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We can see what Jehovah thinks about false religion by reading The Bible book of Revelation. There, false religion is described as a symbolic woman, "Babylon the Great." (Revelation 17:5) Note how God describes her:
● "The great harlot . . . with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication." (Revelation 17:1, 2) Rather than being faithful to God, false religion has meddled in politics, often telling governments what to do.
● "In her was found the blood of prophets and of holy ones and of all those who have been slaughtered on the earth." (Revelation 18:24) False religion has persecuted and killed faithful servants of God and has been responsible for the death of millions in warfare.
● "She glorified herself and lived in shameless luxury." (Revelation 18:7) False religion has great riches, which her leaders use to live in luxury.
● "By [her] spiritistic practice all the nations were misled." (Revelation 18:23) By her false teaching that the soul does not die, false religion has opened the door to every kind of spiritism and sorcery and has promoted fear of the dead and worship of ancestors.
Sounding a strong warning to people to separate from false religion, The Bible says: "Get out of her, my people, if you do not want to share with her in her sins, and if you do not want to receive part of her plagues."-Revelation 18:4, 5.
In the near future, Babylon the Great, the world empire of false religion, will be totally destroyed. The Bible says: "In one day her plagues will come, death and mourning and famine, and she will be completely burned with fire, because Jehovah God, who judged her, is strong." (Revelation 18:8) To avoid receiving part of her plagues, we must break off all connections with false religion, having nothing to do with practices, celebrations, and beliefs that are displeasing to God. The matter is urgent. Our lives are at stake!-2 Corinthians 6:14-18.
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We need to remember that God said Babylon the Great is the "mother of harlots". Therefore this implies that Babylon HERSELF cannot be ALL false religion, because she has "daughters" and she is the MOTHER of them. So God is pointing us to one specific church. And from Revelation 18:23 we can tell that this is a professing Christian church, because it says that the "light of the candle" and the "voice of the Bridegroom" would no longer be seen or heard in Babylon.
Who is the "Bridegroom"? The Bible clearly points to Jesus Christ as the Bridegroom. So Babylon must be a professing Christian church who proclaims Christ Jesus. It cannot be Islam or any other false religion, because they NEVER proclaim Jesus Christ as Saviour.
All the other details of Babylon, "Purple and Scarlet colour", "blood of the saints", "committing fornication with the kings of the earth", etc.. points to only one church and that is the Church of Rome.
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∙ 12y agoWe can see what Jehovah thinks about false religion by reading the Bible book of Revelation. There, false religion is described as a symbolic woman, "Babylon the Great." (Revelation 17:5) Note how God describes her:
● "The great harlot . . . with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication." (Revelation 17:1, 2) Rather than being faithful to God, false religion has meddled in politics, often telling governments what to do.
● "In her was found the blood of prophets and of holy ones and of all those who have been slaughtered on the earth." (Revelation 18:24) False religion has persecuted and killed faithful servants of God and has been responsible for the death of millions in warfare.
● "She glorified herself and lived in shameless luxury." (Revelation 18:7) False religion has great riches, which her leaders use to live in luxury.
● "By [her] spiritistic practice all the nations were misled." (Revelation 18:23) By her false teaching that the soul does not die, false religion has opened the door to every kind of spiritism and sorcery and has promoted fear of the dead and worship of ancestors.
Sounding a strong warning to people to separate from false religion, the Bible says: "Get out of her, my people, if you do not want to share with her in her sins, and if you do not want to receive part of her plagues."-Revelation 18:4, 5.
In the near future, Babylon the Great, the world empire of false religion, will be totally destroyed. The Bible says: "In one day her plagues will come, death and mourning and famine, and she will be completely burned with fire, because Jehovah God, who judged her, is strong." (Revelation 18:8) To avoid receiving part of her plagues, we must break off all connections with false religion, having nothing to do with practices, celebrations, and beliefs that are displeasing to God. The matter is urgent. Our lives are at stake!-2 Corinthians 6:14-18.
Additional Information:
We need to remember that God said Babylon the Great is the "mother of harlots". Therefore this implies that Babylon HERSELF cannot be ALL false religion, because she has "daughters" and she is the MOTHER of them. So God is pointing us to one specific church. And from Revelation 18:23 we can tell that this is a professing Christian church, because it says that the "light of the candle" and the "voice of the Bridegroom" would no longer be seen or heard in Babylon.
Who is the "Bridegroom"? The Bible clearly points to Jesus Christ as the Bridegroom. So Babylon must be a professing Christian church who proclaims Christ Jesus. It cannot be Islam or any other false religion, because they NEVER proclaim Jesus Christ as Saviour.
All the other details of Babylon, "Purple and Scarlet colour", "blood of the saints", "committing fornication with the kings of the earth", etc.. points to only one church and that is the Church of Rome.
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∙ 13y agoBabylon is todays Iraq. The ruler in King Nebuchadnezzar was a ruler and the prophet aniel was his minister, even though he was a jew. The Hanging Gardens of the old seven wonders of the world was built by the ruler of Babylon.
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∙ 12y agoBabylon the Great in Revelation 17 and 18 is a professing Christian church that has turned away from God's truth and gone after other "gods". How do we know that Babylon is a Church? Because in Revelation 17, Babylon is described as being guilty of committing adultery against God.
Now in Ezekiel 16:26-32, God says that Israel, His people, are guilty of committing adultery against Him by mixing with other nations and going after other "gods".
