Mystery Babylon The Mother of Harlots
WILLIAM BRANHAM
in Revelation the 17th and 18th
chapters we are given one of the most
foreboding and ominous warnings
contained in the whole scripture. Herein,
we find identified a great woman which is called
the great whore, Mystery Babylon, and the mother
of harlots.
She
is also identified as the mother of
the abominations of the earth. She
stands above all others as a direct
enemy to Jesus Christ and the influence;
of His church, and Her own seductive spell has
swept from the kings to the inhabitants of the
earth. She is Satan’s queen (Revelation 18:-7-1
sit as a queen and am no widow). So
alluring and cunning are her
enchantments that Revelation 17:8
tells us that the only ones who will not
wonder but know her for what she is will be
those whose names are written in the book of
life from the foundation of the world. All the
world will eventually bow down and become a
part of her and her daughter system.
It
is against her and her children,
that at this time of coming judgment,
God has turned his face and with her
particularly does the book of
Revelation deal with as it speaks of the
wrath to be poured out upon a wicked and unrepentant
world.
In
Revelation the 17th and 18th chapters we are given one of the most
foreboding and ominous warnings contained in the whole scripture.
Herein, we find identified a great woman which is called the great
whore, Mystery Babylon, and the mother of harlots.
She
is also identified as the mother of the abominations of the earth. She
stands above all others as a direct enemy to Jesus Christ and the
influence; of His church, and Her own seductive spell has swept from the
kings to the inhabitants of the earth. She is Satan’s queen (Revelation
18:-7-1 sit as a queen and am no widow). So alluring and cunning are
her enchantments that Revelation 17:8 tells us that the only ones who
will not wonder but know her for what she is will be those whose names
are written in the book of life from the foundation of the world. All
the world will eventually bow down and become a part of her and her
daughter system.
It
is against her and her children, that at this time of coming judgment,
God has turned his face and with her particularly does the book of
Revelation deal with as it speaks of the wrath to be poured out upon a
wicked and unrepentant world.
Who Is This Treacherous Woman
Below
we have listed some verses out of Revelation 17 which will enable the
reader to identify the clues provided by God to show who this woman is.
The fact that we are dealing with a woman who according to Revelation 13
desires to be worshipped reveals that it will be a religious system.
Revelation 17:1-6, 9,15,18
1
And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and
talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the
judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and
the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her
fornication.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.
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:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and
with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered
with great admiration.9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
Let’s see how The Vatican in Rome today resembles this Babylon:
“And
there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen,
that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the
wrath of her fornication.” (Rev 14:8)
No authority on earth has interacted with the world and it’s political systems more then the Vatican.
And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. (Rev 16:19)
God will someday destroy spiritual Babylon with great anger because of its great wickedness.
And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. (Rev 16:19)
God will someday destroy spiritual Babylon with great anger because of its great wickedness.
“And
there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and
talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the
judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters” (Rev 17:1)
The
Vatican (The Great Whore) is the religious system involved in deceiving
the world; “many waters” refers to the nations of the world, the
worldwide system of false religion controlled by one city, yet covering
the entire earth. None other than the Vatican is involved in the
ecumenical movement and religious tolerance and unity. Today the call is
for “humanity” not Christ “Unity” and not separation from the world
religions. This is the call of the Catholic Church of today.
“With
whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the
inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her
fornication” (Rev 17:2)
Religious
fornication is the term God uses for a fallen entity that claims to be
Christian but in reality is a traitor of everything that God ordained.
“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” (Rev 17:3)
The
woman is the Catholic Church with its unity with fallen Christians and
false religions of the world, supported by the antichrist. The “scarlet
beast” is the power of the united governments under one ruler that will
rule the world. This ruler (AntiChrist) will use this “Whore” to get
power and to unite the world, yet in the end both will fall.
“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” (Rev 17:4)
Who
else but the Catholic Church dresses in purple and scarlet, the colors
of royalty. The golden cup is exactly what the Pope uses for the mass.
