Isaiah 1:21 (KJV)
21 How is the faithful city
[Jerusalem] become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness
lodged in it; but now murderers.
Below
is the original Greek of Rev. 17:9 from the Greek Textus Recptus:
Rev 17:9
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Rev. 17:9
Here the mind having wisdom. The Seven Heads Mountains are
Seven, where the Woman sits upon
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There greek word
‘autos’
used here for where the Woman sits (MOUNTAINS) is a - pronoun PLURAL
genitive neuter.
The Greek Textus
Receptus clearly states that the Woman sits upon ALL 7 Mountains
(Kingdoms) and NOT just merely upon some other part of the Beast (its
back, etc.).
Please note if we
lose the understanding above of the Woman sitting upon ALL 7 former
Kingdoms we will NOT be able to correctly ‘identify’ who the
WHORE/Harlot actually is.
Meanwhile, it must
ALSO be noted that the 7 Heads of the Scarlet Abyss Beast are equal to 7
Mountains/Kingdoms AND THEY are also equal to 7 Kings. Therefore,
we must interpret Rev. 17:9-10 as sequential Heads.
Thus, ONE Head is equal to ONE Mountain/Kingdom AND (conjunction)
ONE King. We CANNOT assume that ONE Head is equal to 7 Mountains,
etc.
ALL 7 Heads CANNOT
co-exist simultaneously, per Rev. 13:3 ONLY ONE of the 7 Heads of
the Beast is futuristically HEALED and NOT all 7 Heads. So PLEASE,
do not attempt to make them all co-exist in the future.
The
‘Great City’ is indeed a
literal City just as Scripture states and NOT a figurative or an abstract
City.
If we list ALL six Empires we
know from history that apply to the 7 Heads/Kingdoms (we do Not know the
7th) then we must ask the logical question where was the
‘City’ of Rome during the Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Medo-Persian,
and Grecian Empires – it did NOT even exist? We must remember that this
literal Harlot ‘City’ just as I have shown in my previous email was
associated with EACH of those former Empires.
Meanwhile, the Woman (the
literal City) NEVER changes from Head to Head or Kingdom to Kingdom we
just get another presentation of her
internal practices of
‘Paganism’ – The Harlot City is a CONSTANT and a common denominator to
each of the 7 Kingdoms (actually 8) of which she rides.
For example, it is suggested
that the ‘Harlot City’ is New York – I ask you where was the ‘City’ of
New York during the reign of the first 6 Kingdoms as stated above, it
did NOT even exist. Some suggest it is the U.S. – I ask is a ‘City’ a
Country or is it as Scripture states – a CITY, where was the U.S. during
the reign of the 1st 6 Kingdoms of the Scarlet Beast?
Rev. 17:18
And the woman which thou sawest is
that great city,
which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
In Rev. 17:18 we are ‘looking’
for a NAME of an
apostate
CITY which has had and will have a ‘Harlotry’ relationship with ALL 7
Heads of the Scarlet Beast.
There is only one CITY on earth
where God has chosen to put his NAME –
Jerusalem.
As stated, in Rev. 17:18 we are
looking for the Name of an apostate CITY and in Scripture this apostate
City has the SAME name as the ‘eternal’ Righteous City of God where the
Redeemed will make their homes just as you say. Meanwhile, this
‘righteous’ CITY now reigns at this time from Heaven and later from
earth over ALL Kings of the earth.
Rev. 21:24
And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of
it: and
the
kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
The Bible (KJV) clearly declares that Mystery, Babylon The Great
is a
literal city with a geographical location from where the Antichrist will reign over many kings
of the earth:
Rev. 17:18
"And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over
the kings of the earth."
Following are Biblical Scriptures that reveal
future JERUSALEM
as this symbolic (Mystery) city:
Rev. 17:5-6
"And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE
GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. [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."
Babylon is a symbolic name.
Look at how Jerusalem is
referred to by similar analogous names such as Sodom, Gomorrah, and Egypt. All
of these, Sodom, Gomorrah, Egypt, and Babylon are all recorded enemies
of God’s people.
Isaiah 1:1-21
"The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah
and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings
of Judah...
Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we
should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah...
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment;
righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. "
Moses warns the Jews how God will punish them and destroy their
land if they forsake His covenant.
Deut. 29:23-25
"And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning,
that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like
the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord
overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: [24] Even all nations shall
say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? what meaneth the
heat of this great anger? Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken
the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them
when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:"
Jeremiah 23:14
"I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing:
they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands
of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of
them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah."
Romans 9:27-29
"Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children
of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: [28] For
he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a
short work will the Lord make upon the earth. [29] And as Esaias said
before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as
Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha."
In the Book of Revelation John continues this use of mystery names
for the "Great City." He uses symbolism to refer to people who had
betrayed God’s people.
