Incorrect.
The Harlot Babylon is
Jerusalem, the "great city where also our Lord was crucified" (Rev 11:8). She rode on the back of the Beast (alliance with Rome) until the Beast turned against her, made her desolate, and burned her with fire:
"And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire." --Rev 17:16
This speaks of the desolation of
Luke 21:20-23, when the Romans turned against Jerusalem and destroyed the "great city" (Rev 11:8).
"By Silvanus, ...I have written you. ...The Church in Babylon ...sends you her greeting, and Mark my son." (I Peter 5:12,13)
"Babylon" was Jerusalem. Jerusalem was where both "Mark" and "Silvanus" lived. (Acts 12:12; 15:22-40) Peter wrote from Jerusalem in about A.D. 65.
Yes! absolutely!.....
That Queen/Harlot/Woman clothed in purple and find linen also harmonizes with this Covenantle parable in Luke 16, showing Abraham/Faith and Moses/Law.
The Rich Man/Judah is the "King" and here is His "Queen"/Jerusalem/Judea:
The Great City/Harlot/Queen Revelation chapts 17-19
Revelation 18:
7 ‘As much as She glorifies Herself and indulges so much,
be giving to Her torment and sorrow.
That in her heart She is saying:
'I am sitting a Queen, and
a Widow not I am being, and sorrow not no I shall seeing.'
12
Cargo of gold and silver,
and precious stone and pearl
and
fine linen and purple, [
Luke 16:19/Revelation 18:16]
16 and saying,
Woe! woe!
the great City,
that was having been arrayed with fine linen and purple,[Luke 16:19 Revelation 18:12]
Lazarus and the Rich Man - Here a little, there a little - Commentary
Afterward, speaking primarily to his disciples but with the Pharisees (and probably the crowd) still listening in, Yeshua related the parable of the unjust steward (Luke 16:1-13)
. The Pharisees, who were "lovers of money" (Luke 16:14), realized that the Messiah was alluding to them with this parable and took offense. They scoffed at Yeshua.
The final part of his response to
the derision of the Pharisees and scribes was the parable of Lazarus and the rich man.
We'll now examine this parable in detail to grasp exactly what the Messiah was teaching about the kingdom of God:
"The wearing of
purple was associated particularly with royalty . . ." (p. 863, "Purple").
In addition, the
New Bible Dictionary tells us: "The use of linen in OT times was prescribed for
priests (Ex. 28:39).The coat, turban and girdle must be of
fine linen." (p. 702, "Linen").
The clothing of the rich man identifies him symbolically with
the people of Israel, chosen by God to be His special people. They were called to be a witness to the nations surrounding them, confirming the blessings available to those who would obey God and keep His laws.
LUKE 16:
19 "There was
a certain rich Man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day." [
Revelation 18:16]
24 "Then he cried and said, '
Father Abraham! have mercy on me! and send Lazarus! that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue;
for I am tormented/pained in this flame.' "
26 " 'And besides all this,
between us and ye there is a great gulf fixed,
so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot,
nor can those from there pass to us.' "
29 "Abraham said to him, '
They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.' "
30 "And he said, 'Nay father Abraham!
but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'
31 But he said to him, '
If they do not hear Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.' "
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Yeshua uses the last two verses of this parable as an amazing prophecy of
his pending resurrection from the dead.
The rich man says that although his brothers may not accept the scriptural evidence for the identity of the Messiah, they will accept the evidence of one who is raised from the dead.
But Abraham answers and plainly tells him that anyone who rejects the Bible's teaching about the Messiah will also refuse to acknowledge the evidence of a miraculous resurrection. This last verse is a sad prophecy about the Jews who, despite God's resurrection of His son from the power of the grave, have failed to recognize Yeshua as the prophesied Messiah.
