Great whore's political influence

Today is the last day of winter and the spring equinox for 2025 begins tomorrow.

"The return of the sun, the vernal equinox, is a very central ancient archetype. It hasn't changed since the very first civilization to today. They have different forms now, but they're still doing it. It is the celebration of the resurrected sun. I don't know of any archetype more central than that."

Tomorrow I will have sequel to yesterday's Crypto Creatures post.

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Revelation 17:[5] And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

We understand that in history there is this mother-child cult, but the Word of God is always going to use this language connected to a woman, says Alex Kurz.

At the end of verse 1 she's called a great whore. Verse 3: [3] So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

She's a whore, she's a woman, she's a mother. The reason Revelation 17 will use that language is because the Old Testament has already laid all of the groundwork about a female deity, a woman. Ultimately, she is this great whore, but she is a woman who has a number of daughters in history.

Isaiah 47:1: [1] Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

By the way, you see it says "sit in the dust." What does the dust conjure up? Not the forest. You see, everything keeps telling you where all this is happening. Notice, "O virgin daughter." Aphrodite is a virgin, Ashtaroth is a virgin.

[2] Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
[3] Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
[4] As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
[5] Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.

She's a virgin who's called the lady. You see all the familiar language? You know what the Lord just described? "Make bare the leg, uncover the thigh." This woman is undressing herself.

In Revelation 17, the ultimate culmination, she's a whore. You can call her our lady or a virgin all you want, the Lord says this is the spiritual whoredoms and abominations and spiritual fornications and that cup of hers has tremendous spiritual influence. That's how the kings of the earth commit fornication.

Verse 9: [9] But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.

She has children and widowhood. She's married so how can she be a virgin? You see the spiritual description God's providing.

Jeremiah 44:17: [17] But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

She's also the queen of heaven. We tend to think about that in connection with the west, but do you know there's infatuation with the queen of heaven in the Land of Shinar today?

You see in Jeremiah they're deluded into thinking that, 'Wow, by worshipping this queen of heaven we'll receive supernatural provisions, protection, blessing.'

[18] But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
[19] And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?

Cakes. Do you know there was footage after the towers came down on 9/11 showing Palestinians passing out cakes, cookies, baked goods.

Micah 7: [8] Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.

[9] I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
[10] Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

You see this female entity? She's the lady of kingdoms, the virgin, the queen of heaven. God says, "She's the one who is my enemy." Jeremiah 50 and 51 are actually two chapters devoted to the destruction of God's enemy and she's a woman.

Zechariah 5: [5] Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.
[6] And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth.
[7] And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
[8] And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.
[9] Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.
[10] Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?
[11] And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.

When you think about a stork, what comes to mind? Babies being delivered. There's a woman called "wickedness," and she possesses religious garb.

This woman has a house and it's in the land of Shinar. That's the area we're dealing with in Revelation 17.

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The word mystery in Revelation 17 is extremely appropriate in light of this invisible activity that IS taking place in human history.

Verse 4: [4] And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

What is the significance of this purple and scarlet color? Interestingly enough, in Matthew 27, do you remember what they did to our Lord Jesus Christ?

[28] And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
[29] And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

Mark 15: [17] And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,

[18] And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!

If one verse says scarlet and another verse says purple what can we conclude? It was both. The color of the garment the whore has in both purple and scarlet. It was a robe that contained the two principal colors of majesty and royalty associated with being a king.

In other words, that great whore has this political influence. That great whore is seating on a beast, which denotes the control she has upon that ten-nation confederacy.

In the Old Testament there is a queen singled out and the Lord uses different terminology to describe this queen. She's not only a whore, she's also a virgin.

Isn't that a contradiction? How can you be a virgin and a whore? Ah, when we study that Babylonian system we're going to learn some things about a woman who is viewed as a queen, who is both a whore and a virgin.

Starting to sound familiar? A mother who's a virgin who gives birth to a child. All of that stuff precedes the birth of Jesus Christ by about 2-3,000 years. Nothing new under the sun, as we find out.

Not only is this woman wearing the garments of royalty, but verse 4 also says she was "decked with gold and precious stones and pearls."

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

[12] The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

Who's buying from who? This city Babylon is importing these products.