies in that culture with fasting and prayer. Of course, these Babylonian strongholds are not just in schools and universities but in all kingdom mountain structures. So, feeling burdened, I inquired of the Lord what to do about this and the Lord simply answered that the Babylonian strongholds must come down.

As Lou said, we must target them in the Spirit realm. The Lord showed me that America suffers from a Babylonian structure of government and business which began with the first European settlers to American soil. Some of the First Planters in America came to share the saving gospel of Jesus Christ to the “New World” for which I am so grateful. However, others came for adventure, greed, or to escape problems in the Old World. My ancestors came in 1611 and 1706; and due to extensive research regarding the beginnings of this country, I can attest to this.

Next in my probe, the Lord said to verify the characteristics of Babylonian strongholds through the Word – and they fit impeccably. He did not show me any principalities involved, nor high level demons; but by experience I know this is how we transform an area – by first weakening the evil structure by breaking curses and repenting for defilement of the land, then breaking down strongholds before any principality might be bound.

I was absolutely amazed at how characteristics of Babylon found in the Bible fit so perfectly to what is happening in America right now. And when identifying strongholds, it is always important to study characteristics, history, and habits just as a natural army studies the enemy to combat it strategically. It solidifies one’s faith when we know exactly how it operates, thereby identifying the perpetrator. In my experience as Lead Intercessor for the Dwelling Place Church in Hemet, CA which was the church featured in the first “Transformations” video by George Otis, Jr., we learned and proved that nations and cities can be changed rapidly by prophetically getting to the roots of problems on the land, removing evil and bringing light in the spiritual realm…and we can do this for America right now, especially before the upcoming elections.

Dream: The night I was asking the Lord about this Babylonian stronghold, I had a confirmation dream in which I was teaching an intercession class in a company business (interpretation: a “company of intercessors”). I told them to call down Babylon’s walls in the United States and the walls suddenly fell! After this, the class members jumped up and down excitedly celebrating and asked me to drive them to the starting point of major revivals. In the next scene, I drove them in a bus to the Bonnie Brae House, Azusa Street and Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa (ground zero for the Jesus People Movement). Then, just before the end of the dream, I asked the class members if they wanted to go to Pirate’s Cove in Corona Del Mar where over a million people have been baptized during and since the Jesus People Movement started. Therefore, in interpreting this dream, I knew the Lord was verifying the importance of bringing down Babylonian strongholds to bring Revival to America.

Babylon means “confusion” and “gate of the gods.” Of course, this stronghold affects all countries of the world since at the time of the destruction of the tower of Babel in Babylon, people were dispersed around the world in confusion and disunity (Gen 11).

In researching scriptures on Babylon, every characteristic seemed to fit 100% as far as this stronghold in the United States and I believe you will be amazed. See if you agree and let us collectively bring it down. The Babylonian stronghold:

