In Revelation 17 she is also spiritually called Babylon, Rome’s nickname. In Revelation 11:8 Jerusalem is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt. However, Jerusalem is called Babylon, Rome’s epithet, because both cities became one in the same way that when a man has relations with a whore the two become one flesh: “he one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her For He says, “The two shall become one flesh (1 Corinthians 6:16).” Thus Jerusalem, the whore or prostitute of Babylon (Rome), is spiritually called Babylon, Rome’s epithet, throughout the Apocalypse because these two cities became one flesh as a result of their adulterous affair–like a wife taking the name of her husband. 70) and exiled Jews throughout their respective empires. This nickname became especially appropriate after the Jewish War because both Rome and Babylon literally destroyed the physical temple in Jerusalem (6th century B.C. Babylon was the Jews’ nickname for Rome as explicitly stated in 1QpHab of the Dead Sea Scrolls which dates between 1 and 30 B.C. Because of this illicit sexual union between Rome and Jerusalem, Jerusalem is called Babylon. This rejection of Christ, Jerusalem’s spiritual husband, in favor of Caesar is depicted as an adulterous affair between the beast, representing Rome and its Caesars, and Jerusalem in Revelation 17 and 18. However, Jerusalem committed adultery against her God, spiritual husband and king by killing the Messiah and His people and declaring Caesar, the beast, her king instead during Christ’s crucifixion: “We have no king but Caesar!” (John 19:15). Rome)) The fact that Jerusalem, the whore of Babylon, is called a whore and is depicted sitting on Rome and its seven Caesars in Revelation 17:3 9-10 is sexual imagery illustrating her as a whore in the act of sexual intercourse.Īccording to Isaiah 54:5, Israel was in a marriage covenant with God. 9 doesn’t mean she is Rome it just implies that the beast is the city of seven hills (i.e.
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In Revelation 17:3 the whore of Babylon is shown sitting on the beast representing Rome which is also identified as the seven hills of Rome and seven kings in Revelation 17:9-10. In this Preterist commentary on Revelation 17 Jerusalem is not just called the whore of Babylon she is also depicted as a whore in highly suggestive sexual imagery illustrating Jerusalem, the whore of Babylon, in the act of adultery. A Preterist Commentary on Revelation 17: Summary and Highlights Previous Next “Two become One Flesh” Ever Wonder Why Jerusalem, the Whore of Babylon, is depicted sitting on Seven Hills as if She Were Rome? Clue: It has something to do with 1 Corinthians 6:16, the Death of the Messiah, and Caesar Titus’ Adulterous Affair With the Firstborn Princess of Israel during and after the Jewish War.