Mother of Harlots
Where did human church government derive its present form? The first Pope, in real sense of the word was Leo the First, 440-461 A.D. To him the form of government of the Roman Empire was the most marvelous thing on earth. He applied the principles of the government to the Church; this organization is the image of the beast: Rome.
Myers Ancient History says: “During the reign of Leo 1st, the Church set up within the Roman Empire an Ecclesiastical State, Government, which in its constitution and its administrative system was shaping itself upon the imperial model.” This church government, then, according to this historical authority is in fact a model, a counterpart, an image of the beast, which is the Roman Empire Government.
This image, design and man, rules the Church Government, which compelled people to worship the Church! Since the Church was organized into a worldly government, this was the worship of the image-a false worship-idolatry!
This Church was the Mother Church; her Daughter Churches which came out of Her in “Protest” calling themselves “Protestant.” Even though coming out of her, they all had the worldly political Church Government behind them. Revelation 17:5 says; “Upon her forehead was a name written Mystery Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots.” Her daughters, Protestants, are called “Harlots.” Together, they are called “Babylon,” confusion. They are pagan, teaching pagan doctrines and customs, cloaked in the name of Christianity! All nations are deceived. Yes, human-organized church, not Bible, designed spiritual organized government, is the image of the beast. It is the Pagan Political Counterfeit of God’s Government.
Truly, God has declared the end from the beginning, (Isaiah 46:9-11). In Daniel 7:19-27, God foretold the rise of a great false system that would make war with the Saints of God and think to change Times and Laws (Romans 7:25). This great persecuting power was to arise and rule during the Roman Empire. That fourth beast in Daniel 7 was Rome. Paul, in 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 tells of a great apostasy in the Church, “A falling away,” that would climax in this great false Church system with the “Man of Sin” sitting in the Temple of God showing himself that he is God. Paul said that the “Mystery of Iniquity doth already work.” That falling away had already begun in Paul’s days. This apostasy did continue until they created a great False Church system, a “Spiritual Monarchy” with one man at the head claiming power belonging only to Jesus and to God the Father. This False Church is described as a “Great Whore” in Revelation 17:5. The earth was corrupted with her false doctrine for centuries, and John saw her drunken with the blood of the saints. The blood of millions of God’s children was shed because they refused to bow to her false authority.
In Revelation 13:1 the ten horns represent ten successive kingdoms. This beast was none other than the Roman Empire and the ten horns are part of the beast that continues until the second coming of Jesus Christ.
Now the ten horns of Daniel 7:20 is not the same ten horns of Revelation 17:16. Now Daniel saw a “Little Horn” coming up among these ten, before, whom these first three were “plucked up by the roots” (Daniel 7:8). That leaves 7 horns, or kingdoms. Of the little horn Daniel 7:20 says: “his look was more stout than his fellows.” These ten horns, kingdoms, were: Germany, France, Switzerland, England, Spain, Portugal, Austria-Czechoslovakia, and North Africa, Italy, and Hungary-Yugoslavia. North Africa, Italy, and Hungary-Yugoslavia were the three horns that were “plucked up by the roots”.
Daniel 7:8 were the Vandal’s (Italy), Heruli’s (N. Africa), and the Ostrogoth’s (Hungary-Yogoslavia), by Justine after the Roman Empire fell (376-476). Since, in the 17th chapter of Revelation the woman rode on all seven of the heads of the beast pictured in Revelation 17:3, and since she rode on of the heads of the last seven of the horns of Revelation 13. It follows that the seven horns of the “healed beast” of the 13th chapter formed the seven heads of the beast of the 17th chapter! John saw the beast, five are fallen, one is and one is yet to come (Revelation 17:10). The five that are fallen are the five during the 1260 years in which power was given by religious authority for the healed beast to continue.
