I thought it meant Rome.
I think it means San Fransicko?.
I read something that said it’s us, the USA.
1.1 million people? Don’t think so, Rome was the largest city in the world at that time but only had a population of roughly a million.
Jerusalem isn’t known as the city on seven hills, has never ruled over the kingdoms of the earth, isn’t economically important, isn’t accessible from the sea, and is destined to be rebuilt and glorified rather than destroyed forever so . . . I’m thinking no.
Can you explain this “civil War” a bit? John and his bandits were robbing and killing the people around the Temple. Titus did not want to burn the Temple and gave orders not to. Josephus was a prisoner of Titus as he had been captured trying to defend his home city so he had a ring side seat to write things down. How would you run a civil war while under siege without Josephus seeing you?
Oros - if not used to translate Har - might conceivably mean hill or mountain - but when greeks or romans referred to Rome they used the word bounos, not oros to describe the City on seven hills.
There is at least one city which is arguably 'on seven mountains'. That is Mecca, which is certainly a wicked city that has filled the world with poison.
I think it could mean the US, or perhaps western civilization in general.
You say “Was “Babylon The Great” a Symbolic Name for Jerusalem?” I don’t think so because Jerusalem is on the mountain of God (singular) and Babylon the Great is interpreted by the Angel to be on seven mountains. Also Jerusalem has a future and Babylon The Great does not.
I can plainly see that your knowledge of scripture probably exceeds mine.
For instance the fact that nothing is mentioned about the destruction of Jerusalem in all of the letters is pretty good proof that the epistles were all written before it happened.
Including the rev told to john.
I do disagree with Jerusalem being the harlot of rev 17 because the harlot of rev 17 is in the time period of the beast.
rev 17
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.
The roman empire was the kingdom at that time, and was the sixth, the seventh was one that would come later.
The eighth is of the seven and comes later yet.
Rev 17
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
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.
The eighth beast comes near the end of this world which may be closer than we think.
Unfortunately, you're not even close to being right Philip... You've missed it by almost 2,000 years. ;)
I agree and feel it’s talking about Jerusalem in 70 AD.
Keeping in mind that the beast the Harlot rides on is Rome.
So in Revelation you find references to both
I agree that Jerusalem is the most likely candidate for Babylon the Great in Revelation, however it’s not plausible that the events described were those that happened in 70 AD. After, all there certainly were stones left standing on top of one another in 70 AD, so that prophecy (and its associated prophecies) could not have been fulfilled at that time.
See:
End Times: http://www.fisheaters.com/endtimes.html
Dispensationalism: http://www.fisheaters.com/dispensationalism.html
Whose definition of 'completely destroyed' are you using?
Christ said that Matthew 24:2 And Jesus said unto them, "see ye not all these things? (verse 1 'buildings of the temple) verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down."
This word 'thrown' is a companion to the word translated in the English 'foundation' of the world by Christ and Paul. Thrown is kinship word to the katabole/kataballo overthrow/casting down. That Roman general did not cast down all stones that existed then of temple in the days Christ walked this earth, many of then still sit one atop another yet today. It is yet to happen and thus Matthew 24:2, Mark 13:2 and Luke 21:6 have not happened.
The word Babylon means confusion. God is not the author of confusion. Harlotry can be physical or spiritual.
I thought it was the original name for Baghdad - seriously.
It does seems to be in Iraq south of Baghdad.