Who is the 'Whore of Babylon'? This study about that 'MOTHER of harlots', is such an important one for the time we are living in, and it is our sincere prayer that you will look at this with open eyes and let God guide you and teach you His truth. I cannot strongly enough state the importance of this study. The final judgment is soon to fall upon this world and upon Babylon, so you really need to find out who the whore is to make sure you are not joined with her and also receive of her plagues.

This is not a message of hate, but of love. Not worldly love, but true love from God. A love that saves! Jesus Christ is waiting with open arms for you!

A lot of people today believe that Babylon is Islam. Some people believe that Babylon is literal city like New York. But I want to show you from the Bible why this cannot be right.

Below is PROOF that Babylon cannot be Islam or just a city or a country.

In Revelation 17 Babylon is guilty of committing "FORNICATION" and is a "WHORE". Now what is fornication? Well, we need to find out the BIBLICAL meaning of fornication. In the Bible, fornication is the act of committing adultery against God by mixing with other Pagan nations and practices (traditions) and going after other gods. Look at how God described this in the book of Ezekiel speaking to His people ...

Ezekiel 16:26-32 ...'You have also committed FORNICATION with the Egyptians your neighbours, great of flesh; and have increased your WHOREDOMS, to provoke me to anger. You have played the WHORE also with the Assyrians, because you were unsatiable; yes, you have played the HARLOT with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied. How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord God, seeing you doest all these things, the work of an imperious WHORISH WOMAN; In that you buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and have not been as an harlot, in that you scornest hire; But as a wife that committeth ADULTERY, which taketh strangers instead of her husband.'

Have a good read also of Ezekiel Chapter 23.

God's people in the Old Testament committed fornication against God and became a whore. And this is the important Biblical point. When God is talking about people committing adultery and being a whore in a prophetic, spiritual sense, like He is in Revelation. He is talking about people committing adultery AGAINST HIM. And the only people who can be guilty of committing fornication (adultery) against God today are 'professed' Christians.

Let me give you a literal example of a husband and a wife. Can the wife commit adultery against her husband by going after another man? Yes, because she is married to her husband. Now can any other woman commit fornication or adultery against the husband? No, because they are not married to him. So the same is with God. Those outside the Christian faith CANNOT commit adultery against God because they are not "married" to Him in the first place. Only Christians can commit adultery against God, because Christ Jesus is the husband (Bridegroom) and the church is His wife (bride). So Babylon the Great HAS to be a professing Christian church. Do you see this vital truth?

So why can't this be Islam? Because Islam rejects Jesus Christ as it's Saviour and therefore Muslims are not 'married' to Christ. He is not their 'husband'. Therefore they cannot commit adultery against God and be a whore, because they are not married to Him in the first place.

Also Islam does not have the proper system of organization or the global political reach to be able to have control over the 'kings of the world'. Plus Muslims can't agree amongst themselves and are constantly warring against each other. No, there is only ONE religion which is regarded as the 'mother' church who has the world political reach to be Babylon!

And here is more proof ..

In Revelation 18 we read about the judgment of the Whore of Babylon. And in verse 23 it says ... "the light of the candle shall shine no more at all in thee, and the voice of the Bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more in thee." ... Now, have a good think about this. Whether we take this symbolically or literally, there is only one kind of place this could be talking about. If we take this symbolically, then the bride and Bridegroom is a Biblical reference to Jesus Christ and His church (2 Corinthians 11:2; Matthew 25:6). Also, if we take this literally, then where do we see brides and bridegrooms? IN A CHURCH. So Babylon has to be a professed Christian church.

NOTE: Babylon cannot be America or any other country, because Bible prophecy clearly portrays a country as a BEAST, not a woman. See Daniel 7:23 and Revelation 13. These BEASTS represent countries.

God has given us a number of indentification marks so that we need not second guess who the whore of Babylon is, also known as Babylon the Great. But first, just to confirm before we get into the various identification marks of Babylon, God's church is represented as being a woman 'married' to Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:2 ...'For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.'

Christ Jesus is the "husband" of His church and the church is the "bride". And just as the woman in Revelation 12 represents the pure church of Christ, the woman in Revelation 17 represents a fallen, apostate church. So if the whore of Babylon represents a church, then it obviously cannot simply be a city like New York or any other religion like Islam. It HAS to be a professed Christian church.

Think about it. Babylon is charged with committing 'fornication' with the kings of the earth. Can a literal city be charged with committing fornication with the world? No! A city IS OF the world in the first place. So Babylon cannot be any city.

"The penetration of the religion of Babylon became so general and well known that Rome was called the 'New Babylon'." (Cardinal Gibbons, Faith of our fathers 1917 ed. p. 106)

So what is the main symbol of this woman riding the beast? It is a clear symbol of a uniting of church and state. With the church the one being in control.