Two symbols are used; first: the woman, second: a harlot. In the Bible a woman symbolizes the true Church as a chaste virgin to Christ (2 Corinthian 11:2), or pure woman; while the harlot, or whore is a corrupt Church system. The results? “And the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wind, false doctrines, of her fornication.” This woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet robes and decked with gold and precious stones and very rich. That golden cup was full of those abominable false doctrines, Revelation 17:4 that she gave to the people as the true gospel of Jesus Christ.
Mother of Harlots Revelation 17:5, and abomination of the earth 2 Thessalonians 2:7, for the mystery of iniquity doth already work (Titus 1:16). But in works they deny Him, being abominable, and disobedient. Why is she called “Mystery Babylon?” At the time that John saw this Harlot Church system he was given a preview of the Roman Church drunken with the Blood of the Martyrs of Jesus Christ. She was the State Church of the Roman Empire and claimed to be the true Christian Church; but, in fact, she adopted and whitewashed so many pagan customs, that she became even more pagan. It was a mystery how this fallen Church could fool the whole world, and to have all nations commit fornication with her (Revelation18:3). Babylon means confusion, and harlots symbolize the Protestant Churches that are teaching her pagan and corrupt doctrines. It is Spiritual fornication, or adultery in God’s sight. For a deeper study on this subject, purchase two books: “The Two Babylon’s” by Hislop, and “Fox’s Book of Martyrs” for more insight.
John saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints and the martyrs of Jesus (Revelation 17:6). Many martyrs had fallen at the hand of this great Church system (Revelation 20:4), and “when the Lamb broke open the fifth seal I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been martyred because of the witness they bore to the word of God (Revelation 6:9). After this I saw before me a huge crowd, which no one could count, from every nation and race, people and tongue. They stood before the throne and the Lamb, dressed in long white robes and holding palm branches in their hands. Then He told me, these are the ones who have survived the great period of trial: they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb” (Revelation 7:9; 14). “They defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; love for life did not deter them from death” (Revelation 12:11), but she came to the end of her long period of riding the beast or Roman Empire in about 1814.
The woman sat upon the seven heads, but not the eighth. A mountain in Bible Prophecy is used to represent a Kingdom, Dan. 2:34-35; 43-44; Micah 4:1-4. Those seven heads were seven “Kings,” as verse 10 says. There was one beast, or Kingdom, but there was to be seven kings succeeding one after another. There were Justinian 527-565, Charlemagne 800-814, Otto the Great 962-973, Frederick Barbarossa 1152-1190, Charles the Fifth 1520-1556, Louis the Fourteenth 1661-1715, and Napoleon Bonaparte 1804-1814. Taken the dates of the last uprooting of the three horns in 554 AD and add 1260 years to that and we arrive at 1814.
At the time John foresaw this: the great whore, she was seated upon the sixth head, or Kingdom, “Five have fallen,” or past, “and one is.” John saw the woman near the end of her dominion over the beast, because the seventh head was to “continue a short space” (Revelation 17:7-13). There was to be a period when this seventh headed beast, “Is Not.” Since Napoleon’s days this has been true; Mussolini tried but failed, but his beast, or Empire, is to “ascend out of the bottomless pit.” This revived Roman Empire is spoken of as “The Eighth” head. “And the beast that was and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition, (dormant).” Remember verse one. God gives a preview of the woman riding the seven heads, (Revelation 17:7-10). That covered the period of the Papal Church rule that lasted for 1260 years.
Verse 11 says that the eighth head “is of the seven.” “The ten horns which thou sawest were ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but received power as Kings one hour with the beast” verse 12. These ten horns represent ten kings that “Have received no kingdoms as yet.” Interpretation here reveals that those ten Kings did not receive their power as kings during the rule of the seven heads, which carried the Papal Church, or woman. They join forces with this eighth head, or resurrected Roman Empire, which is formed of at least part “of the seven” who once carried the Imperial Roman Crown.
