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1 And there came one of the seven Jeremiah 51:13 O thou that dwell- "Judgment of the great whore that /
angels which had the seven vials, est upon many waters, abundant sitteth upon many waters" /
and talked with me, saying unto me, in treasures, thine end is Out of the original Babylon came /
Come hither; I will show unto thee come, and the measure of thy a false religious system that was /
the judgment of the great whore covetousness. opposed in most ways to the true /
that sitteth upon many waters. Jeremiah 51:7 Babylon hath been a Colossians 3:5-6 ...fornication, way of Jehovah. This religious /
2 With whom the kings of the earth golden cup in the Lord's hand, uncleanness, inordinate affect- system which was begun by Semir- /
have committed fornication, and the that made all the earth ion, evil concupiscence, and amis the wife of Nimrod did not /
inhabitants of the earth have been drunken: the nations have covetousness, which is idolatry: die when the ancient city of /
made drunk with the wine of her drunken of her wine: therefore For which things' sake the Babylon was conquered by the /
fornication. the nations are mad. wrath of God cometh on the Persians. It moved its headquar- /
3 So he carried me away in the Daniel 7:7 After this I saw in the children of disobedience: ters to Pergamos and then later /
spirit into the wilderness: and I night visions, and behold a on to Rome. It is seen as the /
saw a woman sit upon a scarlet- fourth beast, dreadful and mother of all false religions /
coloured beast, full of names of terrible, and strong exceed- since historians can see remnants /
blasphemy, having seven heads and ingly; and it had great iron of this religion in most ancient /
ten horns. teeth: it devoured and brake religions. And coming even closer /
4 And the woman was arrayed in in pieces, and stamped the Luke 16:15 ...Ye are they which to home, practices such as yule logs, /
purple and scarlet colour, and residue with the feet of it: justify yourselves before men; mistletoe, decorated eggs and many /
decked with gold and precious and it was diverse from all the but God knoweth your hearts: for other practices were part of this /
stones and pearls, having a golden beasts that were before it; and that which is highly esteemed early religious system. Many of /
cup in her hand full of abomina- it had ten horns. among men is abomination in the these customs remain in practice /
tions and filthiness of her forni- Ezekiel 23:17 And the Babylonians sight of God. today and have been adopted into /
cation: came to her into the bed of James 1:21 Wherefore lay apart all portions of the Christian practices. /
5 And upon her forehead was a name love, and they defiled her with filthiness and superfluity of This religion dealt in mysterious /
written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE their whoredom, and she was naughtiness,... practices such as astronomy, altered /
GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND polluted with them, and her II Corinthians 7:1 ...let us cleanse consciousness through drugs, idol /
ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. mind was alienated from them. ourselves from all filthiness of worship, human sacrifice, and rites /
6 And I saw the woman drunken with Ezekiel 16:35-36 Wherefore,O the flesh and spirit, perfecting involving temple prostitutes. The /
the blood of the saints, and with harlot, hear the word of the holiness in the fear of God. names changed down through time as /
the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. Lord: II Thessalonians 2:7 For the mystery this system moved through history /
And then I saw her, I wondered Thus saith the Lord God; of iniquity doth already work: until its existence in many modern /
with great admiration. Because thy filthiness was day religions. Naturally it often /
7 And the angel said unto me, poured out, and thy nakedness violently opposed the Jewish and /
Wherefore didst thou marvel? I discovered through thy whore- Christian religions and persecuted /
will tell thee the mystery of the doms with thy lovers, and with and martyred the followers. When /
woman, and of the beast that carr- all the idols of thy abominat- John the Apostle was shown the /
ieth her, which hath the seven ions, and by the blood of thy magnificence and almost universal /
heads and ten horns. children, which thou didst give power of this system he was filled /
unto them; with surprise. This religious system /
8 The beast that thou sawest was Exodus 32:33 And the Lord said has controlled many kings and gover- /
and is not; and shall ascend out unto Moses, Whosoever hath nments down through history and in /
of the bottomless pit, and go into sinned against me, him will I the vision of the end times that John /
perdition: and they that dwell on blot out of my book. was shown it controlled many world /
the earth shall wonder, whose names Daniel 7:19-25 Then I would know rulers and many peoples. In the end /
were not written in the book of the truth of the fourth beast, times it will be part of the system /
life from the foundation of the which was diverse from all the of the great deception of the anti- /
world, when they behold the beast others, exceedingly dreadful, christ ( the beast ) and the false /
