The Whore of Babylon is 1st Century Israel

The Whore of Babylon is a City

Revelation 17:18 18 And the woman that you saw is the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth.”

Revelation 18:10 10 They will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say,“Alas! Alas! You great city,you mighty city, Babylon!For in a single hour your judgment has come.”

Revelation 18:16 16“Alas, alas, for the great citythat was clothed in fine linen,in purple and scarlet,adorned with gold,with jewels, and with pearls!

Revelation 18:18 18 and cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning,“What city was like the great city?”

Revelation 18:19 19 And they threw dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out,“Alas, alas, for the great city where all who had ships at sea grew rich by her wealth!For in a single hour she has been laid waste.

Revelation 18:21 21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,“So will Babylon the great city be thrown down with violence,and will be found no more;

Revelation 14:8 8 Another angel, a second, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality.”

Revelation 16:19 19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God remembered Babylon the great, to make her drain the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath.

Revelation 17:18 18 And the woman that you saw is the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth.”

Revelation 18:21 21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,“So will Babylon the great city be thrown down with violence,and will be found no more;

Revelation 11:8 8 and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically is called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified.

Luke 9:31 31 who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

Luke 13:33-34 33 Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.’ 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!

Luke 18:3131 And taking the twelve, he said to them, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.

Luke 24:18-20 18 Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” 19 And he said to them, “What things?” And they said to him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, 20 and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

Jeremiah 22:8 8 “‘And many nations will pass by this city, and every man will say to his neighbor, “Why has the Lord dealt thus with this great city?”

Lamentations 1:1 1 How lonely sits the city that was full of people!How like a widow has she become,she who was great among the nations!She who was a princess among the provinceshas become a slave.

Revelation 18:7-8 7 As she glorified herself and lived in luxury,so give her a like measure of torment and mourning, since in her heart she says,‘I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and mourning I shall never see.’8For this reason her plagues will come in a single day,death and mourning and famine,and she will be burned up with fire;for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.”

The Whore of Babylon is distinguished from the Beast, sits on the Beast,and receives authority from the Beast and is destroyed by the 10 provinces of the Beast.

Revelation 17:3 3 And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a womansitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns.

Revelation 17:7 7 But the angel said to me, “Why do you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her.

Revelation 13:11-18 11 Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. 12 It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. 13 It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, 14 and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15 And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain. 16 Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, 17 so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. 18 This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.

Revelation 17:16-17 16 And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire, 17 for God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.

The Whore of Babylon must exist at the same time as the Beast/10 Kings-Italy, Achaia, Asia, Syria, Egypt, Africa, Spain, Gaul, Britain, and Germany.

Revelation 17:7 7 But the angel said to me, “Why do you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten hornsthat carries her.

Revelation 17:12-14 12 And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they hand over their power and authority to the beast. 14 They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.

God commands His people to flee from this city. Jerusalem is the only city given the command to “Flee” in scripture.

Revelation 18:4 4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,“Come out of her, my people,lest you take part in her sins,lest you share in her plagues;

Matthew 24:15-20 15 “So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), 16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let the one who is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house, 18 and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak. 19 And alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! 20 Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath.

Mark 13:14-18 14 “But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not to be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 15 Let the one who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter his house, to take anything out, 16 and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak. 17 And alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! 18 Pray that it may not happen in winter.

Luke 21:20-24 20 “But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near. 21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are inside the city depart, and let not those who are out in the country enter it, 22 for these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. 23 Alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great distress upon the earth and wrath against this people. 24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

The Whore of Babylon is punished for the exact reasons as Jerusalem

Babylon

Revelation 6:9-11 9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. 10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been

Revelation 18:20 20Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against her!”

Revelation 18:2424And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth.”

Revelation 16:5-6 5 And I heard the angel in charge of the waters say,“Just are you, O Holy One, who is and who was,for you brought these judgments.6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets,and you have given them blood to drink.It is what they deserve!”

Jerusalem

Matthew 23:31-36 31 Thus you witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. 33 You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell? 34 Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, 35 so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. 36 Truly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.

Luke 11:49-50 49 Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’ 50 so that the blood of all the prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation,

Luke 23:28-31 28 But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.29 For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ 30 Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’ 31 For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

1 Thessalonians 2:14-16 14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews, 15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all mankind 16 by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved—so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them at last!

John 19:6 6 When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, “Crucify him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no guilt in him.

John 19:15 15 They cried out, “Away with him, away with him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.

Acts 2:22-23 22 “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know— 23 this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.

Acts 2:36 36 Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”

Acts 3:13-1513 The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him. 14 But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, 15 and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.

Acts 5:30 30 The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree.

