THE HARLOT OF MOM
21/03/13 09:38
Revelation 17:5
“And upon her forehead was a name written, ‘Mystery, Babylon the great, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS and abominations of the Earth.’”
In Rev 17, we see a church (Ezk. 16:15-58; Hos. 2:5) riding a beast with seven heads. We know the seven heads represent the seven hills in which the city sits (Rev 17:9) which is Rome (city of seven hills). Therefore this church both sits in the city and controls the city; as the woman is riding (controlling) the beast.
There’s no secret to who this church is: what we are concentrating on is the “harlots”. We read this church in Rome is the “mother of harlots”: understanding this phrase, the harlots were birthed from the church in Rome. As obvious as it is on which church in Rome this passage is talking, it’s just as obvious on who the harlots are.
We are warned about this last age: having the form of godliness and lacking the power (2 Tim 3:5) and ever learning but not having the true knowledge (2 Tim 3:7). We are warned this age will be lukewarm (Rev 3:15-16); this age mixes the things of this world with the things of God: they rather spend more time in the pleasures of this world than with God (2 Tim 3:4).
The protestant and evangelicals are birthed from the mother church, by the reformers. We follow in church doctrine rather than unadulterated teachings of Scripture (Mark 7:6-9). We have no problem in co-mingling paganism with the things of Christ. This makes us Laodicea. We are, and stay, Laodicea because we rather spend time in the pleasures of this world rather than the Bible, prayer, witnessing, and the likes.
We need that eye salve! For, if Mark 16:17-18 be true, and I’m assured by the faithfulness of Elohim it is, then we are surely missing something: we think we are rich and we don’t know we are not. That eye salve is the Holy Bible.
In Rev 17, we see a church (Ezk. 16:15-58; Hos. 2:5) riding a beast with seven heads. We know the seven heads represent the seven hills in which the city sits (Rev 17:9) which is Rome (city of seven hills). Therefore this church both sits in the city and controls the city; as the woman is riding (controlling) the beast.
There’s no secret to who this church is: what we are concentrating on is the “harlots”. We read this church in Rome is the “mother of harlots”: understanding this phrase, the harlots were birthed from the church in Rome. As obvious as it is on which church in Rome this passage is talking, it’s just as obvious on who the harlots are.
We are warned about this last age: having the form of godliness and lacking the power (2 Tim 3:5) and ever learning but not having the true knowledge (2 Tim 3:7). We are warned this age will be lukewarm (Rev 3:15-16); this age mixes the things of this world with the things of God: they rather spend more time in the pleasures of this world than with God (2 Tim 3:4).
The protestant and evangelicals are birthed from the mother church, by the reformers. We follow in church doctrine rather than unadulterated teachings of Scripture (Mark 7:6-9). We have no problem in co-mingling paganism with the things of Christ. This makes us Laodicea. We are, and stay, Laodicea because we rather spend time in the pleasures of this world rather than the Bible, prayer, witnessing, and the likes.
We need that eye salve! For, if Mark 16:17-18 be true, and I’m assured by the faithfulness of Elohim it is, then we are surely missing something: we think we are rich and we don’t know we are not. That eye salve is the Holy Bible.
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