Dear H2S,
"this thread is NOT about the Catholic church so please do not turn it into one."
I AGREE! Rev. 17 stands on it's own, in accordance with World History!
1. Mystery Babylon...who is it
Babylon is as History accounts:
The Babylonian Empire was “the first true metropolis in western history, a business as well as an administrative center”[1] -- the prototype of governments as we see them to this day. The Babylonians controlled trade and commerce across western Asia, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf, building highways, legislating business, and creating the first amusement park -- the third Wonder of the World -- the Hanging Gardens.
[1] John B. Christopher and Robert Lee Wolf, A History of Civilization, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1967, p. 35
And the creators of "Superman" were more wise than the church because they saw the PINNACLE CITY OF THE WORLD, -- NYC --, as "Metropolis". And so we see the evolution of this model from controlling Trade, building Libraries, and even creating the First Amusement Park, to controlling the Ounces of dispensed sugary carbonated beverages.
2. She sits on the city of 7 hills/mountains..what city is this?
It's a "city", it's the Metropolis Model. And the 7 mountains are the 7 World Empires:
1. Gold, Babylon
2. Silver, Medo/Persia
3. Bronze, Greece
4. Iron, Rome
-- Clay, "Divided Kingdom":
-- 5. Lion/Eagle, U.K./U.S.
-- 6. Bear, Russia
-- 7. Leopard (actually a TIGER), China
-- 8. "Dreadful", United Nations, - what "was and is not" because it has NO Geography, NO Populous, NO Army, etc.
3. Surrounded by water
As already provided, NYC is the PINNACLE CITY, and
the RESIDENT CITY of the U.N. But the U.N. will be relocated to the "Contested City" of Jerusalem where the U.N. and the False Prophet will be destroyed.
4. Made rich with the merchant ships
And again, NYC is the commerce city of the world, which the World Trade Center "TWIN TOWERS" once evidenced.
5. Other nations are drunk with her wine.
Again, World Trade Center.
And to validate, consider where Rev. 13 depicts: the LION (and eagle) as the MOUTH because the U.K./U.S. are proficient in Finance, Trade, Science, & Technology; the LEOPARD (actually a TIGER) as the BODY because China has the largest Population; and the BEAR as the FEET because Russia has the Most Land Mass, -- with 3M ea for the U.S., Canada, and China, but 8M for Russia.
But to also point out, -- "
Canada" was originally called "
CND" until asked to spell it, and replied with "C" aye, "N"aye, "D" aye, which was misunderstood as CaNaDa.= Canada. TRUE STORY!
Bobby Jo