The Whore of Babylon has been Revealed

berni_mccoy

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The Whore of Babylon has been Revealed

From http://www.catholic.com/library/Whore_of_Babylon.asp

When John introduces the Whore in Revelation 17, he tells us: "Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, ‘Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who is seated upon many waters, with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and with the wine of whose fornication the dwellers on earth have become drunk.’ And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and bedecked with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication; and on her forehead was written a name of mystery: ‘Babylon the great, mother of harlots and of earth’s abominations.’ And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her I marveled greatly" (Rev. 17:1–6).

The site goes on to analyze the verse, and I will interject the revelation of the true "Whore of Babylon":

This passage tells us several things about the Whore: (1) She is an international power, since she "sits on many waters," representing different peoples (17:15),

Here it is taken to mean that she has world-wide reach with her foul mouth.

and she has committed fornication with "the kings of the earth," and she has inflamed "the dwellers on earth" with her fornication.

She pimps the Bush administration agenda and convinces conservatives to 'drink the koolaid'.

(2) She is connected with the seven-headed Beast from Revelation 13:1–10. That Beast was a major pagan empire, since its symbolism combined animal elements from four other major pagan empires (compare Rev. 13:1–2 with Dan. 7:1–8).

She is connected deeply with the Bush administration, Fox news, the Carlyle group, PNAC, etc, etc, etc.

(3) The Woman is connected with royalty, since she is dressed in the royal color purple. (4) The Woman is rich, for she is "bedecked with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup."

Fits her to a tee.

(5) She has committed some kind of fornication, which in Scripture is often a symbol of false religion—lack of fidelity to the God who created heaven and earth.

Symbol of False Religion... couldn't have described her better myself.

(6) She is symbolically known as Babylon.

I can't think of anyone who 'babbles on' more than her

(7) She is a central cause of "abominations" in the land, abominations being a reference to practices, especially religious practices, that are offensive to God.

Her newly released book is a prime example of this.

And (8) she persecutes Christians "the saints and . . . martyrs of Jesus."

She's made a living out of persecuting liberals who would be the peacemakers of the world and the caretakers of the impoverished.

I think from now on, it would be appropriate to refer to this 'woman' as the "Whore of Babylon".