2. The Great Harlot (Rev. 17)
1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with
me, saying to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who
sits on many waters, 2 with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication,
and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her
fornication.” 3 So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw
a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having
seven heads and ten horns. 4 he woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and
adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden
cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication. 5 And on her
forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE
MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 6
I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the
martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement. 7 But
the angel said to me, “Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the
woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten
horns. 8 The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the
bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will
marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of
the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
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3. The Great Harlot (Rev. 17)
9 “Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on
which the woman sits. 10 There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and
the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time.
11 The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and
is going to perdition. 12 “The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have
received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with
the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority
to the beast. 14 These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome
them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those ho are with Him are
called, chosen, and faithful.” 15 Then he said to me, “The waters which you saw,
where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues. 16 And the
ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her
desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire. 17 For God has put it into
their hearts to fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to
the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. 18 And the woman whom you saw
is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.”
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4. 1a. Who is the Great Harlot?
“In the Old Testament, the metaphor of adultery was frequently used of
Israel as God's faithless wife who had proved unfaithful by turning to
false gods. Foreign nations were never accused by the prophets of this
form of sin. Sometimes Israel's sin was also described in terms of
harlotry: "How the faithful city has become a harlot" (Isa. 1:21; see
Jer. 2:20; 3:1; Ezek. 16:15; Hos. 2:5; 3:3; 4:15). She has not only
been unfaithful to her God; she has sold herself wantonly to any who
would ask.” (George Eldon Ladd, A Commentary on the Revelation of John,
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“16 And the LORD said to Moses: “Behold, you will rest with your
fathers; and this people will rise and play the harlot with the gods of
the foreigners of the land, where they go to be among them, and they
will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have made with
them...” (Deut. 31:16)Who are these people? The nation of Israel.
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5. 1b. Who is the Great Harlot?
“21 How the faithful city has become a harlot! It was full of justice;
Righteousness lodged in it, But now murderers...” (Is. 1:21)
What is the city? Jerusalem.
“20 For of old I have broken your yoke and burst your bonds; And you
said, ‘I will not transgress,’ When on every high hill and under every
green tree You lay down, playing the harlot…But you have played the
harlot with many lovers;Yet return to Me,” says the LORD. (Jer. 2:20;
3:1b)
Who committed spiritual prostitution? Israel.
“2 When the LORD began to speak by Hosea, the LORD said to
Hosea: “Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry And children of harlotry,
For the land has committed great harlotry By departing from the
LORD.”” (Hos. 1:2)
Who is the harlot? Israel.
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6. 1c. Who is the Great Harlot?
16 You took some of your garments and adorned multicolored high places for
yourself, and played the harlot on them. Such things should not happen, nor be.
17 You have also taken your beautiful jewelry from My gold and My silver, which
I had given you, and made for yourself male images and played the harlot with
them… 20 “Moreover you took your sons and your daughters, whom you bore
to Me, and these you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your acts of
harlotry a small matter, 21 that you have slain My children and offered them up
to them by causing them to pass through the fire? 22 And in all your
abominations and acts of harlotry you did not remember the days of your youth,
when you were naked and bare, struggling in your blood…25 You built your high
places at the head of every road, and made your beauty to be abhorred.You
offered yourself to everyone who passed by, and multiplied your acts of harlotry.
26 You also committed harlotry with the Egyptians, your very fleshly neighbors,
and increased your acts of harlotry to provoke Me to anger... 28 You also played
the harlot with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable; indeed you played the
harlot with them and still were not satisfied. 29 Moreover you multiplied your
acts of harlotry as far as the land of the trader, Chaldea; and even then you were
not satisfied. (Ezek. 16:16-29)
Who is the Great Harlot? Israel.
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7. 2a. What is that Great City?
