Roman Catholicism is the Whore of Babylon

 

'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: 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. 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. 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: and upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 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. And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.' 

Revelation 17:1-18

Roman Catholicism is the Whore of Babylon

And there followed another angel saying: "Babylon is fallen is fallen that great city because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication." 

Now what is the wine wine represents false doctrine in Scripture wine is a mocker strong drink is raging
and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. 

The effect of this wine isdeception because it is fermented wine, which leads people away from the truth
so in contrast to the first angel's message which presents true doctrine Babylon is preaching wine or false doctrine.

The darkness of night obscures from view the truth about the world around us. Confusion like the darkness has concealed from us the truth about the character of God.

False doctrines and ideas are likethe trees of the forest that change with the seasons they blow about in the wind and rise and fall through the centuries.

There's only one way to dispel the darkness and that is with light. Peter tells us we have a more sure Word of Prophecy where unto ye do well that you take heed as unto a light that shineth in a dark place and with a light from these prophecies we are able to identify this system called Babylon, the system of Babylon is reflected by this woman uh in Revelation chapter 17.

So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet-colored Beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

The first three symbols that help us to identify Babylon are the Woman, the Beast and the seven heads in order to arrive at a correct understanding of these symbols we must allow the Bible to define them for us so here's what God has to say about the prophetic symbol of a woman.

I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman. Zion was the name given to the people of God as we read in Isaiah say unto Zion thou art My people. So in the Old Testament a woman is used by God as a symbol to represent His people in the New Testament a woman still is used to represent God's people in the form of his church, for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother
and shall be joined unto his wife and they too shall be one flesh this is a great mystery but I speak concerning Christ in the church,

In the book of Revelation there are two women one is a virgin dressed in white representing God's church and the other woman named Babylon is a harlot meaning she represents a counterfeit church and
she is the one sitting upon a beast. Once again allowing the Bible to interpret its own symbols we turn to the book of Daniel to define the symbol of the beast. The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth according to Daniel, a beast is a symbol for a kingdom or a nation, since the Bible uses a woman as a symbol for a church and the beast for a symbol of a nation then this symbol of a woman sitting upon a beast is a symbol of a church in control of a nation or a kingdom in other words this nation is
both a church and state power. Next John says that this beast has seven heads and the Bible tells us what
these heads represent just six verses later and here is the mind which hath wisdom the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman siteth the fact that this woman sits upon this beast with seven heads tells us this church and state power is located near seven mountains john goes on to describe
this woman in detail and the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of
abominations and filthiness of her fornication and upon her forehead was a name written mystery Babylon the great the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth. 

Our fourth clue is that this woman or church named Babylon is described as a harlot meaning she has committed adultery against God by forsaking His covenant so this church does not represent God's people, instead it represents a counterfeit church. Our fifth characteristic is the woman's appearance she is described being a raid with purple and scarlet colors having allowed the Bible to define its own
symbols we see God telling us Babylon is a church and state power located around seven mountains and it is a counterfeit church that appears primarily in purple and scarlet colors there's only one church that fits this definitive description the Roman Catholic Church, also known as the papacy. So let's investigate the evidence for this conclusion: Vatican City is the only church and state nation in the world it is known as the city on seven hills and its primary colors are purple and scarlet.

During the Protestant Reformation, many of the reformers, including Thomas Cranmer, John Wesley, William Tinddale, John Wycliffe, Felipe Melanchton, John Hus, Martin Luther and hundreds of others, all concluded the papacy was the harlot of Babylon identified in the Scriptures.
I for my part will set free my own mind and deliver my conscience by declaring aloud to the pope and to all papists that the papacy is in truth nothing else than the kingdom of Babylon and the very antichrist for who is the man of sin and the son of predition but he who by his teaching and his ordinances increases the sin and predition of souls in the church while he yet sits in the church as if he were God. 

All these conditions have now for many ages been fulfilled by the papal tyranny first principles of the reformation by Martin Luther page the second angel's message is a warning against the wine of Babylon and the intoxicating influence of its false doctrines which have deceived the entire world.

Yes, even the Christian world this great feat was not accomplished at once but subtly over several centuries when you think about Jesus's statement just before he left he said "This gospel shall be preached in all the world and then the end will come." We see the disciples going out preaching this Gospel but we see that the end did not come the reason I believe is because that Gospel became tainted and a different gospel began to go out into all the world in part two of this series. 

We saw how the everlasting gospel and the everlasting covenant are revealed through the sanctuary but now we're going to take a look at a prophecy in the book of Daniel where the sanctuary comes under attack that's what's really being described here an attack on the Gospel and the covenant by replacing it
with a counterfeit covenant according to Daniel 8, the Bible talks about this little horn power that would defile the sanctuary yay he magnified himself even to the prince of the host and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away and the place of his sanctuary was cast down and in host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression and it cast down the truth to the ground and
it practiced and prospered and the little horn there's no doubt as you look at the sequence of the chapter that it's speaking about the Roman Catholic papacy.

Daniel's prophecy is telling us that the papacy would magnify himself and exalt himself even above Christ the prince of the host and by the papacy the truths represented by the sanctuary and Jesus ministry in heaven would be cast to the ground instead of looking to Jesus as our high priest in the heavenly sanctuary the people were taught to look to human priests in a counterfeit sanctuary upon the earth.

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