Let's look at the other identification marks of Babylon the Great to find out exactly who this whore is.

IDENTITY 1 - Revelation 17:1 ...'I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters.'

So this church, the whore of babylon, sits upon many waters. What does this mean? Well, if we let the Bible interpret itself, we can find out the answer ... Revelation 17:15 ...'And he saith unto me, the waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.' ... So the waters represent the people and nations around the world. And if you sit upon something, then you are being supported by that object. So this is a church that has WORLDWIDE support from all different people and nations. Did you know that the Roman Catholic Church is the biggest church in the world with over 1 BILLION members?

IDENTITY 2 - Revelation 17:2 ...'the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.'

"I learned much from the Order of the Jesuits, said Hitler ... Until now, there has never been anything more grandiose, on the earth, than the hierarchical organization of the Catholic Church. I transferred much of this organization into my own party." (Hermann Rauschning, former national-socialist chief of the government of Dantzig: 'Hitler m'a dit', (Ed. Co-operation, Paris 1939, pp.266, 267, 273 ss).

So this is a church that has influenced kings thoughout the past 2000 years and continues to have 'diplomatic relations' with nations all over the world. Now we know from history that the popes of the Roman Catholic Church certainly had 'authority' over the kings of the earth, which is how the Catholic Church was able to have so many Christians killed during the dark ages and inquisitions.

Take a look at this quote from 2007 ... "The Catholic Church is the only religious institution that can enter into diplomatic relations and that interests itself in international rights, acting through the Holy See, an international sovereign subject of singular characteristics." (Monsignor Pietro Parolin, Undersecretary for Relations with States, http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/holy-see-insists-that-it-has-right-to-speak)

This is an amazing quote in which the Catholic undersecretary unwittingly confirms the Roman Catholic Church as being the whore of Babylon! It is the ONLY religious institution that can have diplomatic relations with the 'kings of the world'. Amazing!

The Vatican now has 'Diplomatic RELATIONS' with 183 Nations

Also, the inhabitants of the earth have certainly been made drunk with the false teachings (wine) of the Catholic Church. Not only are there over 1 BILLION Catholics deceived by her teachings, even the majority of Protestant Christians still hold onto some Catholic false doctrines, like the Sunday sabbath, eternal hell fire, immortal soul, etc..

Image, cross and relic adoration; Intercession of Mary; Prayers to Mary and the saints; Mass; Confession to priests; Purgatory; Prayers for the dead; Holy water; Lent; Penances; Processions; Pilgrimages; Celibacy of clergy; Monkery. None of these are Biblical institutions. Instead they are borrowed from Paganism and have been adopted by the harlot church of Rome.

Please see HERE for a sample of Roman Catholic false teachings.

IDENTITY 3 - Revelation 17:4 ...'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.'

So the main colours of this church, the whore of Babylon is Purple and Scarlet. And it is also a very wealthy church that is decked out with gold and precious stones. Did you know that the main colours of the Bishops and Cardinals in the Catholic Church are Purple and Scarlet? And did you know that the Roman Catholic Church is one of, if not THE most wealthiest institution in the world? With the Vatican being decked out with gold and precious stones? And if you look at some of the coins that the Vatican has had produced, you will see images of a woman with a golden cup in her hand on them. Blatantly boasting of who she is!

This cup full of abominations is also a symbol that the sins of this church are so great and full that they reach even unto heaven. And the sins of the Roman Catholic Church are immense, with it's idolatry, murder, child abuse and so on, that she has committed throughout her history, and CONTINUES to commit.

The Roman Catholic Church is a blending of Paganism with Christianity. Throughout history there had been Pagan 'gods' that presided over every aspect of man's life. And when the Roman Catholic Church began to rise to power, she gathered all these Pagan 'gods' and 'baptized' them as 'Christian'. So we have a church that is full of idols and relics that the people venerate (worship) and so called dead 'saints' (Pagan gods) that they pray to. And the Pagan 'queen of heaven' became Mary who is now worshiped by Catholics. Not only that, the Roman Catholic Church is guilty of murdering MILLIONS of people and abusing COUNTLESS little children and women! Please see the following links for well researched work.

→ → The Vatican's Hidden Holocaust ← ←

See THIS SHOCKING LIST of Vatican crimes against children!