“And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the
kings of the earth.” (Rev. 17:18)
“And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which
spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was
crucified.” (Rev. 11:8)
“9 Unless the LORD of hosts Had left to us a very small remnant, We
would have become like Sodom, We would have been made like
Gomorrah. 10 Hear the word of the LORD, You rulers of Sodom; Give
ear to the law of our God,You people of Gomorrah…” (Is. 1:9&10)
“Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem: They
commit adultery and walk in lies; They also strengthen the hands of
evildoers, So that no one turns back from his wickedness. All of them
are like Sodom to Me, And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.” (Jer. 13:14)
What is spiritual Sodom? Jerusalem.
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8. 2b. What is that Great City?
“Now the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations
fell. And great Babylon was remembered before God, to give her the cup of
the wine of the fierceness of His wrath.” (Rev. 16:19)
1 “And you, son of man, take a sharp sword, take it as a barber’s razor, and
pass it over your head and your beard; then take scales to weigh and divide
the hair. 2 You shall burn with fire one-third in the midst of the city, when the
days of the siege are finished; then you shall take one-third and strike around
it with the sword, and one third you shall scatter in the wind: I will draw out
a sword after them. 3 You shall also take a small number of them and bind
them in the edge of your garment. 4 Then take some of them again and throw
them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire. From there a fire
will go out into all the house of Israel. 5 Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘This is
Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations and the countries all
around her.’” (Ez. 5:1-5)
What city was divided into three parts? Jerusalem.
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9. 2c. What is that Great City?
“The great city” (Jerusalem) is also contrasted
with “the holy city” (the New Jerusalem). “So he
took me away in the Spirit to a huge, majestic
mountain and showed me the holy city, [the
New] Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from
God.” (Rev. 21:10)
What is the Great City? Jerusalem.
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10. 3a. Who has shed the blood of believers?
And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were
slain on the earth.” (Rev. 18:24)
29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the
tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous, 30 and say,
“If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers
with them in the blood of the prophets.’ 31 “Therefore you are witnesses
against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets…34
Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them
you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your
synagogues and persecute from city to city, 35 that on you may come all the
righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the
blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the
temple and the altar. 36 Assuredly, I say to you, all these things will come
upon this generation. 37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the
prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather
your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you
were not willing!” (Matt. 23:29-37)
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11. 3b. Who has shed the blood of believers?
“I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the
blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with
great amazement.” (Rev. 17:6)
“14 For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God
which are in Judea in Christ Jesus. For you also suffered the same
things from your own countrymen, just as they did from the Judeans,
15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have
persecuted us; and they do not please God and are contrary to all
men, 16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be
saved, so as always to fill up the measure of their sins; but wrath has
come upon them to the uttermost.” (1 Thess. 2:14-16)
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12. 4. The Harlot’s High Priestly Clothes
The woman was arrayed in
purple and scarlet, and adorned
with gold and precious stones
and pearls, having in her hand a
golden cup full of abominations
and the filthiness of her
fornication. (Rev. 17:4)
“and saying, ‘Alas, alas, that
great city that was clothed in
fine linen, purple, and scarlet,
and adorned with gold and
precious stones and pearls! ‘”
(Rev. 18:16) (See Ex. 28:1-43)
Source: www.messianic-torah-truth-seeker.org
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13. 5. How She is ‘Egypt’ and ‘Babylon’?
Israel was in exile in Egypt and Babylon, this is why she is
prophetically these names. Many Jews assimilated the occultic beliefs
and practices of these kingdoms and religions into their own writings
and rituals. These extra-biblical writings of the Jews were later
compiled into the Talmud and the Kabbalah.
There are two main forms of the Talmud: Jerusalem and Babylonian.
The two, however, are almost identical (i.e. Jerusalem = Babylon).
The Talmud is blatantly anti-Christian and contains some of the most
foul, immoral teachings found in any religious literature, justifying
sexual perversion and cursing Jesus, amongst other things.
The Kabbalah is mystical, hermetic and occultic in its nature and
content. Modern Judaism still hearkens after the things of Egypt and
Babylon. The occult is widely practiced in modern Israel and amongst
Jews all over the world.
