First, I want to thank you for using paragraphs in this response. Some of your posts are very difficult to read for my old eyes.
Secondly, I must disagree on the above. What is revealed to us by the Spirit
must find foundation within His Word or...it is in error and we need to keep searching.
Jerusalem is not
mystically called Sodom. Rather,
what is written is...
Revelation 11:8 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.
It is
the great city being spiritually called Sodom and Egypt....
not Jerusalem. Why is the great city "spiritually" given those names? Because it isn't a literal city and needs to be seen spiritually. She represents all of what Sodom and Egypt represent, wickedness and carnality. That great city is.....
Revelation 14:8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
18:10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like agreat millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Our Lord was crucified in that great city Babylon, not Jerusalem, for she is the world ruled by the prince of darkness. He was crucified by, for and in her....
1 John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
I agree with your view. In all fairness I a reposting using the old KJV because it translates Rev 21:10 as being Jerusalem.
Revelation 11:8 (KJV)
8 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.
Revelation 14:8 (KJV)
8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that
great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
Revelation 16:19 (KJV)
19 And the
great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
Revelation 17:18 (KJV)
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that
great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
Revelation 18:10 (KJV)
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that
great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
Revelation 18:16 (KJV)
16 And saying, Alas, alas, that
great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
Revelation 18:18 (KJV)
18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What
city is like unto this
great city!
Revelation 18:19 (KJV)
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that
great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
Revelation 18:21 (KJV)
21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast
it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that
great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Revelation 21:10 (KJV)
10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that
great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
However it is very specific saying that this Jerusalem is the New Jerusalem. Jesus was not crucified in the New Jerusalem.
John is most consistant that the great City is no other than Rome. It says so very clearly...
Revelation 17:18 (KJV)
18 And the woman (harlot) which thou sawest is that
great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
When ever did literal, geographical, Jerusalem, ever reign over the kings of the earth? Never. All of those centuries they were occupied and or controlled by the four empires - just like Daniel prophesied.