How does this talk benefit our relationship to Christ except to create fear and self depreciation. There is a fine line between pride and confidence in our faith.

Cheers

You only have to read part 1 of David Orton’s ‘BABYLON THE GREAT IS FALLEN’ to realize that the ‘whore’ is actually referring to apostate Israel at the time of Revelation’s authorship. David then goes on to show the prophetic picture that it paints for the modern church which has imbibed somewhat of the same spirit.

Ray, I don’t know whether you are American or not but it seems that too many people give too much credit, or discredit, to America as if it ever has or ever will play a major role in Biblical prophecy. America may display some characteristics of the whore, just as many other countries, religions, people groups and the like display similar whorish traits, but let’s not steer the focus away from the whorish Hollywood hierarchical churches by drawing too much attention to America’s erroneous ways. The Bible applies the principle ‘first the natural then the spiritual’ to most instances. First, in the beginning of the church, Israel became an apostate whore, as was her custom throughout history, then at various times in diverse manners the church has followed suit in whoring after other lovers, having a mixture of Jesus worship and various forms of idolatry. Although the Dark Age church appears to have displayed the worst whoring in the church season, the modern church, sadly, in many respects, has further excelled in this area.

I’m sure that if you do a Biblical study on this you will see that whoredom is not a loose term used for ‘anything’ that is corrupt and worldly but rather is a specific label for people and nations (especially OT Israel) which have turned from a real relationship with God to false gods of some description; in this light America can be analogously labeled as whorish but not as the prophetic fulfillment of John the apostle’s discourse.

Peace
Bretto

Rev 18:11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more.

Rev 18:15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing.

As for the Church being involved in the end times. I would rather reference that the Church is more aligned with the Church Age of Laodiceans. These lukewarm folks encompass brethren that love to go to service, mass, “church” on Sundays and on sabbaths then profess that they are rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that they are indeed wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. I must warn folks that there lurks a greater evil than evil men, and that’s the Indifference of Good Men.

The author’s explanation that the Church is a “doable” explanation for defining Babylon, the Great Whore, but I am equally satisfied of the bitch’s identity being America and her hegemonial influence called Globalism. Of course, we’ll be pledging allegiance to the North American Union soon, dumping more depleted uranium wherever Bush says there are terrorists to kill, rendering it uninhabitable for next 4.5 to 45 Billion years, no more Constitutional Rights, continuing election fraud via Diebold, and of course a “universal religion” (not Catholicism). If we are not at the end times, then this is one huge nightmare being perpretrated by the adversary. One can only pray that the Holy Spirit can lend a smidgen of His holy discernment to our tiny brains.

Even so, come Lord Jesus!!!

Love your articles, have you tried to get the message into these buildings??

Love Richard
In Jesus name Amen..