Mystery Babylon

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eternally-gratefull

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Mystery Babylon is the roman catholic church.

Rev 17:6 - Rome persecuted the martyrs before

6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

Rev 18:24

24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.


Rev 17:9 - Rome is known as the city of seven hills

9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

The Antichrist is the pope.

Dan 11:37 - He is a jew and either a homosexual or someone who practices celibacy.


37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.

Dan 11:15 - He is a syrian jew. Syria is the king of the north and egypt is the king of the south.

15 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.

Rev 13:2 - the leopard - note the skin color/yellow, black and white

2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

Jer 13:23 - He is african, asian, caucasian/the three major race-shem/ham/japheth

23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
I have heard a few others say they think the pope is the antichrist.

Which confuses me, If he is the head of the Harlot babylonian system, and is destroyed by the antichrist, how can he also be the antichrist?
 

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The ten horns and the ten kings represent the ten tribes of Israel now known as Europeans and their offspring.
For example: Ephraim is Britain and his brother Manasseh is the U.S.A.
Dan are the Germanic peoples.
Zebulun are the Greeks.
Reuben the first born I think is Italy (Roman legacy).
Naphtali I believe are the French.

There are many books on this.
Oh interesting, but what about the seven mountains or seven kings..who are they?
I dont know if I would agree with this although have heard that theory. But then what about all the non european peoples. Would they be gentiles.
 

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How is the faithful city become an Harlot!
It was full of judgement righteousness
lodged in it, but now murderers

Isaiah 1: 21 KJV

The word of the Lord came again unto me
saying Son of Man there were two women
the daughters of one mother, and they
committed whoredoms in Egypt they
committed whoredoms in their youth
there were their breasts pressed and there
they bruised the teats of their virginity. and
the names of them were Aholah the Elder
and Aholibah her sister and they were mine
and they bare sons and daughters thus
were their names : Samaria is Aholah and
Jerusalem is Aholibah and Aholah played
the harlot when she was mine and she doted
on her lovers on the Assyrians her neighbours

Ezekiel 23: 1- 5 KJV

And when her sister Aholibah saw this she
was more corrupt in her inordinate love than
she and in her whoredoms more than her
sister in her whoredoms

Ezekiel 23: 11 KJV


And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the
Great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt
where also our Lord was crucified

Revelation 11: 8

In Revelation the Whore is pictured as a parody of a
Jewish High Priest.

Jerusalem is the City where Christ was
Crucified. Its interesting to note that the only other city
in Revelation called 'great' is Babylon.
There was just one israelite queen and that was athaliah. She was pretty ruthless..just thinking of rev 18:7
 
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A prostitute IS the harlot

Once again, SHE DOES NOT PLAY with herself. She temps and deceives people to pay for her services.

Isreal was not the harlot. He PLAYED the harlot with the true harlot (Call him Ball, or whatever pagaon God they got caught up in in the OT. It is still the same)

Isreal got in trouble because she cheated, Not because she tempted others to cheat with her as a prostitute.
 

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Smh!!!!!

Rev 11: 8 is NOT BABYLON

Where do you people come up with this stuff??

Who is the Harlot according to rev 17?

1. Bears the representation of a harlot, or a prostitute (rev 17: 1-2, 15-16)

A prostitute attempts to take the place of a spouse. Isreal, who was not the harlot. But PLAYED the harlot with the Pagan Gods and religion which was founded in Babylon, (who tried to replace God). from hence it got its name

2. A leader in ecclesiastical affairs (rev 17: 2-5 )

A leader of the world in ecclesiastical affairs. Jerusalem is pretty much a local religion which is hated by the world. Remember, Spiritual fornication is an adherance to a false religious system. Although Isreal is doing this with judaism, It is not a leader in the worlds ecclesiastical affairs.

3. A leader is political affairs. (Rev 17:3)

It not only has power and political strength in other nations, She seems to be controlling the beast. For which it sits (which is WHY the beast must destroy her)

4. A system which has great wealth and influence (rev 17: 4)

Jerusalem once again, compaired to therichest nations, is not among the top nations, In fact, the vatican has a GPA which far surpass jerusalem, (who is not even the capitol city of Isreal)

5. System represents a state of Christendom which was at this point unrevealed (rev 17: 5) in that in Johns day it was called a mystery.

The system has been a great persecutor of the saints. (Rev 17: 6) Even today, Jews do not go around killing christians. Let alone have they had the power or done so for the past 2000 Plus years since Revelations was written. But yet John claims the harlot has done this,

7. The system is an organized system of worldwide scope (rev 17: 15
Once again, Isreal has no power. Her religion has no influence or power throughout the world. The harlot will be an organized religious system, which is very powerful and influential in the world.

8, the system is destroyed by the beast , so that his supremacy may not be threatened.
Her power must be destroyed, otherwise, She will withstand him once she realizes who he is.


9. The world will mourn when the harlot is destroyed.

No one will mourn if jerusalem was destroyed, because jerusalem has no power or influence over them, Nor does her riches make them fat and happy. This also precluded the USA from being the harlot. Once again, The world will rejoice, in fact they are trying to replace their currency so they do not have to rely on the US. Because the dolloar is to powerful. Which we are quickly headed that way.

There is NO WAY Jerusalem is the HARLOT. Once again, She does not fit the characteristics.

And this bull that I just believe this way because it does not fit man made theories. Thats a laugh, BECAUSE your theories are man made. Your saying a city which fits maybe 1 at most characteristics is the harlot. ..
Your verboseness does not change the fact that "the city, the great one" (the great city) is Jerusalem! Rev 11v8.
 
