Why is there so much confusion and chaos in this world? Why all the conflict and violence? Why the perversion? Why the slavery? There is a cause for every effect. The troubles we now see have come about because of things done in the past. These problems began anciently in the first kingdom that included Babel (confusion), as recorded in Genesis 10. This was the historic root of Babylon, which was mentioned throughout the Bible. This sermon describes what Babylon represents in the Bible (historically and prophetically).