re revelations babylon woo so far we ve had the following interpretations of the figure of the whore of babylon in rev a the united states of america b mho db which was as a figure of the fallen spiritual powers who corrupt and oppress human society c historical jerusalem d historical rome dare i suggest that the passage might be many layered in meaning how about the prophecy reveals god s judgement on the corrupt idolatrous state oppressing his chosen people d that god s judgement extends especially to his once chosen city c because despite that city s special call it still rejected god s grace at the decisive time rev also isn t rev equally suggestive of rome as jerusalem that the usofa is guilty of many of the crimes of rome babylon a and is equally subject to god s judgement that the good book tm actually encompasses all these viewpoints by revealing the corrupting spiritual powers warring against mankind through the very society that we ve created b clever huh flame here no need to argue at all i think mary s view has a lot of sense because there seems to be a deliberate contrast between rev and rev the mortal jerusalem chosen by god but never historically fulfilling its vocation and the new jerusalem perfected outside of history purely by god s grace eg details like rev who sits on many waters cf rev the single stream in the new jersualem the river of life flowing from the throne of god and of the lamb rex didn t understand your post what s the relevance of babylonian mystery religions to all this please elaborate your ideas about ot the book of rev why do you freak at the idea of a primarily spiritual interpretation of rev i d mail but i can t get thru unknown or illegal user reflex fnal fnal gov something you re not telling us