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14. Babylonian Talmud Quotes About Jesus
• He and his disciples practiced sorcery and black magic, led Jews astray into idolatry,
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and were sponsored by foreign, gentile powers for the purpose of subverting Jewish
worship (Sanhedrin 43a).
He was sexually immoral, worshipped statues of stone (a brick is mentioned), was
cut off from the Jewish people for his wickedness, and refused to repent (Sanhedrin
107b; Sotah 47a).
He learned witchcraft in Egypt and, to perform miracles, used procedures that
involved cutting his flesh, which is also explicitly banned in the Bible (Shabbos
104b).
Gittin 57a: Says Jesus is in hell, being boiled in “hot excrement.”
Sanhedrin 43a: Says Jesus (“Yeshu” and in Soncino footnote #6,Yeshu “the
Nazarene”) was executed because he practiced sorcery: It is taught that on the eve of
Passover Jesus was hung, and forty days before this the proclamation was made: Jesus
is to be stoned to death because he has practiced sorcery and has lured the people to
idolatry...He was an enticer and of such thou shalt not pity or condone.”
Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah — replete not only with the most offensive precepts
against all Gentiles but also with explicit attacks on Christianity and on Jesus (after
whose name the author adds piously, ‘May the name of the wicked perish’).
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15. Talmudic Perversions
• Yebamoth 63a: Adam had sex with all the animals in the Garden of Eden.
• Sanhedrin 55b: A Jew may marry a girl three years “and a day” old.
• Sanhedrin 54b: A Jew may have sex with a child as long as it is less than 9.
• Kethuboth 11b: “When a grown-up man has sex with a little girl it is nothing.”
• Yebamoth 59b: A woman who has sex with a beast is eligible to marry a
Jewish priest. She who has sex with a demon is also eligible to marry a priest.
• Baba Mezia 59b: A rabbi debates God & defeats Him. God admits the rabbi
won.
• Menahoth 43b-44a: A Jewish man is obligated to say the following prayer
every day: Thank you God for not making me a gentile, a woman or a slave.
• Soferim 15, Rule 10: This is the saying of Rabbi Simon ben Yohai: “Even the
best of the gentiles should all be killed”.
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16. 6a. The Harlot’s Economic Power
“For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her
fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her,
and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the
abundance of her luxury…In the measure that she glorified herself and
lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow;
for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not
see sorrow.’” (Rev. 18:3, 7)
Jews believe that they have been given a divine right to financial
dominance over other nations. As such, the Anglo-American Western
global banking sector is dominated by Jewish control.
“For the LORD your God will bless you just as He promised you; you
shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; you shall reign
over many nations, but they shall not reign over you.” (Deut. 15:6)
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17. 6b. The Harlot’s Economic Power
1 “Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to
observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your
God will set you high above all nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings shall come upon
you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God: 3 “Blessed shall you
be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country. 4 “Blessed shall be the fruit of your body,
the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the
offspring of your flocks. 5 “Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. 6 “Blessed
shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out. 7 “The LORD will
cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out
against you one way and flee before you seven ways. 8 “The LORD will command the blessing
on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the
land which the LORD your God is giving you. 9 “The LORD will establish you as a holy
people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD
your God and walk in His ways. 10 Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by
the name of the LORD, and they shall be afraid of you. 11 And the LORD will grant you
plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce
of your ground, in the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you. 12 The
LORD will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its
season, and to bless all the work of your hand.You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not
borrow. 13 And the LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only,
and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the LORD your God, which I
command you today, and are careful to observe them. (Deut. 28:1-13)
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18. 7. The Harlot’s Political Power
“15 Then he said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are
peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues. 16 And the ten horns which you
saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat
her flesh and burn her with fire. 17 For God has put it into their hearts to
fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the
beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.” (Rev. 17:15-17)
Wherever Jews are to be found all over the world, they are first loyal to the
State of Israel before the country of their own citizenship. Jews make it a
point to reach positions of influence and power, and to exert political power
on behalf of Jewish interests. This is clearly a conflict of interests, and breeds
disloyalty to their home nations. In practice, this is demonstrated by the
inordinate amount of Jews that have been caught spying for Israel in the
West. Israel maintains global political dominance over countries through the
powerful political lobby of Jews all around the world. They are most
powerful in the USA, but also very strong in Great Britain.
