Rev 17:5 And apon her forehead was a name written "MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
O.k. so it is revealed here that God pictures Babylon the Great as a harlot. What do harlots do? They have many lovers. They are adulterers. They are not loyal to one. They contaminate and spread diseases. They entice single & married men to indulge in their lust. They can offer whatever you want. Take it, it's yours....
God is not talking about a physical woman here. He is talking about a spiritual woman. Babylon has many Gods. Babylon is not faithful to the true God, so in God's eyes she is an adulterer, a harlot. Babylon provides so many different religions, Gods, beliefs...just take your pick. Babylon lies & spreads untruths. Babylon is strong, and she wants you, whatever is closes to your heart, anything you want she can provide. Money, riches, materials, power, religion, lust whatever...she is rolled all into one.
God likens Babylon the Great to a woman, because she produces children. She nurtures them. Her children are harlots and she is the MOTHER of all HARLOTS.
Rev 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, COME OUT OF HER, MY PEOPLE that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye recieve not of her plagues.
COME OUT OF HER ...MY PEOPLE.. MY PEOPLE.. MY PEOPLE ..MY PEOPLE MY PEOPLE.
Who are these ones God calls his people? Havn't his people washed their sins in the blood of the lamb? Where not they saved through grace only?
Rev 3:15 I know thy works, that you are neither cold nor hot: .....
Rev 3:16 So then because you art LUKEWARM, and NEITHER cold nor hot, I will SPEW YOU out of MY MOUTH.
Rev 3:17 Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing, and know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.
Rev 18:7 How much she has GLORIFIED HERSELF, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she said in her heart I SIT AS QUEEN, and am NO WIDOW and shall see NO SORROW.
Sound familiar??
Remember the harlot and what she's offering you? Remember those who tell you that you are saved by grace only and to stay comfortable because God has forgiven you...not knowing that grace leads us to repentance, and repentance to knowledge and knowledge to obedience, and obedience to honour, and honour to salvation?....but we went to church every sunday, we sang spiritual songs, we praised his name out loud, we gave our tithes, we brang others in..we walked in the hot sun all day knocking on doors...we shouted from the rooftops..we read the scriptures..we debated..we mocked them for your name...
but wait theres hope...
Rev 3:18 I counsel you to BUYof ME, GOLDtried in the FIRE, that YOUmay be RICH, and WHITE RAIMENT, that YOU may be CLOTHED, and that the SHAME of YOUR NAKEDNESS do NOT APPEAR; and ANNOINT YOUR EYES with EYE SALVE, that YOU MAY SEE
Rev 14:4 These are they which were NOT DEFILED with WOMEN; for they are VIRGINS. These are THEY which FOLLOW the LAMB wherever he goes. These were REDEEMED from among MEN, being the FIRSTFRUITS unto GOD and to the LAMB.
Rev 14:5 And in their mouth was found NO GUILE: for they are the without fault before the throne of God.
O.k. so this is talking about the 144,000, the firstfruits, we know firstfruits are the first, so something big will happen here. They will be rewarded, it doesn't say anything about them wearing White and being REFINED.?..only Redeemed.....but what about the rest which come later...what do they have to BUY? What do they have to REFINE in the FIRE...When you refine something in the fire you put it through EXTREME HEAT...O.k. Jesus did this, we know this...but it says WE HAVE TO BUY NOW..Jesus already paid the price. He made the purchase. So now I'm confused..it says WE have to BUY.... WHAT DO WE HAVE TO PROOVE?
Rev 19:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and JUDGEMENT was given unto them: and I saw the SOULS of THEM that were BEHEADED for the WITNESS OF JESUS, and for the WORD of GOD, and which had not WORSHIPED the BEAST, neither his IMAGE, neither had recieved HIS MARK upon their FOREHEADS, or in their HANDS. and they LIVED and REIGNED with CHRIST for a THOUSAND YEARS.....
THOUSAND YEARS, THOUSAND YEARS, THOUSAND YEARS. Now the above is mentioning that these people were killed for the Witness of Jesus. To go through that is going to be an incredible heat.....They loved not their lives right up to the very end...
Rev 7:9 After this, I beheld, and, lo, a GREAT MULTIDUDE, which no man could number, of ALL NATIONS, and KINDREDS, and PEOPLE, and TONGUES, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, CLOTHED with WHITE ROBES, and palms in their hands.
There it is, We had to buy Gold tried with fire, so that we could be rich, and also WHITE RAIMENT so we could be clothed..These ones are wearing exactly what Christ told us to buy..and they went through some heat...I dont want to scare you, but are you getting my drift?
So, God is warning that HIS PEOPLE are still in BABYLON, unless I've made a big mistake.. HE IS NOT WARNING THE UNBELIEVERS, HE IS WARNING US....YOU, ME, HIS PEOPLE. Come out of her! Come out of Babylon...because if you are one with her then you will also recieve all her plagues. You will be thrown into the same bucket as all the murderers, liars, cheats,adulterers, heathen etc. The same bucket.
In case your confused, Babylon has always been here since the beginning...She is ruled by Satan, the God of this world. Babylon was destroyed way back because of her wickedness, but she still lingers and she's back with a vengeneance. Her wickedness exceeds her past. Her sins have reached unto heaven. She is so great now...Babylon the great is THE WHOLE WORLD. She has been riding on the beast since the beginning. She will be destroyed by Jesus. Let Jesus be your saviour and come out of her while there is still time...prepare for the heat..prepare, prepare,prepare, looks like the only way you will avoid it is if you die before then..God forbid, or if you make it into the 144,000. ..and thats a very very small number with so many christians about..our chances would be so slim...sorry, but its the end result we are after.. salvation. and God will be with us all the way and strengthen us and put his words in us. He will make us face whatever we have to do and if we are not prepared, and the time comes then we will feel so let down and left out and rejected...We will weaken..Havn't we prophesied in your name Lord, havn't we healed and cast out demons? DONT BE DECIEVED.
Regards
Jouney.
Whatever is sin or sinful is Babylon the Great. It is wrong to just say that this is the Roman Catholic church. There are sinners in every church, as every human being is a sinner, in or outside of any church group. All need to repent and seek God. All people need the forgiveness and mercy of Jesus Christ. So no one should feel special or different from others. We all need God's kindness and love. We all need the gift of holiness, which comes not from ourselves; it comes from the grace and presence of the Holy Spirit in our hearts. We need to be born again through the Spirit. All people need Jesus Christ. The only thing that saves us is not preaching, but receiving the blood of Christ's benefits in the sacraments. We need baptism, chrismation, and the eucharist. We need confession of sins. We need repentance to lead to these sacraments
repentance faith in God and in His Church confession baptism chrismation holy eucharist good works and continued confession/ repentance as needed lifelong obedience to the law of God, the commandments of Christ (10 commandments and everything else Christ commands) that is the plan of salvation