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1 | For what does the woman or harlot stand? | Rev 17:1 | Pattycake | 214850 | ||
Someone asked me for what the woman in Revelation 17 and 18 represented? He wants to believe it is representative of the catholic church. I wanted to get some opinions about this. | ||||||
2 | For what does the woman or harlot stand? | Rev 17:1 | wilyelder | 214858 | ||
The great whore of Revelation is the control system against God. Most scholars will declare that it is false religion. However, false religion is only one component part. If it was only false religion, the command would not be "...come out of her, my people..." (Revelation 18:4). The command would have been "come out of her, you Pagans." The ship captains would not be throwing dirt on their heads (Revelation 18:17-19), if the whore (Babylon) was only false religion. The whore is the control system against God and it is in full swing in today's world. |
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3 | For what does the woman or harlot stand? | Rev 17:1 | keliy | 214861 | ||
Hi Pattycake, I agree with wilyelder. Since you asked for more than one opinion, I will try to expand his post with some opinions of my own. There are many who are quick to argue that the woman in Revelation 17 said to be "sitting on seven mountains," and having on her forehead the name written, "Mystery, Babylon the Great," is a symbol of the Roman Catholic Church. What I find however is that those who promote these ideas usually are standing upon their conviction and finding Scripture verses that seem to back them up. This debate has been going on for a long time, as have many other debates that remain unanswered. The important thing to remember is that God is always true, Man is often wrong, and satan mixes truth with error in an attempt to mislead God's people. There are times that the meanings of Scripture passages are only revealed to us in hindsight. Yet there are those who are of the opinion that modern babylon is the RCC (Roman Catholic Church) -and others preach that it is the whole world system which is under the domain of Satan. At least one has shown a convincing argument from scripture that the United States of America is modern babylon or even that New York City is it. I have also heard that the Europian Union is what is symbolized, or, even the New World Order. I believe the magisterium of the Catholic Church has long been misleading the adherents of Roman Catholicism, because they hold their Tradition up as an authority which is equal to Scripture. Yet when there is a question of conflict, they refer to Tradition, not Scripture. This places Tradition at center stage and Scripture is left in the back seat. However, Jesus said that He will build His Church, and truthfully, there are people in the RCC that are members of Christ's Body. Further, since the Church is made up of the people, and not the magisterium, it is wrong to denounce the entire church, and say this is the whore of babylon. To Choose the RCC as what is being symbolized is to eliminate many other cults/churches who are doing the work of the antichrist and are being successful at it. The problem with symbolism is that we are free to reach our own conclusions. What do we have to stand on, without any clear justification? What I understand it to be, is the spiritually adulterous system which is in place today. This system is growing in size and power. The President of the United States appoints people who are pro-abortion and anti-Christian. President Barack Obama's first judicial nominee, David Hamilton, is a former ACLU attorney, who as a federal trial judge issued a court ruling that said "No" to Jesus and "Yes" to Allah. (This, I believe is the work of the enemy because Allah is not a threat to satan, where Jesus is) There are religions such as Muslims and Mormons who have roots deeply embedded in Christian traditions but their doctrines mark them as unique in their own right. Scripture very clearly backs this up, in 1John 1:3, 2:24 and etc. This is not only in North America however. There are witch doctors in South America who inhale hallucinogenics and have visions that they attribute to their god. In conclusion, I would say that those who say that the RCC is that which is symbolized in the verses you mention are guilty of an error, as well as being sinfully judgemental. joyful blessings, keliy |
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