Revelation 17:5

And on her forehead a name was written:

MYSTERY,

 

BABYLON THE GREAT,

THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS

AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

·        This title is not for literal Babylon; but its spiritual (mystery) representation, which is the source (mother) of all idolatry (abominations) and spiritual adultery (harlots).    (DG)

·        This harlot must be larger than any one branch of a religious institution. She is the embodiment of Satan’s own ecumenical movement - the religion of the world system.   (DG)

 Psalm 137:8  O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed, happy the one who repays you as you have served us!

 Nahum 3:4  Because of the multitude of harlotries of the seductive harlot.  The mistress of sorceries, who sells nations through her harlotries, and families through her sorceries.