Babylon The Great Is A Murderous, Presumptuous Regime With A Global Reach

There are Six clear contextual factors that define the identity of "Mystery Babylon."

First, She is not secular government as she rides on the very symbols the bible uses to describe secular governments.

Second, She is identified with a current city that was at the time of writing ruled over the world - v. 17.

Third, In her all the prophets and apostles have fallen since the world began.

Fourth, she continues to exist up to the final "hour" before the second Coming of Christ.

Fifth, she is identified with the seven headed beast in an illicit relationship and her seat of power has always been and always will be with the current ruling world government.

Sixth, she is identified as "Mystery Babylon" rather than literal Babylon.


I believe she represents false/apostate religion beginning Cain and after the flood formed an illicit relationship with the first secular world government - Babel. Her seat of power always remains with a one world ruling government. False religion spread into all nations with the confusion of tongues at Babel and all secular governments have been religious governments. In Daniel's day she was in Babylon, then her seat of power moved to Media/Persia and then to Greece and at the time of John the seat of power had moved to Rome (Rev. 17:18). Afterwards, she clothed herself in the religion of Roman Catholicism as her continued seat of rule and reign over the world. was adopted by Roman Catholic Rome and has remained there until the 18th Century.

 

I like your analysis.

 

I noticed your "millerite" subheading. At least Miller admitted he was wrong on his prediction. Unfortunately, Ellen White and Russell who shared some of Miller's errors never did admit their errors and grave errors they made and still make.

I simply submitted my view. I am not interested in entering endless debates about symbols. I give lots of room for brethren to disagree with each other in this area except when it comes to obvious and serious errors (as those held by Miller, White and Russell).

At least I gave contextual based reasons for my summary statement but I notice you just assert your view as though everyone believes that to be true. Perhaps, you have provided arguments elsewhere in this thread for your position. I don't believe your view is true but I am willing to allow you to remain in your error. Carry on!

 

Thanks! This is an area where I give large area for good brethren to disagree. Now, if someone denies the visible coming of Christ, or embraces such eschatalogical nonsense as Miller, White and Russell and other cultic view (e.g. SDA- Sunday as mark of the beast garbage) well that is another matter altogether as that is just plain nonsense and serious false doctrine.

 

I took a quick look but I can't find any exposition of Revelation 17:5. All I found was news video's on the U.S. takeover of Venezuela. Your interpretative view of the beast, seven heads, harlot seems to be simply your assertion based on nothing that I can see.

 

I can hear and see the video fine! However, are you trying to tell me this is your evidence for your intrepretation of Revelation 17?????????

 

Your kind of interpretative method is absurd if this is your evidence to interpret Revelation 17!!!

 

If you were living during the 3rd Reich when Hitler was working with Rome you would have Germany as the Great Whore. You can't interpret scripture by the daily news.

 

She is apostate religion in union with secular governments and has been since the tower of Babel. Catholicism is nothing but the inclusion of pagan apostate religion and became the state religion from the time of Constantine to the early 19th century. Although her seat of power has moved from one world government to one world government. America is not the one world government at this time. I think her seat of power still resides in Rome and may transition to a yet future ten kingdom one world government.