Don't hate me for this. I understand Christians' sympathy and love for Israel and for Jerusalem. I also love the city of our Lord and what it represents to mankind, especially at this time of year when we celebrate the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem.
Sometimes love hurts and it definitely hurt God to give His begotten Son. That was total love.
God loves Israel so much, the children of Abraham and the children of the promised Isaac. But, we have to remember that the children of Israel broke God's heart many times. Not only that but she martyred God's servants and the followers of Jesus. This is fact. I'm not making this up. It's in the Bible.
The ONLY nation God has ever referred to as a "whore" and a "harlot" and "mother of harlots" is who?
If you don't know the answer to that question, you really haven't been reading the Bible. So, no point in finishing this article until you go back and read the old testament as well as the words of Jesus. If you read Matthew 23, you'll see that Jesus used the word "woe" 8 times to describe the leaders of the Sanhedrin.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. (That word 'desolate' is used to describe the Holy Place after the Antichrist is finished with it. He places the Abomination of what? Right. Desolation.)
For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. (They sure weren't saying that to Jesus when they had him crucified. But, they WILL.) - Matthew 23:37-39
Like I was saying, Israel (NOT the SAVED ISRAELITES) broke God's heart.
So, because of his enormous LOVE for his beloved who went awhoring after other gods, he is going to allow her enemies to compass her, burn her with fire and bring her to desolation in one hour.
Don't stone the messenger. It's all in the Word. If you don't happen to agree, please do dig into the Word for yourself and come up with one verse to contradict this interpretation of prophecy.
I believe the "Mother of Harlots" or "Babylon the Whore" has to be Jerusalem and can be no other.
Do you mean to say that God actually called Israel by the name of her enemies? Yep! In Revelation 11:8 for one. He called her Sodom and Egypt. We can't mistake this for being anyone else but Jerusalem because in the same verse it says "where also our Lord was crucified". He was crucified in Jerusalem. We all know that much.
It may be difficult to read this for those who don't have a good grip on Bible prophecy. It's really not easy for anyone if we look at it in the flesh, which is why the Bible is full of analogies and parables. We have to look at things in the Spirit, the way God sees things.
It's sort of like a romantic fairy tale where God falls in love with his precious bride, Israel but she gets drawn away from Him by the devil and starts to go awhoring after other loves. (Granted, that part is not so romantic.) But, then, Satan turns on Israel and she begins to see the true colours of the imposter that drew her away from her First Love.
It seems as though it's too late. All is lost. She is attacked by Satan's forces (Islam) and burned with fire and totally destroyed. But, just as it looks like there's no hope, Jesus returns in the sky to rescue His bride! He utterly destroys Israel's enemies and forgives her for all of her backslidings.
She is overcome with remorse and repents, calling on the name of her God. ("Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.") All is forgiven. In fact, God has created a NEW JERUSALEM to take the place of the earthly ruins whose ashes are still smoking.
And I John saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
That's the happy ending!
But, before all that, the Bible says there will be TEN HORNS who will HATE the whore.
Revelation 17:16 - And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
What's happening now in Israel is a terrible holocaust. We need to pray for Israel!
This may be a precursor of things to come or it could be a partial fulfillment of this verse. In other words, dearly beloved brothers and sisters in the Lord, things are going to get MUCH worse in Israel before the end.
Matthew 24:15 - When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes...
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
Note: Looking for scriptural evidence to PROVE that born-again, on-fire Christians WILL be going through the Great Tribulation? Take a look at 22. Just read it.
I'm not twisting scriptures here to prove a theory. If you just read the Bible word-for-word and ask the Holy Spirit to help you to understand it, it's a piece of cake. It's so clear.
As we get closer to the end, scripture is becoming clearer to me. How about you? One thing I started to realize a few years back is to just READ EXACTLY what it says. That's all.
If you don't get it the first time, go over each individual word until it RINGS YOUR BELL. God won't fail you. He won't give you misinterpretations. Anyone else might.
Before you go, let me ask you a question: If there's no such thing as the Pre-Tribulation Rapture, are you prepared to go through the Great Tribulation as a shining example and testimony to the power of God?
Oh, I do have another question: WHY do you believe in the Pre-Trib Rap if you do?
I think we all know the answer to that one.
I'd really love to hear any comments from friend or foe! Please feel free to let out all your frustrations on me. I've heard it all or at least some of people's frustrations, Catholics, Muslims and Christians. Hey, let's hear from some of you Buddhists, ha. I love you all! No kidding!
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