Bible Question:
Chapter 17;verse 1, Who is the Great Prostitute? verse5;- Is Babylon the Great the base of a competing major religion? If so, whatever happened to it? (the religion that is) |
Bible Answer: The Great Prostitute, "harlotry" represents false religion (idolatry). Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots, depicts the supreme system(s) of false religion that focuses on the "Queen of Heaven", with it's mother/child worship, which in one form or another has dominated almost all the beast empires of Satan and has sought to destroy Israel and the church in general since their beginnings. The most visible manifestation of that false religion is seen today in Rome (Catholicism) and Constantinople/Istanbul (Byzantine/Eastern Othodox. So in Revelation, both terms are speaking of the same thing, a false religion( that will have authority over the masses, and deal harshly with anyone who disagrees with its teaching and worship. In essence it will lead it's followers to worship "Satan" during the latter days. Today, it is involved in an "ecumenical movement", attempting to bring about a sort of one world religion whereby all faiths (Christian, Islam, Budhist, etc.) would all be under one central authority. They claim that no matter who one worships it is the one and same God/god, so therefore we should be able to find some middle ground for world worship. |