that was, and is not, and yet is. whose teeth were of iron, and prophet. It will reign supreme over /
9 And here is the mind which hath his nails of brass; which the religions of the world until /
wisdom. The seven heads are seven devoured, brake in pieces, and the beast is finished with it and /
mountains, on which the woman stamped the residue with his it will be destroyed by the ten /
sitteth. feet; king federation, but we note that /
10 And there are seven kings: five And of the ten horns that were its destruction is to fulfil the /
are fallen, and one is, and the in his head, and of the other will of the Lord, He is still in /
other is not yet come; and when he which came up, and before whom control. /
cometh, he must continue a short three fell; even of that horn The two great women of the Revel- /
space. that had eyes, and a mouth ation can be compared as follows. /
11 And the beast that was, and is that spake very great things, II Thessalonians 2:9 Even him, whose /
not, even he is the eighth, and is whose look was more stout than coming is after the working of ISRAEL BABYLON /
of the seven, and goeth into his fellows. Satan with all power and signs and Clothing: /
perdition. I beheld, and the same horn lying wonders, with the sun and purple and scarlet /
12 And the ten horns which thou made war with the saints, and the moon at her and decked with /
sawest are ten kings, which have prevailed against them; feet and a crown gold and jewels, /
received no kingdom as yet; but Until the Ancient of days of 12 stars on her forehead a /
receive power as kings one hour came, and judgment was given name of mystery /
with the beast. to the saints of the Most High; /
13 These have one mind, and shall and the time came that the Condition: /
give their power and strength unto saints possessed the kingdom. travailing in drunken on the /
the beast. Thus he said, The fourth beast birth blood of martyrs /
14 These shall make war with the shall be the fourth kingdom II Thessalonians 2:8 And then shall /
Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome upon earth, which shall be that Wicked be revealed, whom the Offspring: /
them: for he is Lord of lords, and diverse from all kingdoms, Lord shall consume with the spirit a Man Child to mother of harlots /
King of kings: and they that are and shall devour the whole of his mouth, and shall destroy rule all nations and abominations /
with him are called, and chosen, earth, and shall tread it down, with the brightness of his coming: and other seed /
and faithful. and break it in pieces. Romans 3:15-18 Their feet are swift /
15 And he saith unto me, The And the ten horns out of this to shed blood: Travel /
waters which thou sawest, where the kingdom are ten kings that Destruction and misery are in fled to a wilder- rode on a scarlet- /
whore sitteth, are peoples, and shall arise: and another shall their ways: ness on wings of coloured beast of /
multitudes, and nations, and rise after them: and he shall And the way of peace have they an eagle to a kings and rulers /
tongues. be diverse from the first, and not known: place prepared by /
16 And the ten horns which thou he shall subdue three kings. There is no fear of God before God /
sawest upon the beast, these shall And he shall speak great their eyes. /
hate the whore, and shall make her words against the Most High, Friends /
desolate and naked, and shall eat and shall wear out the saints helped by the the beast of kings /
her flesh, and burn her with fire. of the Most High, and think to earth and nour- and rulers /
17 For God hath put in their change times and laws: and II Thessalonians 2:11-12 And for this ished by God /
hearts to fulfil his will, and to they shall be given into his cause God shall send them strong /
agree, and give their kingdom unto hand until a time and times delusion, that they should believe Enemies: /
the beast, until the words of God and the dividing of time. a lie: persecuted by the destroyed by the /
shall be fulfilled. Ezekiel 16:37 Behold, therefore I That they might be damned who dragon who made ten kings who came /
18 And the woman which thou sawest will gather all thy lovers, believe not the truth, but had war on her seed to hate her /
is that great city, which reigneth with whom thou hast taken pleasure in unrighteousness. that had the according to the /
over the kings of the earth. pleasure, and all them that testimony of will of God /
thou hast loved, with all them Jesus Christ /
that thou hast hated; I will /
even gather them around about /
against thee, and will discover /
thy nakedness unto them, that /
they may see all thy nakedness. /
And I will judge thee,.... /
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1 And after these things I saw Jeremiah 51:8 Babylon is suddenly "Babylon the Great" /
another angel come down from fallen and destroyed: howl for To the people of the world Babylon /
heaven, having great power; and her; take balm for her pain, is a great and wonderful thing. It /
the earth lightened with his glory. if so be she may be healed. II Corinthians 6:17-18 And what existed once, then ceased to exist /
2 And he cried mightily with a Jeremiah 51:25 Behold, I am against agreement hath the temple of and then came back greater then /
strong voice, saying, Babylon the thee, O destroying mountain, God with idols? for ye are ever. Its power and great wealth /
