Hello, just one question....if the woman in revelation 17 is false religion then how can you burn a "false religion"...Rev 18:18..when they see the smoke of her burning, they will exclaim, ' was there ever a city like this great city'...
Rev. 18 is about the Second part of the Two headed coin. Remember, the Harlot {False Religion} RIDES the Beast {False Governance or this world under Satan}.
Babylon in Rev. 18 = the Whole World under Satan's Rule, remember Satan told Jesus in Luke ch. 4 that ALL these Kingdoms were his to do whatever he willed with. I can go over it later and show you why Rev. 18 is about the Whole World. But getting back to the Harlot burning, she does burn, but it happens in Rev. 17:16. The Kings kill her off, burn her, destroy her.
Rev. 17:16 And the
ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast,
these shall hate the harlot, and shall
make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and
burn her with fire.
This is just prose, telling us that the Kings in League with the Beast are going to Kill off all other Religions so the Beast can be worshiped as the ONLY GOD. They stop the worshiping of Jesus by the 1/3 of the Jews, stop Judaism, stop Islamic Worship, and Hinduism, and Buddhism etc. etc. etc., they stop all religions because they want the Beast to be worshiped as the only god, hence in Rev. 13 the False Prophet places the Image in the Temple and mandates that all men worship the Beast and the Image of the Beast or else they will die. So these same Muslims who blow up people for Allah, do you think the they are going to go along with this ? I don't, so the Beast/Kings will have to kill many, many, many Muslims, and we know the Anti-Christ/Beast kills 1/4 of all mankind or 2 billion people. So ALL FALSE RELIGIONS are Judged in Rev. 17:16, God placed it in THEIR HEARTS to do His will is what Revelation 17:17 says.
NOW NOTICE, in Rev. ch. 18, these same Kings of the world, Cry and Lament when Babylon burns, but they HATED the Harlot. They are TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES. Look at Daniel ch. 5, its the Mene, Mene, Tekel chapter, Rev. 17 is taken from there, King Belshazzar profaned the Holy Temples Cups and his concubines drank from them in a lavish party unto "THEIR GODS" and God then had a Hand write, Mene, Mene, Tekel on the wall, thy Kingdom has been taken from the or Babylon Falls in Revelation !! Its the same the same thing, they acted in a Harlot type manor and thus God took away their Kingdom from them, and Persia conquered them that very day.
False Religion & False Government under Satan. They have been co-mingled for eons, but in the End Times the Beast replaces the False Religion {Harlotry} with a False Prophet that mandates Beast Worship, God himself will judge the last false religious system when he judges Babylon.
So lets look at Rev. 18, and see why it is the Whole World {Babylon} being judged, and lets see if it fits the bill.
REMEMBER.....Two Entities, The Harlot RIDES the Beast !!
Rev. 18 = Babylon or the Whole World being Judged.
Verse 2 says Babylon is fallen, and is become a habitation of Devils. Well, Satan and his demons are cast out of Heaven and down to earth, and Apollyon is released from the bottomless pit at the First Woe, so that makes sense, the World is become the habitation of all the devils. CHECK.
In verse 4 God says come out of her my people lest you partake in her sins and her plagues. Well, the Jews flee Judea at the 1290, 30 days before the 1260 where the Anti-Christ Conquers Jerusalem to become the Beast. So Israel flees unto Petra {Rev. 12, the Woman flees to the Wilderness, it all matches up}. If they stayed in the world, the plagues would hit them also.
We know God's Plagues last 42 months. The Beast rules 42 months and Satan is cast down to earth for 42 months, and of Course God protects Israel in Petra for 42 months. So in verse 8 where is says her {Babylon/The Worlds} Judgments come in ONE DAY, we know that refers to the Day of the Lord which lasts 42 months. And in verse 10 where it says her judgment comes in ONE HOUR we know from reading Rev. 17:12 that the Kings also rule with the Beast for ONE HOUR, so we know one hour has to mean 42 Months. Unlike all the other Beasts, this Beast will be a MAN with a short rule, then he will be cast into hell like Rev. 19:20 and Dan. 7:11 says. And finally, notice in verse 9 all the Kings CRY and LAMENT Babylon's burning, because they all love this WICKED WORLD !! And the Merchants and Kings of the earth can't stand to see this happening to Babylon, but what are they seeing ? Why are the Merchants so up set ? Instead of going over the prose in the rest of the chapter, I am just going to tell you what it means.
It means that Babylon {Whole World} has fallen because she is getting Judged by God, who is destroying the Wicked Merchants WORLD, which they chose over God, they chose MONEY, WORLDLINESS etc. etc. over God.
The Anti-Christ going forth to Conquer is the first Judgment, he kills 2 billion people, that is bad for business right ? Losing that many customers is bad, the stench is bad, the famine/war is bad, the deaths and sickness are bad. Then Seal #6 hits and the sun and moon give not their full light, crops don't grow as good etc. etc. THEN....the Trumps hit, ALL the grasses burn, 1/3 of the trees burn, 1/3 of the sea turns to blood, 1/3 of the fish/shrimp etc. die, 1/3 of the ships are destroyed, I assume planes and cars also, 1/3 of all the drinking waters are poisoned, and the THREE WOES are yet to come !! Can you see why Babylon {THE WORLD} getting destroyed by God's Judgments is what is really bothering the Merchants ? God isn't coming to Destroy ONE CITY !! Babylon is the WHOLE CONFUSED WORLD that is fighting against God. Then the 1st Woe hits and Apollyon is released, the 2nd Woe is a 200 Million Angelic Army that slays another 1.5 Billion people !! With the Church Raptured long ago, and 3.5 to 4 billion deaths, no wonder the Merchants are crying about BABYLON BURNING !! Of course the World is BURNING, all the Grasses burned up and 1/3 of the Trees burned up, just think of all the smoke in the atmosphere, no wonder the Sun and Moon's light is now just 1/3 of what it once was !!
And the last or 3rd Woe is ALL 7 Vials. So once they hit, Babylon {This Wicked World} will be Judged in full, Jesus will take over, lock Satan in the pit for 1000 years, and cast the Beast and False Prophet into hell. Amen.
The Harlot = ALL FALSE RELIGION of All Time......
Babylon = the Head of Gold, the Statue will be toppled by the Rock {Jesus} slamming into the feet that has no SOLID BASE/Foundation in that its made of Iron and Clay. The whole Statue stands on a faulty premise, that there can be other gods, when there is only ONE TRUE God.
Babylon is Satan's Dark KINGDOM ON EARTH. Jesus is going to take back the title deed after he defeats all those CONFUSED {Babel} men who fought against their own Creator. Amen.