Q394 : Is Jerusalem the Harlot of Revelation 17?
I’m confused. In your article about the harlot, you say that it can’t be Jerusalem because it is Babylon that is destroyed in Rev 17 and 18. Babylon was destroyed long ago, and the Babylon in Revelation is called a mystery. It is symbolic, not literal. You also say that God would be untrue, if in fact, the prophetic roles were reversed. Scripture, however, DOES reverse roles. In the NT Hagar becomes Jerusalem below, and in the Hosea prophecy about Jerusalem as those who were not my people becoming those who are my people, in the NT, the role IS reversed to mean Gentiles.
If Jerusalem is not the Harlot, then who is it that fornicates with the kings of the earth and the beast during the end times? Who does God call out of the Harlot to become the Bride? Whose flesh do the ten kings tear and burn with fire? Who cried out, We have no King but Caesar? And who today is looking to the US and the UN for help, rather than looking to their Maker? To me it seems obvious that present day Jerusalem will fornicate with the kings of the earth by making a covenant with many for one seven, and after being burned with fire, a remnant will be saved to be made part of the Bride. |