“These have one mind, and shall give their power unto the beast.” This is an added group of ten nations who have given their power to this eighth head of the beast. Those Ten Kings will join in the destruction of that False Church System in these last days (Revelation chapters 18-19). “These shall make war with the Lamb; not the saints, and the Lamb shall overcome them (Revelation 17:14-18). These Ten Kings fight against Christ in the last great war and are overcome; but before that happens, God often uses one wicked power to punish another, and that is exactly where the Eight Heads and Ten Horns come into the plan of God. God uses them to destroy this false system, called “Mystery Babylon the Great.” Her death will come in one day (Revelation 18:5-8).
In Verse 1 of Revelation 18, the Angel said, “Come Hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many Waters.” Let us look at that climax as described in Verses 16-17. The reason that these ten kings give their power to the beast for this short period is to fulfill the words of God in the utter destruction of that great false Church System. Their coming into power with the beast is not to restore the Papal Church as some teach, but it is to fulfill God’s Words in executing His judgment upon her by utterly destroying her. Her plagues shall come in one day” (Revelation 18:4-8).
That judgment is pending now while God gives a last solemn warning for all honest Catholics and Protestants to “Come Out of Her, My People” (Revelation 18:4). Many Protestants are following doctrines that are founded upon Roman traditions, and not the Bible.
“But in Vain they do Worship Me, Teaching For Doctrines the Commandments of Men” (Matthew 15:9).
Should we dismiss Christ return as impossibility? Does it have any basis in biblical facts? I f it does, mankind is in for some extraordinary times. Why? Because the events predicted to proceed Christ’s return would jar human consciousness as much as His return.
Peter plainly wanted to give the Church a warning: do not be swayed from the original truth delivered both by apostle of Old Testament prophets concerning Christ’s coming. Despite these realities, those who deny God intervened in the past may find it difficult that He will intervene in the future.
But let’s recall the doubter’s question: “Where is the promise of His coming?” Is the promise only in the New Testament? Significantly, no. We will see that the Old Testament is not silent on the subject. Not only did the ancient prophets foretell the Messiah’s first coming, but also His second coming.
If you are willing give up your belief in this false doctrine and willing to come out and believe the truth, then find a church that teaches the truth and attend.
Where did human church government derive its present form? The first Pope, in real sense of the word was Leo the First, 440-461 A.D. To him the form of government of the Roman Empire was the most marvelous thing on earth. He applied the principles of the government to the Church; this organization is the image of the beast: Rome.
Myers Ancient History says: “During the reign of Leo 1st, the Church set up within the Roman Empire an Ecclesiastical State, Government, which in its constitution and its administrative system was shaping itself upon the imperial model.” This church government, then, according to this historical authority is in fact a model, a counterpart, an image of the beast, which is the Roman Empire Government.
This image, design and man, rules the Church Government, which compelled people to worship the Church! Since the Church was organized into a worldly government, this was the worship of the image-a false worship-idolatry!
This Church was the Mother Church; her Daughter Churches which came out of Her in “Protest” calling themselves “Protestant.” Even though coming out of her, they all had the worldly political Church Government behind them. Revelation 17:5 says; “Upon her forehead was a name written Mystery Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots.” Her daughters, Protestants, are called “Harlots.” Together, they are called “Babylon,” confusion. They are pagan, teaching pagan doctrines and customs, cloaked in the name of Christianity! All nations are deceived. Yes, human-organized church, not Bible, designed spiritual organized government, is the image of the beast. It is the Pagan Political Counterfeit of God’s Government.
Truly, God has declared the end from the beginning, (Isaiah 46:9-11). In Daniel 7:19-27, God foretold the rise of a great false system that would make war with the Saints of God and think to change Times and Laws (Romans 7:25). This great persecuting power was to arise and rule during the Roman Empire. That fourth beast in Daniel 7 was Rome. Paul, in 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 tells of a great apostasy in the Church, “A falling away,” that would climax in this great false Church system with the “Man of Sin” sitting in the Temple of God showing himself that he is God. Paul said that the “Mystery of Iniquity doth already work.” That falling away had already begun in Paul’s days. This apostasy did continue until they created a great False Church system, a “Spiritual Monarchy” with one man at the head claiming power belonging only to Jesus and to God the Father. This False Church is described as a “Great Whore” in Revelation 17:5. The earth was corrupted with her false doctrine for centuries, and John saw her drunken with the blood of the saints. The blood of millions of God’s children was shed because they refused to bow to her false authority.