"According to the 1996 survey of nuns in the United States (which was intentionally never published by the Church but was leaked by some Vatican insider), it is reported that a minimum of 34,000 Catholic nuns (about 40 percent of all American nuns) claim to have been sexually abused." (Lucifer's Lodge, William H. Kennedy, p.179)

"In the ninth century, many monasteries were the haunts of homosexuals; many convents were brothels in which babies were killed and buried ... Promiscuity was rife in monasteries and convents." (Vicars of Christ; 1988; Pages 404 and 408)

"Pope John Paul II presided over the second 'pornography of the Papacy'. He presided over the greatest, most widespread, immoral scandal of sexual perversion in church history." (The Death of the Pope of Rome; 2005; Page 14)

"The policy of silence and cover-up promoted by the Vatican is mind-boggling. The vast amount of data which the Vatican collected concerning the sexual activity of clergy makes it clear that the Pope and Curia were well aware of how wide-spread and common the sexual abuse problem was in the Church. It did nothing to redress the situation but continued with a policy of cover-up and silence." (Lucifer's Lodge: Satanic Ritual Abuse in the Catholic Church; 2009; Page 178)

The greatest deception and sin in Babylon was prophesied in Daniel 7, where it says a 'little horn' power would rise from the Roman Empire and 'think to change times and law'. The little horn is Papal Rome and the times and laws that the Papacy 'thought to change' was the very law of our Creator and Heavenly Father, found in the ten commandments. The Roman Catholic Church claimed to have the authority to change the commandments of God, which is what they did. They removed the 2nd commandment to do with worshiping idols and they changed the 4th commandment which states we are to keep the 7th day as the sabbath, to the 1st day. And this was done so that the Pagans could join with the Catholic Church but continue to worship their sun-god.

See the truth about the sabbath day HERE

What other sins is Babylon guilty of? She is guilty of persecuting and killing MILLIONS of God's people during the past 1500 years, which was a result of her uniting with the civil powers to enforce her dogmas. She is guilty of abusing countless numbers of little children. She is guilty of deceiving the world with her false teachings. She is guilty of causing her followers to worship false gods. She is guilty of SELLING salvation through indulgences. Babylon is guilty of MANY abominations!

Take a look at many statements made by the Catholic Church throughout her history which are an abomination to God.

IDENTITY 4 - Revelation 17:5 ...'And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.'

There is no 'mystery' church today like the Roman Catholic Church. But notice that she is the "MOTHER of harlots". While Revelation 17 deals more with the 'MOTHER', when we speak about Babylon in general, we cannot refer to the Roman Catholic Church alone, because as you can see, she has a family. She has 'daughter' churches who follow her and her creeds instead of God's Word. And just look at the churches of the world today, like the Orthodox, Church of England, Lutheran, Evangelical, Methodist, etc, etc. They have all held onto the false teachings [wine] of 'Mother' Rome. They put more value in their own creeds than they do the Word of God, and they are all now uniting with their mother [Rome] in this ecumenical movement today.

This is so important friends! Many people look at the Roman Catholic Church as Babylon, and yet fail to see that their very own so called 'Protestant' church is also 'fallen', being a 'daughter' of Mother Rome and is just as much 'Babylon' as the Roman Church!

And what church is the "MOTHER" of abominations of the earth? Literal Babylon from the Old Testament is the original mother of abominations, but the Roman Catholic Church is the spiritual mother of abominations that took on many of the Pagan customs of original Babylon.

See THIS SHOCKING LIST of Vatican crimes against children!

IDENTITY 5 - Revelation 17:6 ...'And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.'

So this church, the whore of Babylon is drunk with the blood of the saints. Now notice that it doesn't say she just has the blood of saints on her hands. It says that she is DRUNK with the blood of God's people. So this church is guilty of not just killing a few Christians. She is guilty of killing MANY, MANY of God's people. Did you know that the Roman Catholic Church has caused TENS OF MILLIONS of Christians to be persecuted and brutally murdered? Yes, this woman is the Roman Catholic Church indeed!

Please see this well researched work → The Vatican's Hidden Holocaust

IDENTITY 6 - Revelation 17:18 ...'And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.'

Now many people look at this verse and proclaim "BABYLON IS A CITY, IT'S NEW YORK!!", and they totally disregard all the other characteristics of Babylon, which show that the whore of Babylon cannot just be a literal city like New York. BUT, if we take ALL the indentification marks together, including this city one, then we can see who it is. We know from the evidence that Babylon the Great is a church. So how can we bring this church and city together? Well, what is the one city which is also a church that "reigns" over the nations of the world? What one city, which is also a church has diplomatic relations with virtually all the world's nations? VATICAN CITY!

The papacy is so influential and powerful that nearly every major country consults her before making major policy moves. "Her large diplomatic corps maintains relations with more than 100 nations." (U.S. News and World Report, October 30, 1978, p. 24)

The Vatican now has 'Diplomatic RELATIONS' with 183 Nations. Only 13 left for her to have FULL UNION with the whole world!

