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Originally Posted by bkstokes
Mike, I know Jerusalem is accused by the prophets to having been harlot. However, Rome who also claims a special relationship with God could be accused of committing adultery. Is not Rome the only city set on 7 hills (which would qualify as the harlot of Rev 17-18)? |
Rome is the city with seven hills in
Rev 17-18!! I agree. The HARLOT sits on the SEVEN HEADED beast. THE SEVEN HEADS are not part of the woman but the beast whom the woman sits upon. And the woman is JERUSALEM and the BEAST WITH SEVEN HEADS/HILLS is Rome. But it is not the ROMAN Catholic church, which was NEVER a bride of God to begin with as the harlot is accused of being. The BEAST IS PAGAN ROME with its Caesars who Jerusalem cried out to be their king instead of Jesus. ROME was in league with the Jews throughout Acts to persecute the church.
Jerusalem is the whore.
Isa 1:21 KJV How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
How can ROME be that?
Read
Ezekiel 16. See JERUSALEM called a harlot time and time again!
If you BASE the identity of the HARLOT on the BIBLE, comparing Bible with Bible, JERUSALEM is the only entity that comes to the surface.
Jesus said JERUSALEM was guilty of all blood shed on earth, and that is what was found in the Harlot in
Rev 18:24. TWO ENTITIES CANNOT BE GUILTY OF ALL OF THE SAME THING. In Matt 23, JESUS identified the harlot of Rev for us! She is the GREAT CITY where our Lord was crucified!
Rev 11:8 KJV 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.