In Revelation 13:1 the ten horns represent ten successive kingdoms. This beast was none other than the Roman Empire and the ten horns are part of the beast that continues until the second coming of Jesus Christ.
Now the ten horns of Daniel 7:20 is not the same ten horns of Revelation 17:16. Now Daniel saw a “Little Horn” coming up among these ten, before, whom these first three were “plucked up by the roots” (Daniel 7:8). That leaves 7 horns, or kingdoms. Of the little horn Daniel 7:20 says: “his look was more stout than his fellows.” These ten horns, kingdoms, were: Germany, France, Switzerland, England, Spain, Portugal, Austria-Czechoslovakia, and North Africa, Italy, and Hungary-Yugoslavia. North Africa, Italy, and Hungary-Yugoslavia were the three horns that were “plucked up by the roots”.
Daniel 7:8 were the Vandal’s (Italy), Heruli’s (N. Africa), and the Ostrogoth’s (Hungary-Yogoslavia), by Justine after the Roman Empire fell (376-476). Since, in the 17th chapter of Revelation the woman rode on all seven of the heads of the beast pictured in Revelation 17:3, and since she rode on of the heads of the last seven of the horns of Revelation 13. It follows that the seven horns of the “healed beast” of the 13th chapter formed the seven heads of the beast of the 17th chapter! John saw the beast, five are fallen, one is and one is yet to come (Revelation 17:10). The five that are fallen are the five during the 1260 years in which power was given by religious authority for the healed beast to continue.
Two symbols are used; first: the woman, second: a harlot. In the Bible a woman symbolizes the true Church as a chaste virgin to Christ (2 Corinthian 11:2), or pure woman; while the harlot, or whore is a corrupt Church system. The results? “And the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wind, false doctrines, of her fornication.” This woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet robes and decked with gold and precious stones and very rich. That golden cup was full of those abominable false doctrines, Revelation 17:4 that she gave to the people as the true gospel of Jesus Christ.
Mother of Harlots Revelation 17:5, and abomination of the earth 2 Thessalonians 2:7, for the mystery of iniquity doth already work (Titus 1:16). But in works they deny Him, being abominable, and disobedient. Why is she called “Mystery Babylon?” At the time that John saw this Harlot Church system he was given a preview of the Roman Church drunken with the Blood of the Martyrs of Jesus Christ. She was the State Church of the Roman Empire and claimed to be the true Christian Church; but, in fact, she adopted and whitewashed so many pagan customs, that she became even more pagan. It was a mystery how this fallen Church could fool the whole world, and to have all nations commit fornication with her (Revelation18:3). Babylon means confusion, and harlots symbolize the Protestant Churches that are teaching her pagan and corrupt doctrines. It is Spiritual fornication, or adultery in God’s sight. For a deeper study on this subject, purchase two books: “The Two Babylon’s” by Hislop, and “Fox’s Book of Martyrs” for more insight.
John saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints and the martyrs of Jesus (Revelation 17:6). Many martyrs had fallen at the hand of this great Church system (Revelation 20:4), and “when the Lamb broke open the fifth seal I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been martyred because of the witness they bore to the word of God (Revelation 6:9). After this I saw before me a huge crowd, which no one could count, from every nation and race, people and tongue. They stood before the throne and the Lamb, dressed in long white robes and holding palm branches in their hands. Then He told me, these are the ones who have survived the great period of trial: they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb” (Revelation 7:9; 14). “They defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; love for life did not deter them from death” (Revelation 12:11), but she came to the end of her long period of riding the beast or Roman Empire in about 1814.
