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To: amorphous

I agree that these are very close to the end times. Mystery,Babylon is a worldwide religion.

Babylon the great was the actual city.

revelation chapter 17:

1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been 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 sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
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:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he comes, he must continue a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goes into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou saw are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
15 And he said unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whore_of_Babylon#Historicist_and_idealistic_interpretations

The Family International’s view
The Family International (formerly known as “The Children of God”) believes that the Whore of Babylon refers to the United States of America,[58][59] with founder and former leader David Berg stating in one of his writings “all mankind worships her & loves her & fucks her & has fornication & intercourse with her & bestows upon her everything they’ve got & all their power & all! That’s Babylon! Including today’s Babylon, America, the Capitalist West & the Communist East.”[60][61]


75 posted on 09/26/2021 10:24:32 PM PDT by Kevmo (I’m immune from Covid since I don’t watch TV.🤗)
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To: Kevmo
The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.

Revelations contain a great deal of symbology within symbology. I admittedly lack the wisdom to understand all sealed within its verses. Some, I feel, apply to the end of Christ's Millennial Reign. The "great city" mentioned can only mean Jerusalem. "That rules over the kings of the earth" perhaps refers to the millennial reign since Christ will rule the world from Jerusalem after the Second Advent.

Other scriptures are more precise about the end of our current age. God told us the "end from the beginning." Begin in Genesis, I like to say. There is no substitute for knowledge of a great deal of scripture before tackling or trying to understand Revelations.

That doesn't prevent most from trying, including the party you linked to above.

Just sayin'... :)

76 posted on 09/27/2021 10:45:20 AM PDT by amorphous
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