MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT

MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT

Or

The Great Whore

Revelation 17:1, 5

“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: (Vs. 1) And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH”. (Vs.5)

            The title has reference to the religion of antichrist. “Little children it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know it is the last time. They (the antichrists, writer’s parenthesis)   went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.” (I John 2:18-22) And again the same Apostle has written “And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is in the world.” (I John 4: 3).  

          Any perversion of the doctrine of the gospel of Jesus Christ is adherence to the doctrine of antichrist. An example will be sufficient to reveal the truth of this statement: our Lord Jesus said “the Son quickeneth whom he will” (John 5:21); quickeneth means to give life, or to make alive, in this verse we are speaking of spiritual life; therefore the Lord Jesus is saying that He gives spiritual life to whom He will. That shows that Christ Jesus is the sovereign Lord of life; but in these days men say that the choice is in the hand of men, and therefore not in the hand of Christ, for it cannot be both, either Christ is Lord, or Man is the master of his own destiny.  Another example begs to be given; according to the articles of faith of one religious organization “the grace of God is equally accessible to all men” this is a perversion of the doctrine of the gospel; and is therefore the doctrine of antichrist for the scripture declares “(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) it was said unto her, the elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.” (Romans 9:11-13). In the gospel the Holy Ghost declares that God the Father chose some persons to eternal life “before the foundation of the world” (Ephesians 1:4); but the current popular doctrine among religious people is that the choice is to be made by each individual; reader who do you believe? Will you believe men, or will you believe God?

          The destruction of antichrist and that antichristian party and doctrine is sure, for all the enemies of Christ shall be destroyed. “For he must reign, till he hath put all things under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.” (I Corinthians 15:25-26). The Great Whore is false religion, established upon false doctrine, and it is false religion of every sort. In these days the prevalent idol of false religion is the will of man, in that system, the will of man is predominate, and Christ Jesus must have the permission from man to save the soul of man. This enemy is to be destroyed as it is written “(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but are mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;)” casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;” (II Corinthians 10:4-5). Christ “must reign” how opposed is this doctrine of holy writ to the false doctrine of man’s supposed free will, Christ Jesus reigns to bring to pass the eternal purpose which God purposed in Him from all eternity, “According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:” (Ephesians 3:11). This purpose is, first, to manifest the redemptive glory of God in Christ Jesus and then to secure the salvation of the entire election of grace; which is the family of God, (Ephesians) 3:15.

          Man’s will in a fallen will, it is a sinful will, and a will to sin; it is the subject of a corrupted and ruined and fallen nature, and no entity can act above its nature. Therefore because man is polluted by sin he will always turn to sin, until checked by some check other than the law of his own miserable nature. Today men say, “Give God your heart” the truth is, that, God does not want man’s miserably sin corrupted heart! But what God does for some is to give them a new heart, (Ezekiel 36:26) with the law of God written in it, and the law of God is the principle of that heart. The doctrine of free will works religion is of the spirit of error, for it says to dead sinners, give yourself life. Raise yourself from the dead. Give yourself a new birth. Surely reasonable persons should not adhere to such ill begotten principles. But such is the depravity of the natural man, who goes along with the religious crowd instead of believing the doctrine of Holy Scripture. See the writers blog at www.hebrews915.blogspot.com         A.J.Ison