The woman sat upon the seven heads, but not the eighth. A mountain in Bible Prophecy is used to represent a Kingdom, Dan. 2:34-35; 43-44; Micah 4:1-4. Those seven heads were seven “Kings,” as verse 10 says. There was one beast, or Kingdom, but there was to be seven kings succeeding one after another. There were Justinian 527-565, Charlemagne 800-814, Otto the Great 962-973, Frederick Barbarossa 1152-1190, Charles the Fifth 1520-1556, Louis the Fourteenth 1661-1715, and Napoleon Bonaparte 1804-1814. Taken the dates of the last uprooting of the three horns in 554 AD and add 1260 years to that and we arrive at 1814.
At the time John foresaw this: the great whore, she was seated upon the sixth head, or Kingdom, “Five have fallen,” or past, “and one is.” John saw the woman near the end of her dominion over the beast, because the seventh head was to “continue a short space” (Revelation 17:7-13). There was to be a period when this seventh headed beast, “Is Not.” Since Napoleon’s days this has been true; Mussolini tried but failed, but his beast, or Empire, is to “ascend out of the bottomless pit.” This revived Roman Empire is spoken of as “The Eighth” head. “And the beast that was and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition, (dormant).” Remember verse one. God gives a preview of the woman riding the seven heads, (Revelation 17:7-10). That covered the period of the Papal Church rule that lasted for 1260 years.
Verse 11 says that the eighth head “is of the seven.” “The ten horns which thou sawest were ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but received power as Kings one hour with the beast” verse 12. These ten horns represent ten kings that “Have received no kingdoms as yet.” Interpretation here reveals that those ten Kings did not receive their power as kings during the rule of the seven heads, which carried the Papal Church, or woman. They join forces with this eighth head, or resurrected Roman Empire, which is formed of at least part “of the seven” who once carried the Imperial Roman Crown.
“These have one mind, and shall give their power unto the beast.” This is an added group of ten nations who have given their power to this eighth head of the beast. Those Ten Kings will join in the destruction of that False Church System in these last days (Revelation chapters 18-19). “These shall make war with the Lamb; not the saints, and the Lamb shall overcome them (Revelation 17:14-18). These Ten Kings fight against Christ in the last great war and are overcome; but before that happens, God often uses one wicked power to punish another, and that is exactly where the Eight Heads and Ten Horns come into the plan of God. God uses them to destroy this false system, called “Mystery Babylon the Great.” Her death will come in one day (Revelation 18:5-8).
In Verse 1 of Revelation 18, the Angel said, “Come Hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many Waters.” Let us look at that climax as described in Verses 16-17. The reason that these ten kings give their power to the beast for this short period is to fulfill the words of God in the utter destruction of that great false Church System. Their coming into power with the beast is not to restore the Papal Church as some teach, but it is to fulfill God’s Words in executing His judgment upon her by utterly destroying her. Her plagues shall come in one day” (Revelation 18:4-8).
That judgment is pending now while God gives a last solemn warning for all honest Catholics and Protestants to “Come Out of Her, My People” (Revelation 18:4). Many Protestants are following doctrines that are founded upon Roman traditions, and not the Bible.
“But in Vain they do Worship Me, Teaching For Doctrines the Commandments of Men” (Matthew 15:9).
Should we dismiss Christ return as impossibility? Does it have any basis in biblical facts? I f it does, mankind is in for some extraordinary times. Why? Because the events predicted to proceed Christ’s return would jar human consciousness as much as His return.
Peter plainly wanted to give the Church a warning: do not be swayed from the original truth delivered both by apostle of Old Testament prophets concerning Christ’s coming. Despite these realities, those who deny God intervened in the past may find it difficult that He will intervene in the future.
But let’s recall the doubter’s question: “Where is the promise of His coming?” Is the promise only in the New Testament? Significantly, no. We will see that the Old Testament is not silent on the subject. Not only did the ancient prophets foretell the Messiah’s first coming, but also His second coming.
If you are willing give up your belief in this false doctrine and willing to come out and believe the truth, then find a church that teaches the truth and attend.