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19. 8a. Not All Jews Are Jews
“I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are
rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are
Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.” (Rev. 2:9)
“Indeed I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who
say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed I will make
them come and worship before your feet, and to know that
I have loved you.” (Rev. 3:9)
The vast majority of modern Jewry is not descended of
Abraham, but has established a false secular Jewish state that
they claim is the Jewish Messiah that will rule the world.
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20. 8a. Not All Jews Are Jews
Not all modern Jews are descendents of Abraham. There are two main groups
of Jews in the world today. The Ashkenazi (or Germanic) Jews comprise more
than 90% and the Sephardic (Meditteranean) Jews less than 10%. Arthur
Koestler (The Thirteenth Tribe) and other Jewish authors have shown that
Ashkenazi Jews are actually descendents of Jewish converts from the
Khazarian Kingdom in the 8th century AD. Thus, the vast majority of modern
Jews are not blood descendents of Abraham and are thus not natural heirs to
the covenant promises. In fact, many modern Jews are members of the
Sabbataen/Frankist sex cult that is a Jewish front. The founders Sabbatai Svi
(17th century) and Jacob Frank (18th century) both claimed to be the Jewish
Messiah, led their followers into deviant sexual practices and through the
Rothschild family took economic and ideological control of Western nations
in the 19th century through sexual and financial manipulation. It was this
control that the Germans fought in both world wars in the 20th century, and
that will lead to the destruction of the Zionist Israeli State in the 21st century.
Zionism teaches that the Messiah is the secular State of Israel and that it will
come to rule the world.
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21. 9. The Harlot & the Bride
“6 And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound
of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying,
“Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns! 7 Let us be glad and
rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come,
and His wife has made herself ready.” 8 And to her it was granted to be
arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the
righteous acts of the saints. 9 Then he said to me, “Write: “Blessed are
those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!”‘And he said
to me, “These are the true sayings of God.” (Rev. 19:6-9).
The bride is the New Testament Church or body of Jesus Christ
comprised of Jewish and Gentile believers. The Great Harlot is the
body of Jewish unbelievers who have rejected Jesus as their promised
Messiah. The bride (the Church) received her bridegroom. The Harlot
(Israel) did not.
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22. 10. Wilderness and Mountains
“So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a
woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy,
having seven heads and ten horns” (Rev. 17:3). One of the claims of the
State of Israel is that she is transforming a wilderness wasteland into a
fertile and productive land. Modern Israel was forged out of a
“wilderness”.
“Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven
mountains on which the woman sits” (Rev. 17:9). Jerusalem has 7
mountains: Mount Zion, Mount Ophel, Mount Moriah, Mount
Bezetha, Mount Acra, Mount Gareb, and Mount Goath. Interestingly,
the popular Jewish Apocraphyl Book of Enoch regularly mentions seven
mountains. The Jews consider this to be symbolic of the reign of God.
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23. 11. The Cup of Drunkenness & Wrath
“1b “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, 2
with whom the kings of the earth inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of
her fornication…4 The woman was… having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations
and the filthiness of her fornication” (Rev. 17:1-4). “Render to her just as she rendered to
you, and repay her double according to her works; in the cup which she has mixed, mix
double for her.”(Rev. 18:6).
“17 Awake, awake! Stand up, O Jerusalem,You who have drunk at the hand of the LORD
The cup of His fury;You have drunk the dregs of the cup of trembling, And drained it out.
