Davy
Well-Known Member
Well I guess you have to be shown your error, but whether you want to correct it or not is up to you...SMILE.....This board never ceases to amaze me, they have no ability to right a wrong headed idea. God in ONE VERSE states who Babylon is in Full, and by the way the Harlot is not Babylon, the two are SEPERATE ENTITIES, read Rev. 17, the Harlot RIDES the Beast. False Religion RIDES False Governance. Two sides to the same coin. One refuses to Worship the right God, the other refuses to follow the one and only God's Governance Decrees on ANYTHING.
Rev 17:1-3
17 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, 'Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:'
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been 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 sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
KJV
The "many waters" we are later told in Rev.17:15 represent "peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues." That is in direct relation to the beast out of the sea of Rev.13:1 that is to have ten horns, seven heads, and ten crowns, which is about a beast kingdom.
The above says "the great whore... sitteth upon many waters", meaning the 'whore' is ruling OVER those many waters. That does NOT... mean that "whore" is those "many waters." You must keep the whore ruling separate from those she rules over.
Rev 17:5-7
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
7 And the angel said unto me, 'Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.'
KJV
That 'woman' of the previous verses is that Babylon Harlot. She being drunken with the blood of the saints is about what Jesus said in Matthew 24:37 involving the killing of God's prophets. It is pointing directly at Jerusalem.
Verse 7 reveals the 'woman' is carried by the 'beast' that has seven heads and ten horns, i.e., the one world kingdom beast of Rev.13:1, also represented by the 'many waters' she sits over. It means she is a ruling city, over a kingdom, with a king.
The next Rev.17 verses cover the coming 'king', the 7th one that is yet to come, and will ascend from the BOTTOMLESS PIT and go into perdition. That is about SATAN, the "dragon", as that coming king that will marry the Harlot. And the ten horns, which we are told will be ten kings, will give their power to that beast king that comes at the end.
Rev 17:18
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
KJV
That is the SAME "great city" of Revelation 11:8, JERUSALEM, where Lord Jesus was crucified.