Every one with any "digging" genes or looking for "sauce" should be astutely aware that there is an end to this "greatest of nations."

The following Scriptures from The Revelation depicts a nation that houses world renowned business men who traffic in great riches; but also the listing of the grotesque spiritual issues and God's command that the people of God (the redeemed) come out of her and touch not or participate in the wickedness.

This latter is a direct heavenly command; "COME OUT OF HER" and this may well be the rapture (snatching away) of 2 Thessalonians.

This shocking event will bring in the Antichrist, who brings stability and peace to a wrecked and wretched world.

The removal of the worldwide Christian population will be explained away by the usual slight of hand by his cronies and worshipers.

What consists of Babylon the Great's culture that makes her like her predecessor?

A sea of various cultures from all other nations; ethnic groups; religion based in man and Satan; slave trade; human trafficking; compromising to trade in riches.

{She is literally a "whore," selling herself wholesale in every regard, she started out by a covenant with God (Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock), and defiles that covenant completely.

Suddenly in one hour has her destruction come by a sudden sneak attack. The first Babylon (see Daniel) is destroyed in ONE NIGHT by sneak attack.

So here is Bible to compare:

Revelation 18:4-18
(4)  And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
(5)  For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
(6)  Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
(7)  How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
(8)  Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
(9)  And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
(10)  Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
(11)  And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
(12)  The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
(13)  And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
(14)  And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
(15)  The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
(16)  And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
(17)  For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
(18)  And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!