Acts 7:52 52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,

The Whore of Babylon wears the Priestly Garments of the Old Covenant

Revelation 17:4-5 4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality. 5 And on her forehead was written a name of mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations.”

Exodus 28:36-38 36 “You shall make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet, ‘Holy to the Lord.’ 37 And you shall fasten it on the turban by a cord of blue. It shall be on the front of the turban. 38 It shall be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear any guilt from the holy things that the people of Israel consecrate as their holy gifts. It shall regularly be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord.

Exodus 25:2-4 2 “Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me. 3 And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze, 4 blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, goats' hair,

Exodus 26:1 26,31,36 “Moreover, you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns; you shall make them with cherubim skillfully worked into them….. 31 “And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. It shall be made with cherubim skillfully worked into it……. 36 “You shall make a screen for the entrance of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet yarnsand fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework.

Exodus 27:16 16 For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, ofblue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. It shall have four pillars and with them four bases.

Exodus 28:1-2, 28:4-12,15, 17-23, 33 4 28 “Then bring near to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests—Aaron and Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 2 And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty………These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash. They shall make holy garmentsfor Aaron your brother and his sons to serve me as priests. 5 They shall receive gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen.6 “And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and of fine twined linen, skillfully worked. 7 It shall have two shoulder pieces attached to its two edges, so that it may be joined together. 8 And the skillfully woven band on it shall be made like it and be of one piece with it, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen. 9 You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel, 10 six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, in the order of their birth. 11 As a jeweler engraves signets, so shall you engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall enclose them in settings of gold filigree. 12 And you shall set the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders for remembrance……. 15 “You shall make a breastpiece of judgment, in skilled work. In the style of the ephod you shall make it—of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen shall you make it…..17 You shall set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row; 18 and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond; 19 and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; 20 and the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold filigree. 21 There shall be twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel. They shall be like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes. 22 You shall make for the breastpiece twisted chains like cords, of pure gold. 23 And you shall make for the breastpiece two rings of gold, and put the two rings on the two edges of the breastpiece.33 On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, around its hem, with bells of gold between them,

1st Century Jerusalem/Old Covenant Worship	Commonality	Whore of Babylon in Revelation
Revelation 11:8	Both are named after pagan   cities.	Revelation 14:8; 16:19; 17:5
Revelation 11:8	Both use symbolic names.	Revelation 17:9
Revelation 11:2,5,13,14,18	Both are judged and burned down.	Revelation 17:16; 18:8
Revelation 11:3	Both have prophets that witnessed against them.	Revelation 18:20
Revelation 11:7-10,18; Matthew 23:30-39; Luke 11:50, 13:33-34	Both are guilty of the blood of all the prophet	Revelation 16:6, 18:20,24
Revelation 11:7-8, 13:11-18	Both receive their authority from the beast	Revelation, 17:3,7
Revelation 11:9	Both have tribes, nations, peoples, tongues connected	Revelation 17:5
Revelation 11:13	Both use the same phrase, "there was a great earthquake"	Revelation 16:18-19
Revelation 11:9	Both are judged by "great hail”	Revelation 16:19-21
Revelation 11:6	Both are judged by "plagues"	Revelation 16:21, 18:4
Revelation 11:6	Both are judged by water turning into blood.	Revelation 16:3
Revelation 11:10,18	Both Jerusalem and the whore have the "land/Israel" judged along with the city	Revelation 18:9,11
Revelation 11:6,8, 12:12	Both are connected with the wilderness	Revelation 17:3
Revelation 12:12-14	Both have the heavens commanded to rejoice of their judgments	Revelation 18:20
Revelation 11:14	Both have "Woe!" pronounced upon them.	Revelation 18:10,16,19,21
Revelation 11:18	Both Jerusalem and the whore have God avenging the dead over them	Revelation 18:20
Revelation 11:15	When both fall, Christ is declared in some way to claim the kingship over the world	Revelation 17:14; 19:16

The Whore of Babylon is also the Bride of Christ

Revelation 17:1 17 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters,

Isaiah 1:21 How the faithful city has become a whore, she who was full of justice!Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

Isaiah 57:3 3But you, draw near,sons of the sorceress,offspring of the adulterer and the loose woman.

Jeremiah 2:20 20“For long ago I broke your yokeand burst your bonds;but you said, ‘I will not serve.’Yes, on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed down like a whore.

Ezekiel 16:1515 “But you trusted in your beauty and played the whore because of your renown and lavished your whorings on any passerby; your beauty became his.

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Revelation 21:9 9 Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

Isaiah 1:26……..Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.”

Revelation 21:2 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

2 Corinthians 11:22 For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Ephesians 5:25- 27, 25 Husbands, love your wives,as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.

Revelation 19:7 7 Let us rejoice and exultand give him the glory,for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready;