Whore of Babylon - Revelation 17 & 18

Revelation 17:1 - Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters.

Revelation 17:2 - with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

Revelation 17:3 - So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

Revelation 17:4 - The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.

Revelation 17:5 - And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

2 Corinthians 11:2 - For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Ephesians 5:25 - Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,

Ephesians 5:26 - that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word,

Ephesians 5:27 - that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

Isaiah 62:5 - ...and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.

Isaiah 1:21 - How the faithful city has become a harlot!...

Hosea 1:2 - When the Lord began to speak by Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea: Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry And children of harlotry, For the land has committed great harlotry by departing from the Lord.

Jeremiah 3:8 - Then I saw that for all the causes for which backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also.

Jeremiah 3:9 - So it came to pass, through her casual harlotry, that she defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.

Ezekiel 16:26 - You also committed harlotry with the Egyptians, your very fleshly neighbors, and increased your acts of harlotry to provoke Me to anger.

Ezekiel 16:28 - You also played the harlot with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable; indeed you played the harlot with them and still were not satisfied.

Ezekiel 16:29 - Moreover you multiplied your acts of harlotry as far as the land of the trader, Chaldea; and even then you were not satisfied.

Ezekiel 16:30 - How degenerate is your heart! says the Lord God, seeing you do all these things, the deeds of a brazen harlot.

Revelation 17:1 - Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters.

Jeremiah 51:13 - O you (Babylon) who dwell by many waters, Abundant in treasures, Your end has come, The measure of your covetousness.

Revelation 17:15 - Then he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.

Revelation 17:4 - The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.

The Catholic Bishops & Cardinals wear Purple and Scarlet.

Revelation 17:4 - The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.

The Papal Tiara is a crown worn by Popes from 8th century to the mid 20th century.

Papal Palace

The Apostolic Palace is the official residence of the Pope & it is located in Vatican city.

Revelation 17:5 - And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, Babylon the great, the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth.

Catholic Church calls herself as Mystery

The Mystery of the Church – Section 3.1 - Vatican Source

2 Thessalonians 2:7 - For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way.

Most Catholics recite the mysteries of the Rosary

Revelation 17:5 - And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon the great, The Mother of Harlots and abominations of the earth.

Catholic Church calls herself the Mother Church (Mater Ecclesiae).

The Motherhood of the Church – Section 3.4 - Vatican Source

Revelation 17:6 - I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.

The Roman Catholic Church murdered millions of True Christians in the name of Roman Catholic Inquisition. Those who opposed the Catholic doctrines & those who print and read Bible in their mother tongue were mercilessly killed by the Catholic Church for many centuries.

The proof for Inquisition lies in Pope John Paul's apology given in the year 2000 for murdering True Christians. John Paul's Requests for Forgiveness.

Torture Chair

Torture Instrument

Skull Cracker

Torture Saw

Tongue Cutter

Revelation 17:9 - Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.

Revelation 17:18 - And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.

Church of South India and Ecumenism

Revelation 18:4 - And I heard another voice from heaven saying, Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.