IDENTITY 7 - Revelation 17:6 ...'and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.'

What is the one church that people would look at with awe and wonder? The Roman Catholic Church, with all her splendor and pomp. Millions of people flock to the Vatican each year and wonder at the "majesty" and splendor of the place.

Not only that, the true definition of this verse is that John wondered with great 'amazement'. Why? This verse is tied in with the persecution by this power upon God's people. But John already saw great persecution upon God's people at the hands of Pagan Rome. So why the 'astonishment'? It is because John sees an actual professed Christian church doing the persecution and killing God's people. This was an astonishment to John! The angel showed him the blood that the Roman Church, a professed church of Christ, was to spill in the name of Jesus. And this was perplexing and an astonishment to him.

→ → This is what John saw and was amazed at ← ←

IDENTITY 8 - Revelation 17:3 ...'and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.'

This beast is the same as the red 'dragon' we find in Revelation chapter 12. Now Revelation 12 tells us that the dragon is Satan, 'that old serpant called the devil.' But we need to add some logic to this. Why does the dragon have seven heads and ten horns? The same as the beast in Revelation 13? And Revelation 17 tells us that those ten horns represent kings/kingdoms. So logic would tell us that this dragon does not only represent satan, but also a civil power. But which civil power? Revelation 12 gives us a strong clue ...

Revelation 12:4 ...'and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.'

So the dragon waited for this child to be born to kill him. And who is the child? Well, Revelation 12:5 tells us that he was 'caught up to God and His throne.' There is only one MALE child which ended up going to heaven and more specifically to God's own throne. And that was Jesus Christ. So this child whom Satan wanted to devour as soon as He was born was Jesus. And who did Satan use to try and kill Jesus when He was born? The ROMAN EMPIRE. So this red dragon also represents the Roman Empire, which started out as Pagan Rome, then became Papal Rome.

So which civil power does Revelation 17 tell us the woman gets her 'seat' and 'authority' from? Rome! And who did the Roman Catholic Church get her seat and authority from? Yes, Rome!

And what about the 'ten horns', which are 'ten kings'? If you know about history, you will know that the Roman Empire split into the original ten kingdoms of Europe when it fell. This is represented by the 'ten toes' of the feet of Nebuchadnezzar's image in Daniel 2 and the 'ten horns' on the dragon and beast of Revelation 12, 13, and 17. These are the kings of Europe who gave their power to the Papacy during the dark ages, and as we are seeing today, are giving their power over to the Papacy once more!

So who is the whore of Babylon, that 'MOTHER of harlots? She is the Roman Catholic Church, and the fallen Protestant churches are her 'daughters'. No other church, religion, kingdom or institution matches this 'mother of harlots' like the Church of Rome does. And God is calling His people out of Babylon. It's not just the Roman Catholic Church that God is calling His people out of. The majority of Protestant churches have now 'fallen' also and are part of Babylon, as the 'daughters' There is a great ecumenical movement happening today that is uniting all churches and faiths together. So if your church still teaches the 'wine' of Babylon and accepts this ecumencial movement, then you need to come out of that church also!

Many people look at the verse that says ... "And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth." (Rev.18:24) And they think that this cannot be a reference to the Roman Catholic Church, because this church wasn't around when the prophets of old were killed. But they miss the simple truth of this.

We cannot include all 'organized religion' in Babylon, because Revelation 14 and Revelation 18 says that 'Babylon is FALLEN'. Now this cannot be any of the religions like Islam or Buddhism and Hinduism, as they have always been 'fallen', and have never had the truth of Jesus Christ. Whereas the 'Christian' churches DID have the truth at one stage, but never moved forward in that truth and hung onto false Pagan teachings. So we can only apply professed 'Christian' churches to Babylon, because they are the only one's which can become 'fallen' from grace.

We also have a definite "mother" and "daughters" in the description of Babylon. So this points to a "mother church" which "gave birth" to other churches. This must be pointing to the Roman Catholic Church and the fallen protestant churches, as mother and daughters.

But what about the "blood of the prophets and slain of the earth"? Look at what Jesus said about the Jewish nation ...

Matthew 23:31-35 ...'Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.'

So because the Jews rejected Christ and His truth and slayed His 'prophets' (and disciples), upon them also fell the condemnation of all the slain from Abel. The same applies to the Roman Catholic Church and fallen Protestant churches today. Because they have rejected the truth, and have "killed the prophets" of God (Catholic Church have killed MILLIONS of God's people), then the same condemnation falls upon them. Remember, this is a specific truth for the end times, which applies to any system that professes to be God's people. It applied to the Jewish nation in the past and applies to the professed "Christian" churches now.

COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE!

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