Revelation 19:2 as, "the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication," signifies universal idolatry. This would indicate that Mystery Babylon will be a world leader in a return to a pagan worship of nature that denies God as creator, exactly as we see in the New Age Movement. More than any other single evil, it was idolatry that led to the downfall of the nation of Israel. The Bible condemns idolatry as evil because, it not only denies God as creator, and regards man on the level of animals, it often leads to the shedding of the blood of innocent human beings. ae Babylon's leaders were condemned for using sorceries (the assistance of evil spirits) to deceive the nations, "for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived" Revelation 18:23. Babylon is also described as the instigator of mass murder with a Satanic hatred of those who believe in God. "And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth" Revelation 18:24. The Apostle John gave this witness in Revelation 17:6, "And I saw the woman drunken with The picture of Mystery Babylon is so terrible that the first mention of it in Revelation 14:8 gives the good news first, "And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all the nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her 78 The Secret Side of History the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus:..."