Babylon is a nation, that is *one* aspect of Babylon. That is partly why she went to the “North” gate, because Canada is not part of Babylon. But, read about the whore of Babylon, and pray about it. Ask God for the interpretation of it.

In prophecy, there is a natural direct aspect to it. Many times, prophecies are in fact meant to apply to several real world events. And, quite often, there are spiritual implications to prophecies as well, that are not readily apparent. We see this in Jeremiah’s 70 weeks, which Daniel got a new revelation on, and Joseph’s dream which is a type of Christ’s life, etc. We certainly can’t just look at a prophecy as “only natural”, unless that is what God specifically says. I believe that it’s a rare thing for a prophecy to be about one thing, and only one thing.

Another good example of a prophecy applying to more than one situation, is in the book of Acts, on the day of pentecost. If someone like Peter, were to take a prophecy from say Joel, and apply it to today in some way, he would be written off as mis-interpreting scripture. He applied a prophecy in Joel, which appears to be very directly linked to the end times and nothing else, and applied it to the day of Pentecost. No doubt many would say “Let’s interpret the Bible by the bible“, but they would be wrong. The prophecy of Joel was interpreted by the Spirit in Peter. Yes, it applies to the end times as well, but it applies to Pentecost too.