1. Commands people to bow and worship idols, false gods, and golden images (brings drought and defiles the land). Dan 3:1-6; Jer 50:35-38; 2 Kings 17:29-30
2. Consists of astrologers, false prophets, philosophers, magicians, and diviners who predict a false future and set up their own false religion. Daniel 2:2 & 4:7; Isa 47:9-13
3. Causes confusion, chaos, disunity, and people to scatter. Gen 11:1-9
4. Arrogant, power hungry, self-focused and wants a name for itself. Gen 11:4; Hab 1:11
5. Steals articles of the temple (signifying the Church) irreverently for greed, thinking it is alright to steal from God. Dan 1:1-2; 2 Kings 25:13-17; Hab 1:6
6. Is called the beautiful golden city and the glory of kingdoms, full of luxury, covetous with abundant treasures and wealth. Isa 13:19; Jer 51:12-13
7. Is built and run by narcissistic power grabbers to honor self and not God, perverted by its own false “wisdom and knowledge,” creating its own culture and kingdom as a wicked, warped society which says: “there is no one besides me.” Isa 47:10; Dan 4:30
8. Consists of mighty men with absolute power who impoverish people, cause famine, and destroy cities. Jer 5:16-17; 2 Kings 25:1-4
9. Profanes, steals, and mocks the sacred things of God. Blasphemous, proud, arrogant, and adulterous against the Lord with no fear of God. Rev 17:1-6; Dan 5:1-4; Jer 50:29-32; Isa 47:7-8
10.  Is grand and stately upon the throne (or so they think). Isa 47:1-7
11.  Is oppressive and cruel, putting heavy yokes upon people. Isa 14:4-6; Isa 47:6
12.  Is evil and destructive. Jer 51:24-25
13.  Is made up of thieves known for their cruelty who seize houses not their own. Hab 1:6-7
14. Terrorizes and collects captives (includes human trafficking and imprisonment). Hab 1:8-9; 2 Kings 25:2-6,11; Dan 1:3-4
15. Tend to do as they like without regard to moral law, scoffing at opposing  leaders, demanding that they give up their rights. Hab 1:10; Rev 17:17; 2 Kings 24:12
16. Besieged the capitol city, Jerusalem, with King Nebuchadnezzar himself to help, burning down the walls of Jerusalem and the sacred Temple. 2 Kings 24:10-11; 2 Kings 25:9-10; Dan 1:1 
17. Seeks to destroy and murder God’s Holy people, including prophets. Rev 17:6; Rev 18:24
18. Imprisons the righteous (which includes ministers, soldiers, and leaders), even executing some with cruel punishment. 2 Kings 24:12-16; 2 Kings 25:6-7, 18-21
19. Appoints wrong leaders who do not fear God. 2 Chron 36:10-12; 2 Kings 24:17- 19; Kings 25:22-24
20. Causes people to abandon God and His kingdom, an Antichrist spirit. 2 Kings 25:11; Rev 17:1-6
21. Brings grief and sorrow. Ps 137:1-4
22. Turns on their own and may even slay them. Dan 2:12-13
23. Infects other nations with its evil, enticing them to sin. Jer 51:7; Rev 14:8, 18:3
24. Consists of false religious leaders, false prophets. Jer 50:36
25. Sets deadly traps; are accusatory and threatening. Dan 3:12, 19
26. Replaces the Godly with the false and takes over. 2 Kings 17:24
27. Consists of sneaky tricksters who use entrapment and intimidation. 2 Kings 20:12-18
28. Kills the innocent. Job 1:17  
29. Destroys houses including that of the highest leader, and breaks down borders/walls. Jer 39:8
30. Causes Godly people to sin. Ezek 16:29
31. Consists of unclean spirits. Rev 18:2  
32. Prevails in witchcraft. Rev 18:23  
33. Causes people to flee the country in fear and to live elsewhere. 2 Kings 25:26

Even in an age where righteousness is ridiculed and evil is praised, we can change our nations and cities by spiritually destroying Babylonian strongholds. Since we wrestle not against flesh and blood (Eph 6:12), we change lands through transformational intercession. Even though Babylonian strongholds were invited into lands long ago, we can now repent, call them down, and take authority over them in this New Testament Age by the Blood of Jesus Christ, just as the land of Babylon of old was destroyed by God in the Old Testament (Isaiah 13). Yes, God destroyed ancient Babylon, but the principality is still lurking as the ancient gods did not go away, empowered by humans worshipping and idolizing them.

So how do we do this? Agree with me: “Lord, we thank you for revelation and praise you for giving us authority to break down strongholds of evil by the Blood of Jesus. We break all curses and defilement that the Babylonian stronghold has caused in America and expose, break down, and utterly destroy this evil stronghold right now by the roots so that there is not any trace left. And we plead the Blood of Jesus over America, all in Jesus’ powerful name!”

You who live by many waters
    and are rich in treasures,
your end has come,
    the time for you to be destroyed. Isa 51:13 (re: Babylon)