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Your verboseness does not change the fact that "the city, the great one" (the great city) is Jerusalem! Rev 11v8.
It does not mean they are both the same.

As long as you ingore the characteristics. You can make it appear they are. But most people want scripture to be united, not contradictory. So...
 
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Lol

Red circles with white x’s do not prove your points either.

Nor do they sway anyones opinion.
 
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Nice try, but alas, no banana. I try to give you good marks, but when a statement is totally wrong, have to mark within the rules, unfortunately. :)
They still do you no good. You have to show why you gave that mark. Just giving it does not do anything

I as of yet have had anyone refute my rev 17 proofs that Jerusalem, the CITY OF GOD (in Daniels own words) is not babylon.

But anyway, here, I will. Let daniel show you himself


Dan 9:
And He has confirmed His words, which He spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing upon us a great disaster; for under the whole heaven such has never been done as what has been done to Jerusalem.

13 “As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us; yet we have not made our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and understand Your truth. 14 Therefore the Lord has kept the disaster in mind, and brought it upon us; for the Lord our God is righteous in all the works which He does, though we have not obeyed His voice. 15 And now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and made Yourself a name, as it is this day—we have sinned, we have done wickedly!

16 “O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, I pray, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all those around us. 17 Now therefore, our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, and for the Lord’s sake [a]cause Your face to shine on [b]Your sanctuary, which is desolate. 18 O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies. 19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”

Did daniel get it wrong? Remember this is the pray Daniel prayed for which Gabriel gave him the answer which led up to part of this discussion.
 
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By the way to add to what I said above.

The city of Jerusalem continues today to be left desolate because of the sin of Isreal. And the dan 9 prophesy said it will. Live this way through an unknown amount of time, UNTIL the time of the end. (After the abomination of desolation and the time allotted to the final beast) So in Gods eyes. It is already in ruins. why would he have to destroy it again? That makes no sense whatsoever!
 
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They still do you no good. You have to show why you gave that mark. Just giving it does not do anything

I as of yet have had anyone refute my rev 17 proofs that Jerusalem, the CITY OF GOD (in Daniels own words) is not babylon.

But anyway, here, I will. Let daniel show you himself

Dan 9:
And He has confirmed His words, which He spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing upon us a great disaster; for under the whole heaven such has never been done as what has been done to Jerusalem.

13 “As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us; yet we have not made our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and understand Your truth. 14 Therefore the Lord has kept the disaster in mind, and brought it upon us; for the Lord our God is righteous in all the works which He does, though we have not obeyed His voice. 15 And now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and made Yourself a name, as it is this day—we have sinned, we have done wickedly!

16 “O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, I pray, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all those around us. 17 Now therefore, our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, and for the Lord’s sake [a]cause Your face to shine on [b]Your sanctuary, which is desolate. 18 O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies. 19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”

Did daniel get it wrong? Remember this is the pray Daniel prayed for which Gabriel gave him the answer which led up to part of this discussion.
Revelation 11:8 Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city—which is figuratively called Sodom and Egyptwhere also their Lord was crucified.

So Jerusalem on three counts. "The great city", "figuratively called Sodom and Egypt", and where Jesus was crucified. Am I missing something, or is that check mate?
 
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Revelation 11:8 Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city—which is figuratively called Sodom and Egyptwhere also their Lord was crucified.

So Jerusalem on three counts. "The great city", "figuratively called Sodom and Egypt", and where Jesus was crucified. Am I missing something, or is that check mate?
I do not see the word BABYLON in that passage

There are. Many great cities, this is just one.

So yes you are missing something.

And your also missing the characteristics given in rev 17 about the harlot herself.. you can;t take one verse and make a doctrine. You must take the whole
 
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By the way to add to what I said above.

The city of Jerusalem continues today to be left desolate because of the sin of Isreal. And the dan 9 prophesy said it will. Live this way through an unknown amount of time, UNTIL the time of the end. (After the abomination of desolation and the time allotted to the final beast) So in Gods eyes. It is already in ruins. why would he have to destroy it again? That makes no sense whatsoever!
Huh? Didn't Trump recently declare it the capital city of New Israel? How can President Trump proclaim it to be the capital city of New Israel, if it's still desolate?

I think Daniel's prophecy was already fulfilled a long time ago, so without evidence that it was prophesying two things, it doesn't make sense to me to try to get another prophecy out of it.
 
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I do not see the word BABYLON in that passage
So do you believe that Jesus died in Sodom and Egypt? :)

There are. Many great cities, this is just one.
The bible doesn't declare too many cities great. It could be Ninevah, I suppose, if you believe Jesus was crucified there.

And your also missing the characteristics given in rev 17 about the harlot herself.. you can;t take one verse and make a doctrine. You must take the whole
Drunk with the blood of the saints, just as Israel was. What doesn't fit about the harlot?
 
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Huh? Didn't Trump recently declare it the capital city of New Israel? How can President Trump proclaim it to be the capital city of New Israel, if it's still desolate?

I think Daniel's prophecy was already fulfilled a long time ago, so without evidence that it was prophesying two things, it doesn't make sense to me to try to get another prophecy out of it.
Lol

Lets see

Is donald trump God?

I did nt think so

Also

The dome of the rock.
The islam faction.

Daniel 9 says clearly. The city and the sanctuary will be destroyed and left desolate. The end will be with a flood. TILL THE WAR DESOLATIONS ARE DETERMINED.

The middle east and jerusalem has been a seen of war for over 2000 years not. There is no house of God (like daniel prayed for) and a pagan God has his temple built in the city.

And you think i t is not desolate according to scripture?

That would get a red x my friend.