Rev. 11:8
"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 is extremely important because it
tells us just where this "Great City" is. It is "where
our Lord was crucified."
It is Jerusalem.
DRESSED IN
PURPLE, SCARLET, AND DECKED WITH GOLD
Rev. 17:4
"And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked
with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her
hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:"
Rev. 18:16
"And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine
linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious
stones, and pearls!"
Jeremiah 4:30-31
"And when thou
art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with
crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou
rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair;
thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life. [31] For I have
heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that
bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that
bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for
my soul is wearied because of murderers."
A GREAT
CITY WHO SAYS SHE IS NO WIDOW
Rev.
17:18
"And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth
over the kings of the earth."
Rev. 18:7-8
"How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much
torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen,
and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. [8] Therefore shall her
plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall
be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth
her."
Rev. 11:8
"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."
Lament.
1:1
"How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people how is she
become as a widow she that was great among the nations, and princess
among the provinces, how is she become tributary..."
"BABYLON" IS CALLED THE GREAT CITY
Rev. 18:10
"Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas,
that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy
judgment come."
Jerusalem is also called the "Great City".
Jeremiah 22:4-8
"For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the
gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in
chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people. [5] But if
ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that
this house shall become a desolation. [6] For thus saith the Lord unto
the king's house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of
Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are
not inhabited. [7] And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one
with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast
them into the fire. [8] And many nations shall pass by this city, and
they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the Lord done
thus unto this great city?"
"BABYLON" AND THE DEATHS OF THE
PROPHETS
Rev. 17:5-6
"And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE
GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. [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
"And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of
all that were slain upon the earth."
Compare the above Scriptures with the
following Scriptures about Jerusalem.
Luke 11:47-51
"Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your
fathers killed them. [48] Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds
of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their
sepulchres. [49] Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them
prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
[50] That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the
foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; [51] From
the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between
the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of
this generation."
Luke 13:31-34
"The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get
thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee. [32] And he said
unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do
cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. [33]
Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following:
for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. [34] O
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that
are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children
together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would
not!"
Matthew 23:29-36
"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the
tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, [30]
And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have
been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. [31] Wherefore ye
be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which
killed the prophets. [32] Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
[33] Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the
damnation of hell?
[34] Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and
scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them
shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to
city: [35] That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the
earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son
of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. [36] Verily
I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. "
Matthew 24:34
"Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these
things be fulfilled."
DESTROYED WITH FIRE
God promised blessings to the Jews if they obeyed, Deut 28:8,
and seven curses if they disobeyed, verses 15 -20. God’s Covenant is
effected by His Oath. The word "oath" is based on the word "seven."
Thus, the number "seven" represents the Covenant. In Leviticus
He
threatens to punish the Jews with fire if they break
His
Covenant.
Leviticus 26:15-16
"And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my
judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break
my covenant: [16] I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over
you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the
eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for
your enemies shall eat it."
Leviticus 26:27-28
"And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary
unto me; [28] Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I,
even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins."
It was prophesied that Jerusalem would be destroyed by
fire
in the following passages:
Ezekiel 16:2-3
"Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, [3] And say,
Thus saith the Lord God unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of
the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an
Hittite."
Ezekiel 16:35
"Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord:"
Ezekiel 16:38
"And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are
judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy."
Ezekiel 16:41
"And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon
thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from
playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more."
Ezekiel 23:2-4
"Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: [3] 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. [4] 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
Aholibah."
Ezekiel 23:17-19
"And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled
her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind
was alienated from them. [18] So she discovered her whoredoms, and
discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as
my mind was alienated from her sister. [19] Yet she multiplied her
whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she
had played the harlot in the land of Egypt."
Ezekiel 23:22-25
"Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will raise up
thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will
bring them against thee on every side; [23] The Babylonians, and all the
Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them:
all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and
renowned, all of them riding upon horses. [24] And they shall come
against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of
people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round
about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee
according to their judgments. [25] And I will set my jealousy against
thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy
nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall
take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by
the fire."
Ezekiel 23:44-47
"Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the
harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.
[45] And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of
adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because
they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. [46] For thus saith
the Lord God; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to
be removed and spoiled. [47] And the company shall stone them with
stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons
and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire."
Also see Lamentations 2:4, and 4:11 and Ezekiel 19:12, 21:2-3,
22:19-21,
In John's prophetic vision future "Babylon" is to be destroyed by
fire.
Rev. 18:8
"Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning,
and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the
Lord God who judgeth her."
Rev. 18:17
"For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every
shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as
trade by sea, stood afar off..."
Jerusalem was a center for commercial trade, but true to
prophecy it was completely destroyed by fire in 70 AD, whereas,
Rome was only partially burned by Nero.
