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@LadyGrace Mystery Babylon is no other then Jerusalem.

@Reverend You said earlier it was the Catholic Church, didn't you?

@LadyGrace When? I hope I said most believe it to be the Catholic Church...though at one time I did believe thats who it was.

@Reverend I see. I am studying that right now.

@LadyGrace awesome! Its very interesting. When compared scripture with scripture it comes to Jerusalem every time. When compared and applied to history it would appear to be the Catholic Church.

@Reverend Well, this is what I found, brother.

In verse 3, we are told that the woman rides on a beast with 7 heads. Verse 9 reveals the meaning of the heads. “And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.”

The woman is a city. This passage tells us that the city sits on seven mountains. There is a city on earth that is known as “The City of Seven Hills.” It’s the city of Rome.

But is Rome the headquarters for an international power that rules over “peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues?”
The Vatican claims to rule over one billion Roman Catholics worldwide. Remember, this prophecy was written long before the Catholic Church existed and long before Rome became her headquarters.

She is clothed in purple and red
Revelation 17:4 “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:”

There are two ruling bodies in the Roman Catholic Church: The College of Cardinals and the College of Bishops and Archbishops. These two bodies are somewhat like the Senate and the House of Representatives here in the US.

An article appeared in The Criterion, a Roman Catholic publication, July 1, 1988. The article was entitled, “More than You Want to Know About Cardinals.” It stated, “Cardinals wear red, while non-Cardinal Bishops and Archbishops wear purple.”

So let’s review. Mystery Babylon is a city that sits on seven hills. Rome is known worldwide as “The City of Seven Hills.” Mystery Babylon is to “sit” on peoples, multitudes, nations and tongues.” Rome is headquarters for the Roman Catholic Church, claiming one billion members worldwide.

Mystery Babylon is described as being clothed in purple and red. The official colors of the two ruling bodies of the Roman Church are purple and red.

One other factor should be understood. In Revelation 17, God chose to use a woman—a whore—to symbolize the Roman Catholic Church. Why?
In scripture, God always used a woman to symbolize a church. He used a virgin to represent His true church (II Corinthians 11:2), and He used a harlot to represent a false church—as he did in Revelation 17-19.

There can be only one conclusion: The Vatican is the Mystery Babylon of Revelation. And it is this false religious system that has deceived the people of the world that will be destroyed at the time of Armageddon.

@LadyGrace Yes, I have read about and understand all that you are saying. When we take the bible and apply it to history vs comparing scripture with scripture that is definitely the conclusion we would come to. How many of the prophets were slain in Rome? According to Jesus in Matthew 23:29-39 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Matthew 23:29‭-‬39 KJV

Also Luke 11. Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
Luke 11:47‭-‬51 KJV

Who is responsible for the bloodshed of all the prophets and saints? Not Rome, but Jerusalem.
Lets move on

Luke 13:33 Jesus speaking again says. Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Luke 13:33‭-‬35 KJV

Jesus said that a prophet cannot perish beside in Jerusalem.

There are also many old testament scriptures that have the colors and Gold. If you would like to read them.

Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:31, Exodus 25:3-5, Exodus 28:5 Exodus 28:33
Exodus 39:1-3.

If you notice in Revelation 17:4 the color blue is missing. If we go back to Numbers 15:37-41 we will see what that color blue means.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 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: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God.
Numbers 15:37‭-‬39‭, ‬41 KJV

To get a better idea of that great city known as mystery Babylon read Ezekiel chapter 10.

This is just a little bit of information but I hope you see enough to further your study in it.

@LadyGrace Also regarding the 7 mountains. Psalms 125:2 says that Jerusalem is surrounded with mountains. Jerusalem does have 7 mountains. Those are.
Mount of Olives
Mount of Corruption
Mount Scorpus
Mount Ophel
Mount Zion
New Mount Zion
And the hill that Antonia Fortress was built upon.