Now think about this. Can a wife commit adultery against her husband by going after another man? Yes, because she is married to her husband. Now can another woman (a stranger) commit adultery against the husband? No, because she is not married to him.
In the same way, God is married to His people, the church. Therefore it is ONLY professing Christians who can commit adultery against God by going after other "gods", because other religions are not married to God in the first place.
This shows that Babylon the Great cannot be any other false religion because they are not married to God, through Christ Jesus in the first place. So like the "strange woman", they cannot commit adultery against God because they are not married to Him.
Christ Jesus is the "Husband" of the Christian church, so Babylon the Great MUST be a professing Christian church that has "fallen" into idolatry.
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∙ 11y agoJust as 'Salem' or Jerusalem represents God's city of Peace and His Truths, Babylon represents the 'Mystery Religion' and all that is wrong in this world. The two are diametrically opposite.
Babylon is also the 'head' in the figure of King Nebuchadnezzar's dream - the first great empire of mankind.
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∙ 10y agoBabylon was the FIRST GOVERNMENT system of man this side of the flood from which all the succeeding governing empires of man took their cue... and the customs and traditions of which they adopted, copied... and which the world still observes, today.
The Bible reveals that this "Babylonian system" of government is owned, designed and directed by Satan the Devil. In the "temptation of Jesus" account in Luke 4, Satan tells Jesus:
"...I will give you the glory of these kingdoms and authority over them - BECAUSE THEY ARE MINE TO GIVE TO ANYONE I PLEASE. I will give it all to you if you will bow down and worship me." (Luke 4:6-7 NLT)
Daniel saw in vision and refers to Babylon and the succeeding world-ruling empires of man as "BEASTS! " [see Daniel's chapter 7] Man's governments are "beastly" in the eyes of God.
So, in the language of Bible prophecy... Babylon represents "MAN'S GOVERNMENT"... "organized, systematic evil" on the earth among the nations, that "worship the god of this world."
"...This Beast looked like a leopard, but it had bear's feet and a lion's mouth [see Daniel's description in his chapter 7:3-6]! And the Dragon [Satan; see Rev.12:9] gave him his own power and throne and great authority... All the world marveled at this miracle and followed the Beast in awe. They WORSHIPED THE DRAGON for giving the Beast such power, and THEY WORSHIPED THE BEAST..." (Rev.13:2-3 NLT).
Babylon is the "original" government system of man that God's "gospel" [good news message] says that it is going to destroy and replace with His Kingdom on earth. "...The Kingdom of God is near! Turn from your sins and believe THIS GOOD NEWS! " (Mark 1:15 NLT)
John saw in his vision of the future [in the days just ahead of us] THE FALL OF THIS BABYLONIAN SYSTEM IN THE WORLD... and describes it in Revelation 18.
"...He gave a mighty shout, 'Babylon is fallen - that great city is fallen!..." (verse 2). This is the final collapse and destruction of man's governments on earth.
Which is then followed by chapter 19: the prophecy of Jesus' return to earth with His angelic army, to defeat the "BEAST" and his religious henchman, the False Prophet:
"And the Beast was captured, and with him the False Prophet who did mighty miracles on behalf of the Beast [see chapter 13] - miracles that deceived all who had accepted the mark of the Beast and who worshiped his statue. Both the Beast and his False Prophet were thrown alive into the Lake of Fire that burns with sulfur. Their entire army was killed by the sharp Sword that came out of the mouth of the One riding the white horse. And all the vultures of the sky gorged themselves on the dead bodies." (Rev.19:20-21 NLT)
So, Babylon represents [in Bible prophecy] the summation of"MAN'S ERRANT RULE ON THE EARTH" that God's Kingdom is coming to destroy and replace. It's THE MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE. The "Good News" [gospel] message that Jesus Christ and all of His servants since Abel preached and died for.
"...a large number of people came to Paul's house. He told them about the KINGDOM OF GOD and taught them about Jesus from the Scriptures - from the five books of Moses and the books of the Prophets. He began lecturing in the morning and went on into the evening." (Acts 28:23 NLT)
"For the next two years, Paul lived in his own rented house. He welcomed all who visited him, PROCLAIMING THE KINGDOM OF GOD with all boldness and teaching about the LORD Jesus Christ [the KING of that coming Kingdom]. And no one tried to stop him." (Acts 28:30-31 NLT)
Babylon represents the TARGET of God's coming Kingdom!
"But you, O heaven, rejoice over her fate. And you also rejoice, O holy people of God and apostles and prophets! For at last God has Judged her on your behalf... 'Babylon, the great city, will be thrown down as violently as I have thrown away this stone, and SHE WILL DISAPPEAR FOREVER... She was the one who slaughtered God's people ALL OVER THE WORLD.'" (Rev.18:20-24 NLT)
The prophetic destruction of Babylon... the removal of man's errant government rule all over the world [along with the removal of the god who owns them - see Rev.20:1-3]... represents the GOOD NEWS of the Bible.
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∙ 15y agoIn Revelation chapters 17:4-5, it's the great w----: "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 f----------n: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF H------S AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH." Interpretations of the preceding passages vary by denomination. For example, some think that she represents Rome, some Jerusalem. For both cities have seven hills. Others think that she represents the Roman Catholic or Protestant or non-Latter-Day Saint churches.
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