..19 These two things have come to you; Who will be sorry for you?— Desolation and
destruction, famine and sword— By whom will I comfort you? …21 Therefore please hear
this, you afflicted, And drunk but not with wine. 22 Thus says your Lord, The LORD and
your God, Who pleads the cause of His people: “See, I have taken out of your hand The cup
of trembling, The dregs of the cup of My fury;You shall no longer drink it. 23 But I will put
it into the hand of those who afflict you, Who have said to you, “Lie down, that we may walk
over you.’ And you have laid your body like the ground, And as the street, for those who
walk over.” (Is. 51:17-23)
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24. 12. The Harlot’s Destruction
Revelation chapter 18 describes in graphic detail how The Great
Prostitute is destroyed. This passage is parallelled by Ezekiel’s prophecy
of judgement on ancient Israel (Ezekiel 16:1-59). Compare this too
with Jeremiah’s judgment of the original Babylon (Jer. 50&51). The
literal kingdom of “Babylon will sink and never rise again” (51:64).
Modern Iraq is not spiritual Babylon. Modern Israel is spiritual Babylon.
It has arisen again in these end times and will be destroyed for ever. It
was not recreated by God, but rather by secular Zionist political
aspirations. Only the Second Coming of Jesus will see the restoration of
spiritual Israel, being the Church, which will include the remnant of
national Israel (see Romans 11). The Great Prostitute is destroyed in
the same manner and with the same wording as ancient Israel and
ancient Babylon.
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25. Summary
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Only Israel or Jerusalem is consistently called a prostitute in Scripture.
Jerusalem is clearly identified as “the great city”.
The Bible says that the Jews alone are guilty of the blood of the prophets, saints and all the
righteous blood shed on earth.
Israel has prostituted her priestly role, as reflected in her symbolic adornment.
Prophetically, Jerusalem is spiritual Egypt Babylon.
Jews believe that they have been given a Divine right to global financial dominance over
other nations.
The State of Israel maintains global political dominance over countries through the
powerful political lobby of Jews all around the world.
Not all Jews are descendents of Abraham. Most are descendents of the Khazars.
The bride (the Church) received her bridegroom. The prostitute (Israel) did not.
Modern Israel was forged out of a “wilderness”. Jerusalem has seven very famous “holy”
mountains.
Israel drinks of the cup of drunkenness and God’s wrath.
The Great Prostitute (the State of Israel) is destroyed in the same manner and with the
same wording as ancient Israel and ancient Babylon.
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26. Conclusion
Exegetically there is only one candidate for the Great Prostitute of the Book of Revelation: the
modern state of Israel. Readers need to understand that this author is not anti-Semitic, neither does
he wish evil upon Israel, least of all its destruction. However, according to New Testament
prophecy, its destruction is inevitable. Historical and contemporary events corroborate this thesis.
The most popular historical Protestant interpretation has always been that The Great Prostitute
represents Roman Catholicism. There are certainly very close parallels between the two, and the
modern state of Israel was not in existence until 1948, so the Papacy was then the only possible
candidate until then. However, there is only one consistent fulfillment of this prophecy: the modern
state of Israel. The papacy definitely does feature in another entity, though: the first beast of the
Book of Revelation.
Preterists have usually interpreted the Great Prostitute as referring to first century Jerusalem or
Rome. However, the Great Prostitute is utterly destroyed, never to be rebuilt, as described in the
last few verses of chapter 18. Clearly Rome and Jerusalem are currently still standing, and this
prophecy is fulfilled just before the Second Coming. Rome is never metaphorically called a
prostitute in Scripture, so we have no right to interpret it as such. Jerusalem is called a prostitute
numerous times, so we are compelled to follow this pattern.
This is the only interpretation that one can make of this passage if one uses sound Biblical exegesis.
It is not a very popular view to have nowadays because of the theology that says that Israel is still
‘God’s Chosen People’. This author does believe that God still has a wonderful plan of salvation for
the physical descendents of Isaac just before the return of Jesus (see Roman 11 and Matthew 24).
However, Jews today can only be saved in the way that any other person can be saved: through faith
and repentance in Jesus the Messiah.
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27. Conclusion
In the next presentations we will examine in more detail
each of these end time events according to the outlines that
we have seen in these two pairs of cycles.
The next issue is the One World System.
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