Many of you disagree with my preterist view of Revelation and the claim that the great harlot of Rev. 17 is no other then old or ancient Jerusalem.
Some anti-preterist refute this claim by stating Jerusalem was never a city in which ruled over the kings of the earth, which can be interpreted as "land", as Rev. 17:18 projects.
Rev. 17:18
18 And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.”
I must comment on this refute by what I read today in 2 Samuel 22:44-46. King David had conquered all his enemies and wrote this song, I encourage you all to read 2 Samuel 22 to get entire context. In this song, David writes:
44 “You have also delivered me from the contentions of my people;
You have kept me as head of the nations (gentiles/heathen see H1471);
A people whom I have not known serve me.
45 “Foreigners pretend obedience to me;
As soon as they hear, they obey me.
46 “Foreigners lose heart,
And come trembling out of their fortresses.
If Revelation pertains to our past, but John and the 1st Century Christians near future, which Revelation 1:1 seems to indicate, and if "ge" (G1093) can mean land and not the whole earth (which it can), and the old testament supports such a claim or interpretation, then the argument against that old ancient Jerusalem can't a possible interpretation of Rev.17:18's "great city" is invalid.
Other scriptural passages to consider:
Lamentations 1:1
Jerusalem in Affliction
1 How lonely sits the city
That was full of people!
How like a widow is she,
Who was great among the nations!
The princess among the provinces
Has become a slave!
Psalms 48:1-7:
The Glory of God in Zion
A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
48 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised
In the city of our God,
In His holy mountain.
2 Beautiful in elevation,
The joy of the whole earth,
Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north,
The city of the great King.
3 God is in her palaces;
He is known as her refuge.
4 For behold, the kings assembled,
They passed by together.
5 They saw it, and so they marveled;
They were troubled, they hastened away.
6 Fear took hold of them there,
And pain, as of a woman in birth pangs,
Some anti-preterist refute this claim by stating Jerusalem was never a city in which ruled over the kings of the earth, which can be interpreted as "land", as Rev. 17:18 projects.
Rev. 17:18
18 And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.”
I must comment on this refute by what I read today in 2 Samuel 22:44-46. King David had conquered all his enemies and wrote this song, I encourage you all to read 2 Samuel 22 to get entire context. In this song, David writes:
44 “You have also delivered me from the contentions of my people;
You have kept me as head of the nations (gentiles/heathen see H1471);
A people whom I have not known serve me.
45 “Foreigners pretend obedience to me;
As soon as they hear, they obey me.
46 “Foreigners lose heart,
And come trembling out of their fortresses.
If Revelation pertains to our past, but John and the 1st Century Christians near future, which Revelation 1:1 seems to indicate, and if "ge" (G1093) can mean land and not the whole earth (which it can), and the old testament supports such a claim or interpretation, then the argument against that old ancient Jerusalem can't a possible interpretation of Rev.17:18's "great city" is invalid.
Other scriptural passages to consider:
Lamentations 1:1
Jerusalem in Affliction
1 How lonely sits the city
That was full of people!
How like a widow is she,
Who was great among the nations!
The princess among the provinces
Has become a slave!
Psalms 48:1-7:
The Glory of God in Zion
A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
48 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised
In the city of our God,
In His holy mountain.
2 Beautiful in elevation,
The joy of the whole earth,
Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north,
The city of the great King.
3 God is in her palaces;
He is known as her refuge.
4 For behold, the kings assembled,
They passed by together.
5 They saw it, and so they marveled;
They were troubled, they hastened away.
6 Fear took hold of them there,
And pain, as of a woman in birth pangs,