Tim Shannon / Columbia - Statue of Liberty, queen of heaven, , Semiramis, goddess of America

This was a bit of a shocker for me. There's this woman, and you've seen her in the Columbia Pictures logo; the woman with the robe and the torch. She is also the same lady who stands in New York Harbor; Lady Liberty. But if you trace her roots, she goes way back to the ancient city of Babylon in the time of Nimrod - the builder of said city. Doing the research and finding out who this woman is and what she stands for is really unsettling.

Here we are professing to be a Christian founded nation, but this woman - Columbia, this goddess is everywhere! She is in our movies with Columbia pictures, our music - Columbia Music, our education system with Columbia University, The space shuttle Columbia and on and on. She appears on many of our state capitol spires, sometimes as a female roman warrior, other times as the great mother with stars about her head and a light blazing torch in her hand. She is embossed on our hall of justice, the supreme court building... egads she is all over. It is as if we have dedicated our whole country secretly, or not so secretly to this Goddess.

Is it any wonder that when the Bible speaks of judgement on the "great city" it talks about a woman who is the whore of Babylon, the great harlot of the earth... "Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who is seated upon many waters, with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and with the wine of whose fornication the dwellers on earth have become drunk.” And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and bedecked with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication; and on her forehead was written a name of mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of harlots and of earth’s abominations.” And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus." (The book of Revelation chapter 17). But just what is the harlot? Well the Bible speaks for itself.. “The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages. The beast and the ten horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. For God has put it into their hearts to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to hand over to the beast their royal authority, until God’s words are fulfilled. 18 The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”

What great city could that be? It is a great city of commerce and wealth...that is why it is a hated city; for all of its prosperity. What city is like that besides New York City, where the statue of Columbia stands proudly in the harbor. It is said of that great city... “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’[a]
She has become a dwelling for demons
and a haunt for every impure spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.
3 For all the nations have drunk
the maddening wine of her adulteries.
The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,
and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries.”
4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say:
“‘Come out of her, my people,’[b]
so that you will not share in her sins,
so that you will not receive any of her plagues;
5 for her sins are piled up to heaven,
and God has remembered her crimes.
6 Give back to her as she has given;
pay her back double for what she has done.
Pour her a double portion from her own cup.
7 Give her as much torment and grief
as the glory and luxury she gave herself.
In her heart she boasts,
‘I sit enthroned as queen.
I am not a widow;[c]
I will never mourn.’
8 Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her:
death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,
for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.
9 “When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her and shared her luxury see the smoke of her burning, they will weep and mourn over her. 10 Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry:

“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,
you mighty city of Babylon!
In one hour your doom has come!’

11 “The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes anymore— 12 cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble; 13 cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and human beings sold as slaves.

And on and on...