"Babylon the Great" is not a political or commercial organization




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Revelation 17:1, 2
One of the seven angels that had the seven bowls came to speak to me, and said,
'Come here and I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute
who is enthroned beside abundant waters,
2 with whom all the kings of the earth have prostituted themselves,
and who has made all the population of the world drunk with the wine of her adultery.'

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Revelation 18:9
'There will be mourning and weeping for her by the kings of the earth
who have prostituted themselves with her and held orgies with her.
They see the smoke as she burns,

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Revelation 18:11, 15
'There will be weeping and distress over her among all the traders of the earth
when no one is left to buy their cargoes of goods;
15 'The traders who had made a fortune out of her will be standing at a safe distance
through fear of her anguish, mourning and weeping.

False Religion is Identified by:

her immoral relationship with the world leaders
shows that she cannot be a political organization and
since the "the merchants of the earth." mourn,
she also cannot be a commercial power.