Question; Was the Harlot of Babylon, as mentioned in the Book of Revelation, actually supposed to represent Rome or Babylon?
Revelation 18:
V.21 (a)And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence shall that great City Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
V.22 And the voice of harpers and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsmen, of whatever craft, shall be found anymore in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
V.23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the Earth; (b)for by thy sorceries were all Nations deceived".
(a) The sentence of “Babylon; the woman”, detailed.
(b) Her great seductive powers, and Satan's power (sorceries), brought the Earth (Nations) to ruin, compared with the plan of Jehovah Zebaoth! She is the great attraction as the consort to Satan, but is not seen as such, as yet by the Nations of the world!
V.24 (a)And in her was found the blood of Prophets, and of saints, (b)and of all that were slain upon the Earth.
(a) All who stood against her/Satan; God’s Prophets, His saints were slain; (this clearly not physical Babylon, which gives credence to our view regarding world-wide spiritual Babylon)!
(b) This in Interlinear reads, “and all of those having been slain”. I.e. all men and women who opposed “the woman”, throughout the Ages.
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