Who is The Woman Called Mystery Babylon
Revelation 17 :1-5 KJV
1And 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:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed FORNICATION , and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the WINE of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy , having seven heads and ten horns.
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:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
In our last teachings on this series, I made known to us that Woman used symbolize the Church, but there are two types of church... The True Church is symbolized as Virgin or Bride. But in the Scripture above, we see that a different Word was used... We see A Great Whore, Fornicator and Harlot was used, signifying a Defiled, Disvirgined, Corrupted,Unholy, and False church.
Now, in verse 1, she sat on many waters signifying many people.. this fake church has dominated many people. This church has suppressed many people by virtue of her growth and the spread of her Harlot daughters as well (v 5). This Church and her daughter churches has put many people in spiritual darkness and bondage.
Many Bible scholars has interpreted this woman to be Roman Catholic Church, which is correct but this woman has given birth to many daughters through her fornication (verse 5). So this woman does not only represent only the Roman Catholic Church, it includes all the other churches that came out of her but still hold on to all her false doctrines. Very soon we will look at all this false doctrines so that we will able to recognize this false churches.
What is her Sin?
In verse 2, more details was given why she was called a Great Whore...
In the original sense, a whore is a prostitute: someone who has sex for money. The word has since broadened to mean anyone who is money-hungry.
Whores traditionally whored their bodies out for money. But today a whore can be a person that compromises himself in any kind of way for monetary gain. This is the case of Religious Babylon.
It was said the kings of the earth, (i.e. Powerful men, World leaders, Great Politicians, Religious leaders, Economic wizards, Professionals etc) has committed fornication with this False Church. Fornication simply means a sexual Intercourse between unmarried lady and unmarried Man. Sex can be physical or spiritual. A good example of spiritual sex that took place is the one that happen in the Garden of Eden (hmmmm... Don't let me go there for now, search for yourself, what was the sin that took place in the Garden of Eden?) between Eve and the Serpent. So, her sin is fornication (a spiritual one).
Now, this false church has Defiled herself by compromising the Truth of the Word of God for political, monetary and Religious gain. In order to become powerful and be in control of all affairs of men, they lay aside the Truth of God's Word for the Philosophy of men, fables and lies of other false religions. Just like Eve did in the Garden of Eden, believing the lie of the devil than disbelieving the Word of God.
Thereby the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk of the wine of their fornication. But, the next question is, what is the wine of her fornication? What does this signify scripturally and spiritually? Stay tuned for the next teaching.
Remain blessed!
DOMINALTI for CHRIST
On Behalf of EWG!!!