“And
upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE
MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. (Rev 17:5)
“Mystery”
is “hidden” “not known to the world for a while”. The Catholic Church
and it’s organized religion is the worst of all the worlds false
religions. It appealed to all religions for unity and they all look
towards her. The Catholic Church even declared that Islam today is an
Abrahamic faith and Muslims today see the Catholic Church honoring
Islam. Even the Pope is seen kissing the Quran for the whole world to
see. This is indeed an abomination.
“And
I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the
blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great
admiration” (Rev 17:6)
For
a thousand years before Martin Luther there has always been an
“Anti-Catholic” movement which was always separate from Catholicism and
never even called themselves Protestants, or even persecuted Jews. Like
the Jews in Europe millions of these Christians were put to death by
burning and drowning. These believers were separate from “Protestants”, a
term which was way later attached to those excommunicated from the
Catholic Church.
These Christians who literally followed the Jewish Bible and paid for it by dying in the millions. Innocent III murdered far more Christians in one afternoon then any Roman emperor did in his entire region. The great historian Will Durant writes:
These Christians who literally followed the Jewish Bible and paid for it by dying in the millions. Innocent III murdered far more Christians in one afternoon then any Roman emperor did in his entire region. The great historian Will Durant writes:
Compared
with the persecution of heresy in Europe from 1227 to 1492, the
persecution of Christians by Romans in the first three centuries after
Christ was a mild and humane procedure. Millions of Christians were
burnt at the stake by the Catholic Church, a cup of abominations that
deserves the Biblical verses mentioned in scripture “drunken of the
blood of the saints and the martyrs of Jesus” (Rev 17:6). St. Thomas
Aquinas said: “They [Christians] have merited to be excluded from the
earth by death.”
“And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth” (Rev 17:9)
Rome today is called the city of seven hills and the Vatican (The Woman, Harlot) sits in Rome even until today.
“And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my
people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of
her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath
remembered her iniquities (Rev 18:4-5)
We
need to separate ourselves from the Catholic Church and any ecumenical
movement related to her. Today we see many denominations falling right
into the Catholic Church’s grip calling for unity and “tearing down the
walls” which calls for destroying denominations intended to keep the
Church intact.
Which Religious System





Unless the reader is, willfully ignorant it becomes obvious that the religious system herein described has to be the great church of Rome; the so-called eternal city of seven hills.
But Notice Revelation 17:15 describes her as a Mother, with harlot daughters.
If
the mother is an illegitimate church, so also will be the daughters. A
scant study of all protestant denominations will reveal that they
actually came from the womb of Rome.
When
Martin Luther was inspired by God to spawn the reformation it was a
true revival. However, the followers of Luther instead of being led by
the Holy Spirit into further light denominated on Luther’s message and
gave birth to another organization. In such a way the first daughter was
born and in the same manner every successive daughter came about.
Each
church mixed their creed with God’s Word and like the mother strayed
from God’s direct leadership to become a dead illegitimate organization.
By the time of the Lord’s return Rome and her adulterous daughters are
seen to have formed into a vast system able to control politics,
religion and commerce.
From
such the true ‘Bride of Jesus Christ will have to separate and heed the
call of Revelation 18:4. “Come out of her my people and be not
partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
WHY.ARE.WE.NOT.A.DENOMINATION? 58-0927
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Now, now here’s your shocking point. You say, “Well, you ain’t hitting
me, Brother Branham.” But let me just ask you something. Let’s go right
back now to the 5th verse. And upon her head was… written, MYSTERY,
BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF ABOMINATIONS,… (or)… THE MOTHER OF
HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. What was she? W-h-o-r-e. And she
was a m-o-t-h-e-r. What? M-o-t-h-e-r, she had begotten something. A
mother of sons? Of harlots. What is a harlot? Same thing as a–as a
whore: immoral woman. What made her immoral? Her doctrine.
She
was pretending to be a Christian church, but was giving out manmade
dogma. And here she said that she had… If she was the first
organization, then seems like there’s some organizations come out of
her. She was the mother of harlots. Is that right? A mother of harlots.
