Jerusalem is that great city Babylon of Revelation
Dear group,
Howdy! Thought I would give y'all a try. This is my first post here, so bear with me.
Jerusalem (like Rome) is the center of a world-wide religion:
Revelation 17:18 And the woman that you saw is the great city which has dominion over the kings of the earth.
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Jerusalem sits on 7 mountains. (Rome sits on 7 hills.)
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Isa 1:21 calls Jerusalem a harlot:
21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
Isaiah 1:21 (KJV)
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Jeremiah 4 and 5 are about Jerusalem and compare the city with a harlot decked with red and gold:
30 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
Jer 4:30-31 (KJV)
The harlot of Rev 17:4 wears red and gold:
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:
Rev 17:4 (KJV)
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Jerusalem is guilty of the blood of the prophets:
34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
Luke 13:34 (KJV)
"That great city Babylon" is guilty of the blood of the prophets:
24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
Rev 18:24 (KJV)
But ONLY in Jerusalem were the prophets killed (not in Rome):
33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
Luke 13:33 (KJV)
God will avenge the death of the prophets by making "that great city" of Rev 18:18-20 desolate:
18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
Rev 18:18-20 (KJV)
As you see, there is no need to guess as to who "mystery, Babylon the Great" is. There is no other city where the prophets perished. Luke 13:33
I know that this will not be "popular" but it is the truth. Once this is understood, it makes understanding who "the Beast" of Revelation is easier.
Yours in Christ,
"Mudturkle"