"The
Great Whore"
In
chapter 16 of Revelations
we
see the 7 Vials containing the wrath of God
poured
out upon those who had the mark of the beast
in their foreheads (minds)
and
who worshipped Satan,
the
false messiah,
as
Jesus Christ.
We
will now see one of those 7 angels who poured out the vials
come
and give us a "close up" view of the judgment of the "Great Whore".
Maybe
we should update the terminology a little and call her the "Great Slut"
because
the Holy Spirit wants us to get a real good PICTURE
of
exactly how He looks upon the false religious system
that
spews forth from that great city
where
the "son of perdition" will sit claiming that he is God (2 Thes. 2).
Also,
be it known that our Father deals in reality,
so
if the terminology used here is offensive
then
one can always go to a church
where
they only teach nice things like cute little bunny rabbits and Ishtar eggs,
real
Biblical gems.
Now,
if you have read all of God's Word,
then
you are already familiar with "whores" and "harlots"
and
how their actions are use to describe "idolatry".
You
see, idolatry is a far greater sin than being a whore,
for
the latter is of the flesh but the former is of the spirit.
And
while most whores know they are "whoring around"
most
idolaters of religion think they serve God,
yet
they violate the very 1st Commandment of God.
For
those, however, who are not familiar with God's Word,
for
perhaps they are just beginning to study His Word,
then
it would serve them well,
if
they wish to understand this great chapter 17 of Revelation,
to
first read and understand the Book of Hosea
in
the Old Testament.
Hosea means "salvation" which is what the Book of Hosea is about!
That's right, the book titled "Salvation" is in the Old Testament.
Then
perhaps they will SEE how our Father feels about
and
looks upon "idolatry", false religion.
As
the apostle Paul documents in 2 Thes. 2:3,
there's
a Great Apostasy about to be born
and
this Great Whore in Rev. 17 will be its mother and give it birth.
So
if you read the Book of Hosea
you
will read that God tells Hosea to go marry
a whore!
That's right! "Go marry a whore, Hosea!
I want you to know what it is like being married to someone who is unfaithful to you!"
Hosea 1:2 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea.
And the LORD said to Hosea,
Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms:
for the land hath committed great whoredom,
departing from the LORD.
Hosea 2:2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife,
neither am I her husband:
let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight,
and her adulteries from between her breasts;
[3] Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born,
and make her as a wilderness,
and set her like a dry land,
and slay her with thirst.[4] And I will not have mercy upon her children;
for they be the children of whoredoms.[5] For their mother hath played the harlot:
she that conceived them hath done shamefully:
for she said, I will go after my lovers,
that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
And His children are too Biblically ignorant to know to whom they are married!
Yes they are!
They
will jump in bed with the first Bridegroom that appears on earth
claiming
to be Jesus and they will be seduced!
They
are the first women (no gender intended)
taken
in the field in Mat. 24:40,
just
as it was in the days of Noah.
Is
all this graphic enough?
It
is very serious.
In
this final generation you must have the seal of God (His Word)
in
your forehead (mind)
in
order to escape the vials from being poured out on you.
Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:
because thou hast rejected knowledge...
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