Couldn’t be a mother now of boys. Couldn’t be a mother of… It had to be
mother of women. And if they were women, they were churches. Now, let’s
find out. What come out of the…
What
was the first organization? Catholic church. What was the second
organization? Luther. What was the third organization? Zwingli. What’d
it come on down to? Calvin. And then it come into Anglican, and the
Anglican on down into Methodist. The Methodists, what’d the Methodists
produce? Out of there come Alexander Campbell. And out of Alexander
Campbell come John Smith; out of Alexander Campbell was the Christian
church, then they had four or five Church of Christ and all those other
little isms run out.
Then
here come the Baptist church, it had a lot of little pull outs. And out
of the Methodist church come–out of the Methodist church come, first
come, the Wesleyan Methodist, then they broke off four or five times.
Then they come to another type of Methodist, and then they come off
again, then they come to the Free Methodist. And–and then they come from
that to the Nazarene. And from the Nazarene to the Pilgrim Holiness,
and the Pilgrim Holiness on down. Just little “isms” running out like
that, keep running on down, each one of them little–little starters back
there, come right on down. And what did every one of them do? They
finally wound up in Pentecost.
And
what did Pentecost do? The same thing their mammy did; they went right
back and organized. And what’d it become? A–a denomination. Walk into
one; the first thing, “What’s your doctrine?” Boy, they comb you with a
fine-tooth comb (See?), to find out what you are, what you believe. And
if you don’t just tally right up with them, brother, you’re
excommunicated right now. And that’s right. And don’t think just because
you say you’re Pentecostal that you’re secured. Brother, there’d be
just as many Pentecost’s off the road as there is on the road, I’m sure.
See?
666
Revelation
13:16-18. “And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor,
free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their
foreheads: And that no man might buy or, sell, save he that had the
mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is
wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast,
for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred, threescore
and six.”
ARE YOU PART OF THE BODY OF CHRIST OR PART OF THE SYSTEM ?
If your faith is founded entirely on the Word of God, you are part of Him.
Matt. 4:4. “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”
WHAT IS THE SYSTEM? INSCRIBED IN THE VATICAN ARE THE LATIN WORDS WHICH TRANSLATED MEANS
Instead Of The Son Of God
Instead Of The Son Of God
Imagine
the blasphemy of a man, whether priest or pope, to claim to stand
before the people “instead of the Son of God.’” The second chapter of II
Thess. describes him well:
II
Thess. 2:4. “Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called
God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of
God, shewing himself that he is God. “
It becomes even more enlightening when one understands the numerical value of this blasphemous title.
There
are no u’s in the Roman language, just v’s and the value of these
numerals in this title totals 666! It is on this throne that the
anti-christ will one day reveal himself.
Let
us not be blind, it is-not by-chance that the major religious movements
of today are leaning more and more to Catholicism. It is not by chance
that the charismatic movement is becoming an adhesive to cement together
Catholicism, Pentecostalism, and liberal Protestantism. It is not by
chance that the Anglican church is trying to amalgamate with the Roman
Catholic Church. Nor is it by chance that we have World Council of
Churches with their one-world church thrust.
Though
it is all very spiritual and much activity is taking place, remember
the scriptures speak of two churches, one very large and illustrious and
one very small and humble.
Don’t
be fooled for there is no such thing as “unity and being one” as far as
God is concerned unless it is unity around the. Word of God. In this
hodge-podge, Catholics are still Catholics and each other respective
church holds to their creeds with equal tenacity. There is little regard
for basic scriptural fundamentals such as holiness, place of women,
correct water baptism, error of infant baptism, and many others. In this
mock revival the one dispensable element is the Bible itself.
I
must also mention that scripture nowhere points to a vast end-time
revival nor do they teach that the Living Saints at the time of his
second coming will be any great number. (Luke 18:8) When the Son of Man
cometh, shall he find faith on “the earth?” . . . Just as in Noah’s day
(Luke 1}:26) God will speak to the Laodicean Church and will call out
individuals QY his prophet to join Christ, (TH E WORD) on the outside of
the church. Rev. 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any
man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will
sup with him, and-he with me. ” That faithful minority will represent
His lovely but tiny end-time BRIDE.
