Joseph of Arimathea was a tin merchant
Christ wasnt against anyone
Salvation is for everyone
Wasnt Pilate a Roman govenor,what was he famous for?
Babylon and Rome are used interchangeably, google it rc
Can you give me an example where Isreal have ever been called Babylon throughout history?
There is no way that a city could engage in literal, fleshly fornication.
Rc we can only conclude that John, like the prophets in the Old Testament, is using the term in its spiritual sense.
The city, therefore, must claim a spiritual relationship with God. Otherwise such an allegation would be meaningless.
Though it is built on seven hills, there would be no reason to accuse Rio de Janeiro of spiritual fornication.
It makes no claim of having a special relationship with God.
And though Jerusalem has that relationship, it cannot be the woman riding on the beast, for it is not built on seven hills.
Rc one of the identifying marks of the woman is that point rev 17.9
So how could it be Jerusalem?
Nor does it meet the other criteria by which this woman is to be identified.
Against only one other city in history could a charge of fornication be leveled.
That city is Rome, and more specifically Vatican City.
She claims to have been the worldwide headquarters of Christianity since its beginning and maintains that claim to this day.
The pope enthroned in Rome claims to be the exclusive representative of God, the vicar of Christ.
Rome is the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church, and in that too she is unique
Numerous churches, of course, are headquartered in cities, but only one city is the headquarters of a church.
The Mormon Church, for example, is headquartered in Salt Lake City, but there is much more to Salt Lake City than the Mormon Church.
Not so with Vatican City.
It is the heartbeat of the Roman Catholic Church and nothing else.
She is a spiritual entity that could very well be accused of spiritual fornication if she did not remain true to Christ
Not only does Rome's pope call himself the vicar of Christ, but the Church he heads claims to be the one true Church and the bride of Christ,both you and Ppm agree with this statement.
Christ said to His disciples,
"If ye were of the world, the world would love his own; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you" (John 15:19)
The Catholic Church, is very much of this world.
Her popes have built an unrivaled worldwide empire of property, wealth, and influence
Most of Rome's wealth has been acquired through the sale of salvation
billions of dollars have been paid to her by those who thought they were purchasing heaven on the installment plan for themselves or loved ones
Purgatory etc where the church told people their loved ones would be freed by the money they paid to the church
John next notices that the woman is drunk
and not with an alcoholic beverage.
She is drunk with "the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus..." (Revelation 17:6)
You only have to look at the spanish Inquisition or what i posted earlier about the St Bartholomew's massacre etc
Pagan Rome made sport of throwing to the lions, burning and otherwise killing thousands of Christians and not a few Jews
Yet "Christian" Rome slaughtered many times that number of both Christians and Jews
Beside those victims of the Inquisition, there were Huguenots, Albigenses, Waldenses, and other Christians who were massacred, tortured, and burned at the stake by the hundreds of thousands simply because they refused to align themselves with the Roman Catholic Church and its corruption and heretical dogmas and practices
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