(Jerusalem) Is The Whore, Mystery Babylon The Great.
What Jersualem? Is it a physical city in the Middle East or the New Testament congregation of God on Earth?
The Levitical High Priest Dressing represents "The Woman", that is dressed in purple, scarlet, gold, and precious stones as seen below
(Revelation) 17:4KJV
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
Yes "The Woman", The Levitical High Priest, Dressed In Purple, Scarlet, Gold, And Precious Stones
The woman is the congregation of Israel. She represented the Old Testament congregation before the Cross AND she also represented the New Testament Congregation after the Cross. The woman is a kingdom of God that was taken from Old Testament congregation because of the rejection of the Messiah and gave the kingdom representation to another - a holy nation that brings forth fruits (salvation) which is the church. The woman of Revelations 17 and 18 speaks of that New Testament congregation, the unfaithful church, at this time. Not a physical city in the Middle East.
Mat 21:42-44
(42) Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The
stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
(43) Therefore say I unto you,
The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
(44) And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
(Jerusalem) is the seven Mount city, where the woman sits, not Rome as many falsely claim.
(Revelation) 17:9KJV
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
List of cities claimed to be built on seven hills - Wikipedia
Jerusalem, Israel: Jerusalem's seven hills are Mount Scopus, Mount Olivet and the Mount of Corruption (all three are peaks in a mountain ridge that lies east of the Old City), Mount Ophel, the original Mount Zion, the New Mount Zion and the hill on which the Antonia Fortress was built.
Ridiculous. Why are you bothering with Wikipedia for an interpreation of God's Word?! No, you got it from God HImself in the Bible!
For example, 142 homes in the Poconos are seated on 7 hills. But what has that got to do with Scripture?! I mean, it doesn't even really fit what's stated there. Are these alleged 7 hills in Rome or Jerusalem ruled by 7 kings? Do we treat Scripture like a salad bar where we can take what we like and leave the rest behind? No, the interpretations BELONG TO GOD and are not subject to supposition and assumptions with your searching for literal hills or mountain on the map. In the world, 7 hills may "seem" to loosely fit with Rome, but in Scirpture hill/mountains are used to SYMBOLIZE kingdoms. Not literal hills or mountains. And Revelation is an "OBVIOUSILY" symbolic book, you know that, right? And 7 heads symbolize authority. This is the cryptic language that God uses in books like Revelation, Daniel, Ezekiel, etc. And in fact, it tells us plainly "RIGHT IN THE CONTEXT" that there were 7 kings of the mountains, meaning the mountains represented kingdoms.
Revelation 17:9-10
- "And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
- And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space."
Common sense would tell us IF the mountains were to be taken as literal hills, the woman sitting upon them must be taken literally also. Inconsistency is the hallmark of error. Selah! So it's nonsensical to think of these 7 mountains as literal little hills upon which Rome or Jersualem sits. If that were true, then one of these literal mountains hadn't even existed yet when Revelation was written, and another had already fallen at the time of the writing. That's how ridiculous it is, no matter what people may have thought based on their tunnel vision. It makes no sense unless we read scripture logically, and circumspectly, and
define scripture by comparing scripture with scripture. Not by the geographical hills and valleys of Italy or Israel, or the il feelings toward the Catholic Church of the day.
The Roman Empire didnt exist to be guilty of the Prophets blood seen below, Jerusalem did.
It is false to accuse ANY physical city (or historic empire) of being guilty of the prophets' blood. In reality, it was the unfaithful congregation, the corporate part of the congregation, who was responsible for the bloodshed of the True Saints WITHIN! These professed believers, both Jews and Christians, have killed the prophets over time when they are confronted with the truth. This has nothing to do with a physical city or empire. There are two groups of people within the congregation of God - the professed (unsaved) and True Saints and Prophets. It is the unsaved people of the congregation who are guilty of the bloodshed of the True Saints and Prophets.
(Matthew) 23:29-37KJV
29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
This is talking about the judgment of the Old Testament congregation who was responsible for the blood of Old Testament saints from Abel to Zacharias.
Jerusalem (The Woman) that (Great City) as seen below, Jerusalem where Jesus Christ was crucified
(Revelation) 17:18AKJV
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
It's the symmetry of scripture and the circle of Covenant imagery. The death of Christ prefigures the death of the Church. That's why "THE VERY INSTANT": Christ died, the veil of the Temple was torn in half, symbolizing the Old Testament Congregation/Church had fallen. Yet the true Israel of God continued "apart" from that body. Likewise, Revelation 11 tells us that when the New Testament Church (the two witnesses) is killed, it is "where Christ was Crucified," the place
spiritually called Sodom and Egypt. In other words, It is Jerusalem, the new testament congregation, that has spiritually become abominable. Behold their house is also left desolate!
