Hello Lucy,
I believe the designation "Mystery" as in Mystery Babylon, is not referring to the literal city of Babylon, but the pagan practices, the mystery religions of Babylon, of which the majority of can be found in the practices of Roman Catholicism.
Roman Catholicism is the mother of all pagan beliefs.
I believe the designation "Mystery" as in Mystery Babylon, is not referring to the literal city of Babylon, but the pagan practices, the mystery religions of Babylon, of which the majority of can be found in the practices of Roman Catholicism.
Roman Catholicism is the mother of all pagan beliefs.
But Rome isn't the "mother of all pagan beliefs" Rome wasn't established 6000 years ago.
I didn't say Mystery Babylon was a literal city. Read what I wrote. It was only one sentence. The woman is the false religion. But Revelation is quite clear she rides the beast which is empire. It's a religion controlling an empire. Although Rome seems to fit for many reasons, she is only a part of it. Don't read a Middle Eastern book only through Western goggles. It colours the view.
Nimrod was the beginning of 'pagan' empire.
Genesis 10:10
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.