Sinai’s Law is an image of Christ’s righteousness and left untouched is holy and just. However within her underlying statutes are the ordinances of buying & selling and the merchandise of things pertaining to worship under the Levitical order.
The Cup of God’s Wrath
Awake, Awake, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling (Isaiah 51:17)
Thus Saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations… to drink it (Jeremiah 25:15)
Babylon Has Been a Golden Cup in the LORD’S hand, that made all the earth drunken: …therefore the nations are mad (Jeremiah 51:7)
The Cup of God’s Wrath: The Sinai Law is passed from Israel into the nations where it shall mix with church creeds and mingle with men’s traditions
666 The Mark: Those that worship the Beast shall drink from this Cup (Rev 14:9-11)
Rivers in the Desert
The Tribes carry Gods Law into the Gentile Nations and in this spiritual desert the statutes & judgments these peoples embrace, become in them springs and pools of water. The Lord said He would make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. (Isaiah 41:18)
The Gospel preached by the Apostles and spread into the nations also becomes springs of water in them that believe.
(Jesus Says) …the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life (John 4:14)
These Springs become Rivers when those called out believers congregate with like minded brethren. These rivers are the churches
Bitter Waters
Scripturally these waters are nations and peoples and tongues (Rev 17:15)
A Star called Wormwood burning as a lamp, falls onto these waters but this is not the light of the Gospel but rather the Law of sin and death. (Rev 8:10-11)
Wormwood falling upon these rivers of believers makes them bitter and many die. The churches in turning from their faith in Christ alone, become bitter when they turn to creeds fashioned from carnal ordinances contained in the Law.
These Churches fall away from the Gospel when their creeds replace brotherly love and mercy with denominational arrogance and pompous judgment. Brother shall condemn brother even as Lamech who blessed himself in God’s vengeance
She Sits on Many Waters
The Mother of (H)arlots sitting on these waters is widely seen as the Catholic church or one of her offspring and to a degree this is correct in an earthly sense.
However spiritually…
The (H)arlot’s profanity is found in Sinai’s statutes of buying and selling. Her trade is exploited by Men to pervert God’s law and gospel.
This is Mystery Babylon. Sinai’s (w)horedom is found in her trade. Men will trade with her for gain and propagate creeds and traditions from her.
To Buy & Sell: (W)hore / (H)arlot
In the Natural a (W)hore or (H)arlot is someone that sells themselves for gain and in the spiritual sense it is exactly the same. The questions are then: (1) What has the (W)hore in Revelation sold and (2) what has she gained?
#1: What has She Sold? Like profane Esau, She has sold her birthright. This being;
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The Salvation purchased by the Messiah on Calvary
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Salvation freely given to those who might believe
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Believe by Faith that the Messiah is the Lord God Almighty
#2: What has She Gained? (Rev 17: 2-4) She has gained earthly power & status;
- She has the Beasts Power: The legal powers of the State & Church
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She is adorned in precious stones: Ezekiel 28:12-1: Sinai’s stones of wisdom
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She rides this Beast down through the Ages: The denominational ages from the Apostles to now
The Abomination of Desolation
Scripturally, sacrifice under the Law made nothing perfect whereas the Messiah did, having offered himself up once for all. (Hebrews 7:26-28)
Christ is the Holy Place and He alone is the accepted sacrifice. However creeds like the Trinity fashioned from under the Law shall replace the Messiah’s sacrifice. (1 Tim 4:1-3)
Therefore the desolation and plagues contained within the Law are poured upon those who have replaced the Messiah’s righteousness with their own.
To eat from the Tree, to eat the abominable thing, to drink from that cup and to setup the abomination that makes desolate are terms that relate to the rejection of the Messiah’s righteousness for men’s creeds.