Who is this "Babylon the Great"? Why is it important?




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Revelation 14:8
Another, a second angel, followed, saying:
“She has fallen! Babylon the Great has fallen,
she who made all the nations drink of the wine
of the passion of her sexual immorality!”

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Revelation 17:5
On her forehead was written a name, a mystery:
“Babylon the Great, the mother of the prostitutes
and of the disgusting things of the earth.”

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Revelation 18:21
And a strong angel lifted up a stone like a great millstone
and hurled it into the sea, saying:
“Thus with a swift pitch will Babylon the great city
be hurled down, and she will never be found again.

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Deuteronomy 4:35
You yourselves have been shown these things
so you will know that Jehovah is the true God;
there is no other besides him.

False Religion is Identified by:

Its history of bloodshed and immorality and by
leading people away from the true God