What or who, is Babylon the Great?
Rev.17:5
"5 On her (the prostitute's) forehead was written a name, a mystery: Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and of the Abominations of the Earth."
- To have a name on your forehead, has meaning. It is the name of your master who you obey and serve (Rev.7:3; 14:1; 22:4; Deut.11:18). Those marked by God, serve and obey the will and purpose of God for them.
Clearly discerned by the scriptures above, Babylon the Great is a mother of the prostitute who has that mother's name on her forehead. The harlot is the daughter of Babylon the Great
(Psalm 137:8; Zech.2:7). The harlots serve and obey the interests and purpose of their mother, rather than the interests of God.
Now, what does it mean to be a mother?
Of course, just as the name on the forehead must be interpreted by scripture, so do the mothers who are served and obeyed.
Mothers are where we come from, the spiritual matrix that spawns us, the spiritual city that we are citizens of.
Gal.4:26 reads;
"26 But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother."
--- The "virgins" in Revelation have Jerusalem above...
(spiritual city: Rev.21:2,10; Eph.2:19; Phil.3:20; Matt.5:14)
...as their source/mother (Lam.2:13; Rev.3:12) written on them.
--- The "harlots" in Revelation have Babylon the Great (spiritual city: Rev.18:10) as their source/mother, written on them (Rev.17:5).
These two cities are also depicted as spiritual, prominent mountains
(Rev.8:8; 18:21; Zech.4:7) (Rev.14:1; Matt.5:14).
Spiritual virgins are those who have no lie in their mouth (Rev.14:4-5). Their mother is free, because the virgins spring from a source of truth. As Jesus said, "You will know the truth and the truth will set you free." (John 8:32). Divine truth means eternal spirit life (John 17:3; 6:63), which comes through a living mother (Rev.22:17).
As Paul said at 2Cor.11:3-4,
"2 For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy, because I have promised you in marriage to one husband—*to present a pure virgin to Christ.* 3 But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ."
-- There we see the danger, that "virgins" can lose their standard of truth and fidelity to it, by being seduced by the great deceiver.
By leaving their Lord of truth, they can fall prey to demonic deception (Col.2:19; John 15:6)
(1Tim.4:1; Rev.16:13; Col.2:8; Luke 21:24; Rev.13:10,7; Dan.11:33).
They are no longer found by Jesus to be spiritually pure and virginal regarding the spiritual faithfulness he requires to be in union with him (1Cor.6:17; John 15:4-5; Col.1:18; 2:19).
Truth is the source of life (John 14:6; 6:63; 2Tim.1:10).
Deception creates death (Isa.59:10; 2Cor.4:3-4; 2Thess.2:10; John 8:44).
Is this what has happened to the "harlots" (1Cor.15:18)?
What is the source of their being deceived and taken captive to deception (Col.2:8)?
How is this
connected to who the mother of the harlots is?
We read at Gal.4:26 that Jerusalem above is free (free of deception, sin, and death).
But Gal.4:24 explains more clearly, what an allegorical "mother" actually is...
"24 These things are being taken figuratively, for the two women represent two covenants (divine promises)."
"28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise."
So, we have a heavenly woman/mother that is a covenant providing life, truth, and spiritual light.
Is there a mother covenant of death, deception, and darkness... whose name is Babylon the Great?
Isaiah 28 speaks to the harlots...
"15 Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
And with Sheol we are in agreement. (Link: What is Sheol/Hades?)
When the overflowing scourge sweeps through (Rev.12:15; 2Pet.3:17),
It will not come to us,
For we have made lies our refuge,
And under falsehood we have hidden ourselves.”
- 18 Your covenant with death will be annulled,
And your agreement with Sheol (abyss/Hades) will not stand;
When the overflowing scourge passes through,
Then you will be trampled down by it."
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Babylon the GreatThe mother covenant over the spiritual harlots, is a covenant of death, deception, and treachery.
That mother covenant's name is Babylon the Great. Babylon the Great is the covenant that the harlots are branded by and serving. They deserted Jesus, the source of truth and life. But worse, they serve up falsehood (poisoned waters) to others (Rev.8:10-11; Rev.17:15; 14:8) instead of the living water offered by the virgins (Rev.22:17) in imitation of Jesus (John 4:10).
The harlots teach their followers, false doctrine. They are blind guides who lead others into a pit (Sheol) (Prov.5:3-5).
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We also see at Rev.17:5 that Babylon the Great is the mother covenant of the abominations of the earth (Rev.17:5).
Babylon the Great's offspring includes the abomination of desolation (Matt.24:15; Mark 13:14).
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Babylon the Great. This mystery is solved for those who derive their interpretation from God's Word.
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