Brothers
and sisters please wake up to what is happening. We should all become
increasingly alarmed. It is not our intent to offend the individual by
this paper, but rather to warn everyone who claims faith in Christ to
stay with the Word in these troubled times and to hearken to the voice
of God’s Prophet. (Rev. 10:7)
The Great Whore
"For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication..." ―Revelation 19:2Mary (the mother of Jesus) is not the great whore; Catholicism's Mother Mary (the Catholic religion) is the Great Whore!
"For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore (Roman Catholicism), which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand." ―Revelation 19:2)"Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists (Popes and priests); whereby we know that it is the last time" ―1st John 2:18
“And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color
(official Vatican colors), and decked with gold and
precious stones
and pearls
(the Vatican is filthy rich), having a golden cup in
her hand full of abominations
(the Holocaust, inquisitions, etc.)
and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her
forehead was a name written, MYSTERY
(very few people realize where the
Catholic religion started), BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
(Many heathen religions have spawned out of Catholicism, such as
Lutheranism)
AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH” ―Revelation 17:4,5
Catholicism’s ill-gotten children profess to know Christ
but do service to Satan by disregarding the commandments of God in order to keep
the traditions of men which papists even themselves call "TRADITION." Why
is she
(the whore) called a
mystery? The antichrist spirit of ancient pagan Babylon, though
seemingly
long fallen, lives in the rites and blasphemies of the Roman Catholic
religion.
Now that ancient Babylonian false religion lives today within the
Catholic
religion, disguised by Christian names. What a Satanic scam! The queen
of heaven is now... Mary! Mystery Babylon lives, undetected by
doomed millions across the world. Notice the scars in Mary's hands in
the
photo below. Mary is NOT our
co-redeemer!
“The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the QUEEN OF HEAVEN...that they may provoke me to anger” ―Jeremiah 7:18
Notice
the Halo
around Mary (especially her head). The is an idolatrous practice of the
Catholics which symbolizes deity (that she is equal with God). The
Babylonians practiced the same idolatrous worship to the Queen of
Heaven. Mary is NOT deity, she was a normal every-day woman. Yes friend,
Satan is
definitely working in the Vatican and in Catholic organizations all
across the
world. Though most Catholics will deny worshipping Mary, the evidence
says
something very different! They bow down and literally pray in the name
of
"Mother Mary" to a graven statue of Mary. This is sinful idolatry! They
are lying through their teeth. God makes CLEAR in His Word that He
will NOT share His glory with another (that includes Mary).
"I
am the LORD: that is my name: and my
glory will I not give to another,
neither my praise to graven images." ―Isaiah 42:8
How could anyone be
so foolish to actually bow down in prayer to a statue of Mary, yet at the same
time deny that they are worshipping her? Talk about crazy! God
clearly command us in the second of the ten commandments NOT to make unto
ourselves ANY graven images.
"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:" ―Exodus 20:4
Do
the Catholics
need glasses? It says right there in black and white in Exodus 20:4 that
we are NOT to make unto ourselves ANY likeness of anything that is in
heaven!!! Mary is in heaven. We are NOT to make any likeness of her
according
to Exodus 20:4. So what do you call a statue of mother Mary? It
surely is a likeness of her, a graven image! Here's another shocker...
"Thou
shalt not bow down thyself to them..." ―Exodus 20:5
Ok,
so then why does
every Catholic BOW DOWN before a statue of Mary in their worship
places? I'll tell you why... because they are practicing FALSE religion
totally void of
the truth of God. You can argue whether or not you are worshipping Mary
as
your bowing down to her; but one thing is for certain, God has commanded
us in
Exodus 20:5 NOT TO BOW DOWN to her. Even if your not worshipping Mary,
you
ARE SINNING if you bow down to her because the Bible strictly forbids
it!
As I write, millions of people all around the world are bowing down to
Mary in
violation of God's Word. Yes, Satanism is in the Vatican!
"Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men." ―Mark 7:7
"For
false
Christs and false prophets shall rise,
and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible,
even the elect."
―Mark 13:22
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