WHORE OF BABYLON: Who or What is the Whore of Revelation 17?

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February 25, 2018 • 06:00

WHORE OF BABYLON: Who or What is the Whore of Revelation 17?

The last book of the Bible, Revelation (which details many end times events), gives the account of a “whore” (often called the “Whore of Babylon“).

“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.”
–Revelation 17:4-5

Who or what is this whore?

The whore is clearly a worldwide false religious system which propels the man of sin to world dominance.

The reason God’s Word calls it a “whore” is because that word is frequently used BY GOD HIMSELF when a particular people–who have enjoyed God’s favor–go after idols, devils (demons) and other false gods instead of worshiping God Almighty.

The words “whore” and “whoring” are used to describe this behavior by a particular people throughout the Bible.

“For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.”
–Exodus 34:14-16

“And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the LORD. And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.”
–Leviticus 17:6-7

“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not: Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.”
–Leviticus 20:1-6

“Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring: That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.”
–Numbers 15:38-40

“And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee. For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them. For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.”
–Deuteronomy 31:16,25-29

“Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries. And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations. And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.”
–Ezekiel 6:8-10

The entire chapter of Ezekiel 23 is devoted to this topic: a group of people who were favored of God Almighty and who, instead of worshiping Him, deserted Him for idols and devils.

Bible teachers have long taught that the deception that the identity of the whore is a variety of culprits: the Roman Catholic Church, the United States of America, the revived Roman empire which has fallen under the sway of an evil satanic church; as well as other creative imaginings.

HOWEVER, the Bible clearly gives a clue to the whore’s identity in Jeremiah 51:7. It reveals an important fact about end times Babylon.

“Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD’S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.”
–Jeremiah 51:7

The woman (whore) in Revelation 17 ALSO has a golden cup in her hand.

“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”
–Revelation 17:4

So, whatever else is known about the coming whorish worldwide religious system, AT ONE TIME, it was a “golden cup in the LORD’s hand.”

The Bible clearly gives the identity of the whore in Revelation 17–particularly the first five verses. The way the whore is dressed and God calling her a “whore” are among the clues in the first five verses of Revelation 17.

“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.”
–Revelation 17:1-5

There are clues to the identity of the whore scattered throughout both the Old and New Testament, but Revelation 17 ALONE provides enough clues to pinpoint the ID of the whore.

And so, we are NOW in the end times.

The worldwide false religious system will arise in the near future to deceive the world.

And the world WILL be deceived as man has long been prepared to welcome this coming abomination from Satan and the man of sin.

What is the “whore of Babylon“?

From where does it arise?

ANY who still study their Bible should have no trouble determining its identity.

HOWEVER, not being deceived/persuaded by those of the world is a completely different matter.

DOES the reader study the end times from the Bible?

OR does the reader depend on others (who are well-liked and trusted) to tell him what the Bible says and means?

DOES the reader depend on those from his church to direct him about end times events?

God’s Word is true: ALL that is written within it shall come to pass.

It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL

“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

PART ONE: Who is Babylon the Great: The Golden Cup

PART TWO: Who is Babylon the Great: The Whore

[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: February 21, 2018.]

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