Disagree.
She rides a beast that is at least 7 empires old and continues riding it for a good portion of the 8th empire which is not yet.
At the time of John’s writing, Rome was that 7th empire.
She is, at a minimum, an occult, idolatrous spiritual system.
“She rides a beast that is at least 7 empires old and continues riding it for a good portion of the 8th empire which is not yet.”
You really can’t get all of that from that short description in Revelation.
4 The Woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality,
She is wearing the color of priests- except for one color- Blue..
She is ‘blueless’- scripture tells us what Blue represented - numbers 15:37-41:
37 The Lord also spoke to Moses, saying, 38 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and tell them that they shall make for themselves tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and that they shall put on the tassel of each corner a cord of blue. 39 It shall be a tassel for you [a]to look at and REMEMBER all the COMMANDMENTS of the Lord, so as to do them and not [b]follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you played the harlot, 40 so that you may REMEMBER to do all My COMMANDMENTS and be holy to your God. 41 I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God; I am the Lord your God.â€
That is why the patience of the saints in Revelation 14 is ‘keeping the Commandments of God AND faith in Jesus/Joshua..
If one studies Rev 13- the satanic alliance causes the world to break His Commandments.(those Commandments are in their- but in a negative form- worship beast, etc)
We can know that by seeing where obedient people were to put His Commandments- on their forehead and their hand as a ‘sign’- Deuteronomy 6:8 vs the mark of the beast in the same place for disobedience..
If people knew 30/60/100 in His Parable of the sower have a component of those same Commandmemts, Scales on the eyes would come right off..(Judaism and Christianity can’t teach it currently)
And it would broaden the harlot in Revelation 17 to any ‘blueless’ church/religion-
Any religion that forget His Commandments- because that woman in Revelation 17 isnt wearing blue, like the priests did..
Quite a study! But a blessing to see how Revelation is unfolding in the life of believers everyday..
Daniel 7:25 has and is occurring too, with times and laws changing..
Not an accident the world runs on a Roman calendar named after a Pope!
That is prophetic and that counterfeit calendar causes the whole world NOT to remember His Sabbath, which is one of those eternal Commandments written by His Finger on stone of ‘Blue’ from His eternal Saphire Throne!(Ezekiel 10:1,Exodus 24:10)
That is why Blue missing in Revelation 17 is very telling..
And why people who don’t follow them and teach others not to do His Commandments are called ‘Least’ in the Kingdom..(Mathew 5:19)
Quite a different view of ‘religion’ when one sees the thousands and thousands of versions of truth..