Babylon Rising

A Mirror for Our Times

By: Brian Schindler

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Imagine a city so vast, so magnificent, that its walls seemed to touch the heavens. Gold glimmered on every corner, merchants traded exotic goods from across the known world, and rulers exercised absolute power with unchallenged authority. This was Babylon—a civilization of wealth, ambition, and indulgence. Its story, preserved in the Bible, is one of extraordinary human achievement—but also of staggering moral failure.

Babylon was not destroyed by chance. Its downfall was the inevitable result of greed, corruption, and unchecked desire. The city consumed itself from within, devouring justice, morality, and social cohesion in the pursuit of pleasure and power. Its story has echoed through history as a cautionary tale, warning societies of the dangers that come when ambition and indulgence outweigh ethics and accountability.

Fast forward to the modern world, and the parallels are impossible to ignore. Today, we live in a global Babylon of our own making. Mega-corporations wield power greater than governments, the wealth gap reaches unprecedented extremes, and the pursuit of fame, pleasure, and material success dominates culture. Corruption, exploitation, and moral compromise are increasingly normalized, while ordinary citizens struggle under the weight of inequality and societal chaos.

This book is an exploration of those parallels. It is an examination of human nature, power, greed, and indulgence—how the forces that brought down Babylon centuries ago continue to shape the world today. Through the lens of history and scripture, we will uncover the lessons hidden in Babylon’s rise and fall, and consider what they reveal about our own society.