A BRIEF EXAMINATION OF REVELATION 17–18 AND THE IDENTITY OF BABYLON: IS BABYLON A CODE WORD FOR ROME OR IS BABYLON THE LITERAL CITY OF BABYLON? by Jeffrey L. Edwards B.S., Baptist Bible College, 1988 M.A., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1994 M.Div. E. Baptist Bible Seminary, 2011 A RESEARCH PAPER Submitted to Dr. Michael Stallard in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the course ESCHATOLOGY: TH-4 at Baptist Bible Seminary Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania April 2016