Mystery Babylon is Jerusalem! It was the city where the Lord was crucified.
Rev. 11:8 - "And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified."
Rev. 18:2 - "**Babylon the great **is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird."
When did Babylon fall? In 70 A.D. when Roman General Titus burned the city of Jerusalem and the Temple - thus ending the Old Covenant age.
You disagree with yourself right in the same comment friend
which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt
Mystery Babylon is the spiritual name for the woman
Sodom and Egypt is the spiritual name for Jerusalem, which is only a portion of Mystery Babylon, as I see it. Jerusalem has been accused of "playing the harlot", but the woman is the MOTHER of ALL harlots.
Since we know Jerusalem was faithful in the beginning, she can't be called the mother of harlots. I'd assign that label to Babylon, for I find that all false religions begun at the Tower of Babel.
Mystery Babylon represents a place as well as a woman. The woman was a Harlot who had committed fornication (spiritual). The Harlot was riding/directing the Beast. The Beast represents a government - the Roman Government at the time of Jesus Christ. The crucifixion of Christ was a joint effort between the Roman government and the Jewish Religious Leaders (High Priest et al). Mystery Babylon is a religious system. John is writing in coded language to conceal his message. The woman is apostate Israel with it's headquarters in Jerusalem.
Jerusalem was faithful in the beginning? That's not what I get out of the entire New Testament (or the Old for that matter). Israel was constantly backsliding. Jesus told the Jewish religious leaders that their "house" would be left to them desolate. The "house" was the Temple. That prophecy came to pass. Read Matthew chapter 23!
John is not speaking of Babylon in Iraq. He is speaking of the Jerusalem that existed in the 1st century which was destroyed by Roman General Titus in 70 A.D.
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
Jeremiah 2:2
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
The faithful city became a harlot. They committed spiritual adultery. They had filled up the cup of trembling. Therefore they were judged by God Almighty. They were supposed to be righteous but became murderers.
I believe Matt 23:37-38 helps answer that question: “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate.".
**Where were the prophets killed? Where was Jesus the Messiah killed? Jerusalem! They became murderers. **
Does that mean Jerusalem (which represents a religious system led by ungodly leaders) was always unrighteous? Of course not - there were periods where Israel was in obedience. But by in large they were not!
Mystery Babylon is Jerusalem! It was the city where the Lord was crucified.
Rev. 11:8 - "And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified."
Rev. 18:2 - "**Babylon the great **is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird."
When did Babylon fall? In 70 A.D. when Roman General Titus burned the city of Jerusalem and the Temple - thus ending the Old Covenant age.
You disagree with yourself right in the same comment friend
Mystery Babylon is the spiritual name for the woman
Sodom and Egypt is the spiritual name for Jerusalem, which is only a portion of Mystery Babylon, as I see it. Jerusalem has been accused of "playing the harlot", but the woman is the MOTHER of ALL harlots.
Since we know Jerusalem was faithful in the beginning, she can't be called the mother of harlots. I'd assign that label to Babylon, for I find that all false religions begun at the Tower of Babel.
Which city was the Messiah crucified in?
Mystery Babylon represents a place as well as a woman. The woman was a Harlot who had committed fornication (spiritual). The Harlot was riding/directing the Beast. The Beast represents a government - the Roman Government at the time of Jesus Christ. The crucifixion of Christ was a joint effort between the Roman government and the Jewish Religious Leaders (High Priest et al). Mystery Babylon is a religious system. John is writing in coded language to conceal his message. The woman is apostate Israel with it's headquarters in Jerusalem.
Jerusalem was faithful in the beginning? That's not what I get out of the entire New Testament (or the Old for that matter). Israel was constantly backsliding. Jesus told the Jewish religious leaders that their "house" would be left to them desolate. The "house" was the Temple. That prophecy came to pass. Read Matthew chapter 23!
John is not speaking of Babylon in Iraq. He is speaking of the Jerusalem that existed in the 1st century which was destroyed by Roman General Titus in 70 A.D.
How would you explain
Isaiah 1:21
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
Jeremiah 2:2
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
The faithful city became a harlot. They committed spiritual adultery. They had filled up the cup of trembling. Therefore they were judged by God Almighty. They were supposed to be righteous but became murderers.
I believe Matt 23:37-38 helps answer that question: “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate.".
**Where were the prophets killed? Where was Jesus the Messiah killed? Jerusalem! They became murderers. **
Does that mean Jerusalem (which represents a religious system led by ungodly leaders) was always unrighteous? Of course not - there were periods where Israel was in obedience. But by in large they were not!