The burning of Jerusalem by fire also had theological
significance. The City of Jerusalem is often referred to as a daughter.
Lament. 2:15-18
"All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their
head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men
call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? [16] All
thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash
the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day
that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. [17] The Lord hath
done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had
commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied:
and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the
horn of thine adversaries. [18] Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall
of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night:
give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease."
Unfaithfulness to God is frequently compared to as sexual immorality.
The penalty for fornication by the daughter of the priest called for
a special punishment. She was to be burned to death.
Leviticus 21:9
"And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing
the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire."
So, when Jerusalem was offered the opportunity to accept Christ, but
instead rejected Him, she is referred to as the "Whore of Babylon" who
is subsequently to be burned to death.
THE HARLOT
Just as "Babylon" is referred to
as a whore, a harlot, Jerusalem
is also called a harlot.
Rev. 17:1
"And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials,
and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee
the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:"
Ezekiel 16:1-3
"Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, [2] Son of man,
cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, [3] And say, Thus saith the
Lord God unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of
Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite."
Ezekiel 16:26
"Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours,
great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to
anger."
Jeremiah 2:1-2
"Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, [2] Go and cry in
the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the
kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest
after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown."
Jeremiah 2:17-20
"Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken
the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way? [18] And now what hast
thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what
hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
[19] Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall
reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and
bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is
not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.
[20] For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and
thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under
every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot."
Isaiah 1:1
"The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and
Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of
Judah."
Isaiah 1:21
"How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment;
righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers."
Jeremiah 3:1-2
"They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become
another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be
greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet
return again to me, saith the Lord. [2] Lift up thine eyes unto the high
places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast
thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast
polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness."
Jeremiah 3:6-8
"The Lord said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou
seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every
high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the
harlot. [7] And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou
unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
[8] And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel
committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce;
yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the
harlot also."
Jeremiah 5:1
"Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and
know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if
there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will
pardon it."
Jeremiah 5:5-7
"I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they
have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God: but these
have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. [6] Wherefore a
lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall
spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that
goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions
are many, and their backslidings are increased.
[7] How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and
sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they
then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the
harlots' houses."
Ezekiel 23:1-5
"The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, [2] Son of man, there
were two women, the daughters of one mother: [3] 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. [4] 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 Aholibah. [5] And
Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers,
on the Assyrians her neighbours..."
Ezekiel 23:11
"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 23:17-19
"And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled
her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind
was alienated from them. [18] So she discovered her whoredoms, and
discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as
my mind was alienated from her sister. [19] Yet she multiplied her
whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she
had played the harlot in the land of Egypt."
MY PEOPLE
A very important verse is
Revelation 18:4
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 receive not of
her plagues."
God said, "Come out of her, my people …"
Who does "my people" refer to and where are they at ? These
are important questions. The term "my people" is the key.
Jeremiah 31:31-33
"Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new
covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: [32] Not
according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that
I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my
covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the
Lord: [33] But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the
house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in
their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God,
and they shall be my people."
The term 'My People' is clearly a
covenant language and is a reference to people who were supposed to be in
a covenant relationship with God. This becomes even more evident when we
examine just what it means to be in a covenant. A covenant is very
different from a contract. Thus, a covenant is as different from a
contract as marriage is different from prostitution. In a contract, two
people exchange goods and services - this becomes yours and that becomes
mine, or 'I will do this for you and you will do that for me.' However,
as anyone knows contracts are made and broken.
A covenant is an exchange of persons. "I will become yours and
you will become mine."
Ezekiel 37:26-27
"Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an
everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply
them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. [27]
My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and
they shall be my people."
To
this end, where were God’s chosen people when John wrote Revelations? They were
still under the Old Covenant, in Jerusalem and God wanted them to abandon
the Mosaic Covenant and come into Yeshua's New Blood Covenant of Grace.
Meanwhile, God could refer to them as 'My People' because they were under
His Old Covenant. Such will be the case for God's chosen people when they
rebuild the Temple and give themselves over to the dictates of the Beast
Apollyon and the future Antichrist.
Hebrews 13:12-14
"Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own
blood, suffered without the gate. [13] Let us go forth therefore unto
him without the camp, bearing his reproach. [14] For here have we no
continuing city, but we seek one to come."
CONCLUSION
The Whore of Babylon is a symbolic name for
the future corrupt apostate city of Jerusalem ruled by the Antichrist, upon whom God's judgment
of fire
will fall.
Jerusalem is the only one according to Jesus that is responsible
for all of the deaths of the prophets, the apostles, and Saints. Jesus said God's vengeance would come against that
people, in that generation. They would be judged for
spilling all the righteous blood shed on earth.
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