Babylon is Mystery, the great mother of prostitutes and the abominations of the earth

Revelation 17:1-6

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits by many waters. With her the kings of the earth committed adultery, and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries.”

There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries. The name written on her forehead was a mystery: babylon the great the mother of prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth.

I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.

So often and so vigorously did the Old Testament prophets denounce literal Babylon that it became a byword for human pride and vainglory.

For John and his readers, Babylon, the luxury-loving prostitute, was Tome, city of the seven hills - rich, splendid, pampered, decadent Rome: Tome, where Christians were thrown to the lions and burnt alive as public entertainment: Rome, the cess-pit of the empire.

Why?

Here Babylon is Rome, where many Christian were killed, be shamed, be pressed, God remembers all of them.

The judgment of the Lord comes upon the world, Babylon.  Its name is Mystery, the great mother of prostitutes and the abominations of the earth.

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神讓大巴比倫喝神怒氣的酒。

大淫婦： 1)坐在眾水之上，即全世界各國首領之上。2)對神不忠的，抵擋神的 3) 紫色代表尊貴，朱紅色是沾滿許多聖徒的血，金杯也是尊貴，杯中裝的是可憎之物。看來尊貴卻是充滿血腥，汙穢、淫亂。代表當時的羅馬。在信仰上不忠的人，代表將來的敵基督。這大淫婦是騎在海獸上，帶頭抵擋基督。兩者都是敵基督。有華麗的外表。行反對基督的事。世上君王若不是信神的，打著任何其他名號，正義，為民服務的招牌，都是敵基督的小嘍囉。不要被這些民族主義所欺騙。基本上就是不要神做王，自己想當王。16:19世上的政權都會崩潰。

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How?

So many of God's people sacrificed for the name of the Lord in history. We should be glad that we are living in the free kingdom without pressure. We can come to church to worship the Lord! Praise to the Lord!