great is fallen, is fallen, and is saith the Lord, which destroyest the temple of the living God; provides all that worshipers of /
become the habitation of devils, all the earth: and I will stretch as God hath said, I will dwell things of the world could want. /
and the hold of every foul spirit, out mine hand upon thee, and roll in them, and walk in them; and It provided all the earthly things /
and a cage of every unclean and thee down from the rocks, and I will be their God, and they that they desired and all the /
hateful bird. will make thee a burnt mountain. shall be my people. pleasures that can be provided. /
3 For all nations have drunk of Jeremiah 25:27 Therefore thou Wherefore come out from among Great will be the sorrow of the /
the wine of the wrath of her forn- shalt say unto them, Thus saith them, and be ye separate saith world when they see the final /
ication, and the kings of the the Lord of Hosts, the God of the Lord, and touch not the un- destruction of all that they /
earth have committed fornication Israel; Drink ye, and be clean thing: ... worship. Like the world loves /
with her, and the merchants of the drunken, and spew, and fall, Luke 12:21 So is he that layeth up the present cities of pleasure /
earth are waxed rich through the and rise no more, because of treasure for himself, and is not like Las Vegas or San Francisco /
abundance of her delicacies. the sword which I will send rich toward God. the world will truly love the great /
among you. II Timothy 3:1-9 This know also, that city of Babylon and all its pleas- /
4 And I heard another voice from Jeremiah 50:8 Remove out of the in the last days perilous times ures. To them it will represent /
heaven, saying, Come out of her, midst of Babylon, and go forth shall come. the best and finest that the world /
my people, that ye be not par- out of the land of the For men shall be lovers of their has to offer. /
takers of her sins, and that ye Chaldeans, and be as the he own selves, covetous, boasters, But where is Babylon? Does it /
receive not of her plagues. goats before the flocks. proud, blasphemers, disobedient to exist today? Is it symbolic or /
5 For her sins have reached unto Psalms 137 8-9 O daughter of parents, unthankful, unholy, will it be an existing actual city /
heaven, and God hath remembered Babylon, who art to be Without natural affection, truce- in the last days? Scholars have /
her iniquities. destroyed; happy shall he be, breakers, false accusers, inconti- long debated this issue! Ancient /
6 Reward her even as she rewarded that rewardeth thee as thou nent, fierce, despisers of those Babylon on the river Euphrates is /
you, and double unto her double hast served us. that are good, no longer a factor. In the times /
according to her works: in the cup Happy shall he be, that taketh Traitors, heady, high-minded, of John the Apostle Rome was the /
which she hath filled, fill to her and dasheth thy little ones lovers of pleasures more than ruling city of the spirit of the /
double. against the stones. lovers of God; antichrist and was considered by /
7 How much she hath glorified her- Isaiah 47:9-11 But these two Having a form of godliness, but many to be Babylon. Since Rome /
self, and live deliciously, so much things shall come to thee in a denying the power thereof: from was know as a city built upon 7 /
torment and sorrow give her: for moment in one day, the loss of such turn away. hills and it was the sight of much /
she saith in her heart, I sit a children, and widowhood: they For of this sort are they which martyrdom it certainly filled /
queen, and am no widow, and shall shall come upon thee in their creep into houses, and lead capt- the bill as the type of Babylon. /
see no sorrow. perfection for the multitude ive silly women laden with sins, Many felt that the name Babylon /
8 Therefore shall her plagues come of thy sorceries, and for the led away with divers lusts, was used as a code name for Rome /
in one day, death, and mourning, great abundance of thine ench- Ever learning, and never able for purposes of secrecy. Many /
and famine; and she shall be antments. to come to knowledge of the truth. see the fulfillment of the /
utterly burned with fire: for For thou hast trusted in thy Now as Jannes and Jambres with- prophecy in that Rome gradually /
strong is the Lord God who judgeth wickedness: thou hast said, stood Moses, so do these also fell to outside forces but the /
her. None seeth me. Thy wisdom and resist the truth: men of corrupt religious system of Rome lived /
thy knowledge it hath perver- minds, reprobate concerning the on for many centuries and was /
ted thee; and thou hast said in faith. more powerful than most kingdoms. /
thine heart, I am and none else But they shall proceed no further: This religious system also event- /
besides me. for their folly shall be manifest ually fell and has now almost /
Therefore shall evil come upon unto all men, as theirs also was. for most practical purposes rev- /
thee; ... ived to its former powerful self. /
9 And the kings of the earth, who Ezekiel 26:16-17 Then all the But today there is much of the /
have committed fornication and princes of the sea shall come world that is not under its /
lived deliciously with her, shall down from their thrones, and control. Can it gain control of /
bewail her, and lament for her, lay away their robes, and put the rest of the world to the point /
