new babylon

New here, and not sure if this is the best place to post this, but mods are free to educate me if not. Not sure if you call this "controversial" or just a big bag of "what if," but I would like to parallel a few things in the bible with modern society, and give people an opportunity to chime in...

Theres some Christians that believe it will come to pass, others do not. I personally believe we are near the end. Theres different views of what the rapture will be like. Is New Babylon already established or is that after NWO is established? Will Christians have to defend ourselves from the...