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Revelation 17:5 KJV
(5) And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Babylon is here a woman and a woman in prophecy represents a church either good or bad. God's true church is mentioned as a woman in Revelation 12, while Satan's counterfeit church to appear as the true is mentioned in Revelation 17. Contrast the two:-
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[TD="align: left"] True church dressed in White Rev 12:1, 2
Her children keep the Commandments Rev 12:17
False church dressed in purple Rev 17:4
[SUP]Her Children are Harlots Rev 17:5[/SUP][/TD]
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