when they shall see the smoke of off their broidered garments: that it will again control the /
her burning, they shall clothe themselves commerce? We must watch and see! /
10 Standing afar off for the fear with trembling; they shall Or will the actual city of Babylon /
of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, sit upon the ground, and shall again be rebuilt and return to its /
that great city Babylon, that tremble at every moment, and be former glory in the last days? /
mighty city! for in one hour is astonished at thee. Many propose that this will happen. /
thy judgment come. And they shall take up a The descriptions are so vivid and /
lamentation for thee, ... detailed that it is difficult to /
11 And the merchants of the earth Jeremiah 50:46 At the noise of James 5:1-5 Go to now, ye rich men, reach any other conclusion but that /
shall weep and mourn over her; for the taking of Babylon the weep and howl for your miseries it will be an actual city and an /
no man buyeth their merchandise earth is moved, and the cry that shall come upon you. actual ruling government and relig- /
any more: is heard among the nations. Your riches are corrupted, and ious system. /
12 The merchandise of gold, and Jeremiah 50:26 Come against her your garments are motheaten. /
silver, and precious stones, and from the utmost border, open Your gold and silver is canker- "Come out of her, my people" /
of pearls, and fine linen, and her storehouses: cast her up ed; and the rust of them shall be In the mean time while we wait for /
purple, and silk, and scarlet, and as heaps, and destroy her a witness against you, and shall more evidences that Babylon is in /
all thyine wood, and all manner utterly: let nothing of her eat your flesh as it were fire. control of the world, we have /
vessels of ivory, and all manner be left. Ye have reaped treasure together many warnings of the type of /
vessels of most precious wood, and Isaiah 46:6-7 They lavish gold for the last days. behavior that will be evidence of /
of brass, and iron, and marble, out of the bag, and weigh Behold, the hire of the labourers the spirit of Babylon. These signs /
13 And cinnamon, and odours, and silver in the balance, and who have reaped down your fields, are evident in the world at all /
ointments, and frankincense, and hire a goldsmith, and he which is of you kept by fraud, times and are to be used by the /
wine, and oil, and fine flour, and maketh it a god: they fall crieth: and the cries of them believers to insure that they do /
wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and down, yea, they worship. which have reaped are entered into not fall into the snares of the /
horses, and chariots, and slaves, They bear him upon the the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. false prophets. We may not see /
and souls of men. shoulder, they carry him, and Ye have lived in pleasure on the the great city Babylon in our /
14 And the fruits that thy soul set him in his place, and he earth, and seen wanton; ye have life time but still we must watch /
lusted after are departed from standeth; from his place shall nourished your hearts, as in a and be alert for the type of Baby- /
thee, and all things which were he not remove: yea, one shall day of slaughter. lon in the world today. To fall /
dainty and goodly are departed cry unto him, yet can he not Matthew 6:19-21 Lay up not for into practices of the lovers of /
from thee, and thou shalt find answer, nor save him out of yourselves treasures upon earth, Babylon is to dilute the power /
them no more at all. his trouble. where moth and rust doth corrupt, and faith of the true church and /
15 The merchants of these things, and where thieves break through decrease its ability to witness /
which were made rich by her, shall and steal: to the world. A job that the /
stand afar off for the fear of her But lay up for yourselves deceiver has been very successful /
torment, weeping and wailing, treasures in heaven, where moth in accomplishing down through /
16 And saying, Alas, alas, that not rust doth corrupt, and where history. /
great city, that was clothed in thieves do not break through not /
fine linen, and purple, and steal: "by thy sorceries were all nations /
scarlet, and decked with gold, and For where your treasure is, deceived" /
precious stones, and pearls! there will your heart be also. In this so called age of science /
17 For in one hour so great riches and enlightenment it is amazing how /
is come to nought. And every ship- powerful the teachings of astrology /
master, and all the company in and sorcery has become. It is /
ships, and sailors, and as many almost like we are primed to reenter /
as trade by sea, stood afar off, the middle ages with so many belie- /
18 And cried when they saw the ving in witches and goblins. With /
smoke of her burning, saying, What the great increase of knowledge as /
city is like unto this great city! prophesied for the last times it /
19 And they cast dust on their seems that more and more people are /
heads, and cried, weeping and searching for satisfaction in the /
wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that Jeremiah 50:15 Shout against her forces of evil and deception. The /
great city, wherein were made rich round about: she hath given news media is more and more filled /
