The Great Harlot: Come Out, or Share and Receive
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1 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 harlot who sits on many waters,
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.
4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, 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
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.
Revelation 17:1-
4 And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.
5 For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
6 Render to her just as she rendered to you, and repay her double according to her works; in the cup which she has mixed, mix double for her.
7 In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’
8 Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and mourning and famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judges her.
Revelation 18:4
Theories:
The Catholic Church
America
Islam
Jerusalem
Why none of these work:
The Woman from
1 Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars.
Revelation 12:
17 And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 12:
Jews vs. Gentiles
KIAMAPSA
K -> *the* Kings
I -> *the* Inhabitants
Revelation 17:
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.”
A -> *the* Abominations
5 And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH
Revelation 17:
M -> *the* merchants
3 For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury.”
Revelation 18:
A, P, S, A -> Apostles, Prophets, Saints, All who were Slain
20 “Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!”
24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth.”
Revelation 18:
Rejoice over her you saints and holy apostles and prophets. For God has avenged you on her. Why would God only avenge the saints, apostles, and prophets slain by the catholic church?
We already have an event during which the Catholic Church would be destroyed (the image killing everyone who wouldn’t worship the anti-Christ), so why are you suggesting there’s a special event *only* for the Catholic Church? God is destroying the great harlot TO avenge His apostles and prophets.
Why would God only avenge the apostles and prophets slain by the catholic church? What about communist dictatorships or islam?
Think about it from God’s perspective... there’s only true and not true. Anything that's a perversion of the truth is not true.
God sees it all as one thing! Does God care what religion you are if it’s not the true one? They’re all false!
come out of her my people.
Jesus is begging us to be different.
Gentiles vs. jews
Why are plagues coming upon her?
Why do we have to come out of her in order to not share in her sins?
Think about it from God’s perspective... there’s only true and not true. Anything that's a perversion of the truth is not true.