The harlot is the Catholic Church. See A Woman Rides The Beast by Dave Hunt. It’s brilliant. Excerpt via copy pasta.
In his 1994 book, Hunt presents several arguments to identify the Catholic Church with the harlot and "Babylon the Great" of Revelation chapters 17 and 18. These include:
A city on seven hills: Hunt points to Revelation 17:9, which describes the woman as "seated on seven mountains" and interprets these as the seven hills of ancient Rome.
"Drunk with the blood of the saints": He cites Revelation 17:6, which states that the woman is "drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus." Hunt connects this to historical events, such as the Inquisition, where the Catholic Church persecuted those with dissenting views.
Connection to wealth and kings: Hunt draws a parallel between the harlot's wealth and her "fornication with the kings of the earth" (Revelation 17:2) and the Vatican's wealth and political relationships with worldly powers.
"Mother of Harlots": The harlot is also called "the mother of harlots" (Revelation 17:5). Some interpretations, including those adopted by Hunt, view this as the Catholic Church spawning apostate "daughter" Protestant denominations that continue similar unbiblical practices.
If you track the Bible’s own language, the “harlot” has always been Jerusalem/Israel when she broke covenant. Isaiah called her a harlot (Isa 1:21), Jeremiah said she played the harlot with many lovers (Jer 2–3), and Ezekiel showed her chasing Egypt, Assyria, and Babylon (Ezek 16, 23). Revelation is pulling straight from that backdrop. John says the woman is “the great city” (Rev 17:18), the same city “where their Lord was crucified” (Rev 11:8). And Jesus said it was Jerusalem that was guilty of all the prophets’ blood (Matt 23:37; Luke 13:33). That’s not Rome ….that’s Jerusalem.
The harlot is the Catholic Church. See A Woman Rides The Beast by Dave Hunt. It’s brilliant. Excerpt via copy pasta.
In his 1994 book, Hunt presents several arguments to identify the Catholic Church with the harlot and "Babylon the Great" of Revelation chapters 17 and 18. These include: A city on seven hills: Hunt points to Revelation 17:9, which describes the woman as "seated on seven mountains" and interprets these as the seven hills of ancient Rome. "Drunk with the blood of the saints": He cites Revelation 17:6, which states that the woman is "drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus." Hunt connects this to historical events, such as the Inquisition, where the Catholic Church persecuted those with dissenting views. Connection to wealth and kings: Hunt draws a parallel between the harlot's wealth and her "fornication with the kings of the earth" (Revelation 17:2) and the Vatican's wealth and political relationships with worldly powers. "Mother of Harlots": The harlot is also called "the mother of harlots" (Revelation 17:5). Some interpretations, including those adopted by Hunt, view this as the Catholic Church spawning apostate "daughter" Protestant denominations that continue similar unbiblical practices.
If you track the Bible’s own language, the “harlot” has always been Jerusalem/Israel when she broke covenant. Isaiah called her a harlot (Isa 1:21), Jeremiah said she played the harlot with many lovers (Jer 2–3), and Ezekiel showed her chasing Egypt, Assyria, and Babylon (Ezek 16, 23). Revelation is pulling straight from that backdrop. John says the woman is “the great city” (Rev 17:18), the same city “where their Lord was crucified” (Rev 11:8). And Jesus said it was Jerusalem that was guilty of all the prophets’ blood (Matt 23:37; Luke 13:33). That’s not Rome ….that’s Jerusalem.