all that had ships in the sea by her hand: her foundations are with evidences that the world is /
reason of her costliness! for in fallen, her walls are thrown trying to return to the practices /
one hour is she made desolate. down: for it is the vengeance that are evidences of the spirit of /
20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, of the Lord: take vengeance Luke 11:49-50 Therefore also said Babylon. More and more there are /
and ye holy apostles and prophets; upon her; as she hath done, the wisdom of God, I will send teachings that man can become as /
for God hath avenged you on her. so do unto her. them prophets and apostles, and a god and is in complete control /
21 And a mighty angel took up a Jeremiah 51:63-64 ...when thou some of them they shall slay and of all that he surveys and the /
stone like a great millstone, and hast made an end of reading persecute: concept of the one true God is /
cast it into the sea, saying, Thus this book, that thou shalt That the blood of all the proph- belittled. II Peter 2:2 "And many /
with violence shall that great city bind a stone to it, and cast ets, which was shed from the foun- will follow their pernicious ways: /
Babylon be thrown down, and shall it into the midst of dation of the world, may be req- by reasons of whom the way of truth /
be found no more at all. Euphrates: uired of this generation; shall be evil spoken of." /
22 And the voice of harpers, and And thou shalt say, Thus /
musicians, and of pipers, and shall Babylon sink, and shall "Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye /
trumpeters, shall be heard no more not rise from the evil that I holy apostles and prophets" /
at all in thee; and no craftsman, will bring upon her:... Fortunately there are many prophets /
of whatsoever craft he be, shall be Isaiah 47:12-14 Stand now with of old and of today that have and /
found any more in thee; and the thine enchantments, and with will recognize the false teachings /
sound of a millstone shall be heard the multitude of thy sorceries, and will preach against them. /
no more at all in thee; wherein thou hast laboured Fortunately there will always be /
23 And the light of a candle shall from thy youth; if so be thou that remnant that will try to lead /
shine no more at all in thee; and shalt be able to profit, if so away from the teaching of the /
the voice of the bridegroom and of be thou mayest prevail. antichrist and will be among those /
the bride shall be heard no more Thou art wearied in the multi- who will be able to rejoice in /
at all in thee: for thy merchants tude of thy counsels, Let now heaven over the final victory over /
were the great men of the earth; the astrologers, the stargazers, Babylon. As long as the Holy Spirit /
for by thy sorceries were all the monthly prognosticators, is working on earth the truth will /
nations deceived. stand up, and save thee from be available for those who earnstly /
24 And in her was found the blood these things that shall come James 5:6 Ye have condemned and search for it. /
of prophets, and of saints, and of upon thee. killed the just; and he doth not /
all that were slain upon the earth. Behold, they shall be a resist you. /
stubble; the fire shall burn /
them; ... /
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Matters of Contention: Many scholars have long identified the "Mother of Might we not also apply the same scenario to the great city /
Harlots" to be the Roman Catholic church and the great city Babylon Babylon. Rome may have fit the description in the times of the /
to be Rome. As we have mentioned earlier, there is no doubt that at vision but it seems to fall far short today. Of course we must /
various times in history that both have been possessed of the spirits not forget that we are talking of a restored kingdom that probably /
of each of these identities. But is it a foregone conclusion that is not in existence today. Rome does not fit various other portions /
this is the identity in the end times? We are not so sure! The of the description and neither does the location of the ancient /
Roman Catholic church as it exists today has its faults, that is for city of Babylon! The description requires a great city that /
certain. But would we call it the "Mother of Harlots" as it exists controls the commerce of the entire world on land and sea. /
today? We are not so sure, since mountains are symbolic of Therefore it is entirely possibly that the seat of the antichrist /
governments, has the Roman Catholic church been over seven world will be located at an entirely different location from the sites /
controlling governments? We think not! We understand that the of Rome and ancient Babylon. The spirits are the same, but the /
governments that were intended consisted of Rome in the time of the location and name at the time may be different! /
vision which was the sixth government for five had already fallen. /
The seventh and eighth are were yet to come. Since the Roman /
Catholic church came into being as the ancient Roman Empire was /
declining it would not fully fit the vision. Instead it would seem /
that a longer lasting religious system that has moved many times and /
also changed its names many times is intended. It seems quite /
possible that the name and the location may also be changed in the /
end times. /
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