There’s Great Significance In EU Symbols!

European Parliament building, Strasbourg, France (photo: Endzeiter, pixabay)

Does the European Union use symbols that tie into an end-time “Babylon”?

First: Let’s notice some of the LORD God’s dire warnings concerning an end-time “Babylon” ──

“Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, ‘Come, I will show you the judgment of the great [whore] who sits on many waters.”

In other words, it’s worldwide. 

Verse 2 – “’ with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.’ 3) So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.” 

The seven resurrections of the “Holy” Roman Empire, the final resurrection consisting of ten kings or kingdoms. 

Verse 4 – “The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, …”  

And what do those colors remind you of? Both harlotry and the colors of that great Universal Church! The word “Catholic” means universal.

“…and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication. 5) And on her forehead a name was written:

MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

Verse 6 – “I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.” 

Verse 7 – “But the angel said to me, ‘Why do you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.”

Again. The seven resurrections of the “Holy” Roman Empire, the final installment. Ten kings or kingdoms.

Verse 8 – “The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, …”

 Now, the members of Christ’s Body are not supposed to stand in awe of it, and yet the world does and the world will even more!  

“…when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.”

Verse 9 – “‘ Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.’” 

Double meaning. Seven hills of Rome, and also the seven resurrections of the “Holy” Roman Empire, which has given that great universal church its hold on history.

Verse 10 – “’ There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, …’”   

You know, even now, there are remnants of Adolf Hitler’s Germany that are still alive and breathing! Even now! 

“…’ and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time. 11) The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, …’”

Meaning, if you start with the Roman Empire, and you have seven resurrections, you have eight installments of the Roman Empire. 

“…’ and is of the seven, and is going to perdition [or doom]. 12) The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast [a very short span]. 13) These are of one mind, …’” 

“…’ and they will give their power and authority to the beast. 14) These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; …’”

Now, Revelation 18 is talking about what happened in chapter 17. 

Verse 1 – “After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illuminated with his glory. 2) And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, ‘Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, …’” 

And I know in the past some people have said, “That means ancient Babylon and then the future Babylon.” And, it does mean that! However, I have another take on it. That in that final end-span where they take on Jesus Christ, BABYLON – the final installment of the “Holy” Roman Empire, will be destroyed, and BABYLON – the great false church will be destroyed! 

“’ Babylon is fallen, is fallen!’” All of it! 

“…’ and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird!’”

So, indeed, there is a direct tie-in with “Babylon” – the great city of seven hills (Rome), and a ‘woman riding a beast.’        

The Tower of Babel of ancient Babylon by Pieter Brueghel superimposed with the European Union building in Strasbourg, France.

Let’s notice what God’s living word says concerning the original tower of Babel that was located in what is now Iraq from the Book of Genesis ──

“Now the whole earth had ONE LANGUAGE and ONE SPEECH. 2) And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. 3) Then they said to one another, ‘Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.’ They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. 

4) And they said, ‘Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.’

5) But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. 6) And the LORD said, ‘Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them. 7) Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.’

8) So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city. 9) Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.” – Genesis 11:1-9.

Interestingly enough, according to at least two sources ── The EU has 24 official languages. Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, and Swedish.

Meetings of the European Council and the Council of the European Union are interpreted into all official languages. This is where conference interpreters and translators come into play, to convey the spoken and written word in all 24 EU official languages. 

So, once again ── “Now the whole earth had ONE LANGUAGE and ONE SPEECH.”

Certainly, the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, France, was purposefully left unfinished. The original Tower of Bebel, too, was an unfinished building. 

One could be forgiven if they didn't immediately see the resemblance or thought it was only a coincidence. However, no one can miss the connection in the 1992 European Union poster that was produced during the planning phases of the Parliament building. The poster includes an unmistakable image of Bruegel's Tower of Babel with the motto, “Europe: Many Tongues, One Voice.”  

EUROPE has many direct ties to the soon-to-come ‘woman who rides atop the beast.’ And this is reflected in their art and their coinage. 

Let us also note: the official flag of the European Union has TWELVE STARS. God’s living word tells us a reorganized Europe will have ten kingdoms ── as the LORD God sees kingdoms (Revelation 17:12), plus a ‘beast’ (Revelation 17:13)—also called the final ‘king of the North (Daniel 11:40), whose voice is another ‘beast coming up out of the earth’ with two horns like a lamb, but speaking like a dragon (Revelation 13:11-18)—who is also known as the final Antichrist. Thus, we see TWELVE. Is that a coincidence?

Notice the Greek two Euro coin ──

The obverse (OBV) features Zeus (depicted as a bull) who abducts Europa.

So, the coin clearly depicts a “woman” riding upon a “beast.”

God’s living word clearly tells us about an end-time religious system based out of the “city of seven hills,” riding upon a European “beast” power!

Let us consider again the official flag of the European Union. Are you aware that there were 15 nations in 1953 in the initial Council of Europe? The twelve stars upon the flag weren’t adopted until 1955. 

WHY twelve stars? The Council of Europe has 47 member states, including the EU, which has 27 member states.

In 1987, following the adoption of the flag by the EC, Arsène Heitz (1908–1989), one of the designers who had submitted proposals for the flag's design, suggested a religious inspiration for it. He stated that the circle of stars was based on the iconographic tradition of showing the Blessed Virgin Mary as the Woman of the Apocalypse, wearing a “crown of twelve stars” 1

Arsène Heitz, who mainly designed the European flag in 1955, had told Lourdes magazine that his inspiration had been the reference in the Book of Revelation, the New Testament's final section, to “a woman clothed with the sun...and a crown of twelve stars on her head” (Revelation 12:1). 2

So, clearly, there is a direct tie between Mary (the “Queen of Heaven” by the Roman Catholics) and the official flag of the European Union.

Of course ── just having symbols that God’s living word warns about does not prove that Europe will fulfill various end-time prophecies related to a final end-time ‘beast’ power ── don’t you find it odd that Europe is using so many symbols that are consistent with it?

Even though the LORD God clearly warns against a final end-time “Babylon” ── a great many throughout the world embrace these symbols as “cool”! 

Our LORD God warns us ── 

“ … ‘Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.’” – Revelation 18:4. □ 
  

1) Carlo Curti Gialdino, Carlo Curti Gialdino, The Symbols of the European Union: origin of the design for the European flag, cvce.eu, Retrieved 9 July 2025. 

2) Wikipedia contributors. "Arsène Heitz." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia 8 Jun. 2025. Web. 9 Jul. 2025.