In its capacity to fill one's heart with horror and wonder, it is clearly the most staggering prophetic image one can find in the entire Holy Bible. It is recorded in the seventeenth chapter of the book of Revelation—John's description of the Whore of Babylon.

The Apostle John saw many terrible things that day on Patmos, the Greek isle to which he had been banished. But perhaps few could compare with this, his vision of the alluring and tantalizing, yet deadly "Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the Earth." Who can imagine what breathtaking thoughts raced through John's mind? We do get a glimpse into the Apostle's thought process when we read his words:

Mother of Harlots—A Stone-Cold Serial Killer

If there ever was a conspiracy against nations and people of earth this is its highest ensign. The Mother of Harlots, sitting upon a beast, is wealthy beyond compare—she is "decked with gold and precious stones and pearls," and she holds a "golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filth of her fornication." The mysterious woman, regally arrayed in purple and scarlet color, is drunk, but not from alcohol and strong drink; the Mother of Harlots is drunken "with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus." No black widow could compare with this sinister and evil woman. This is no lady. This is a stone-cold serial killer who feasts on the blood of the saints of Jesus and no doubt leaves the world littered with the remains of destroyed souls.

MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

John had seen many terrible things in his life—and now he was a ripe-old 95 years in age—but this was perhaps the most monstrous of all. So incredible was this sight that John was led to admit, "I wondered with great admiration."

Certainly this was a begrudging "admiration," but as they say, give even the Devil his due! Mystery, Babylon the Great is a religious system to encompass all the "inhabitants of the earth." Indeed, John was told that the wicked woman reigns over "peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues (languages)."

More than that, the sinful Mother of Harlots sits upon the beast that came up out of the bottomless pit (hell) and will in due time "go into perdition." Yes, the Great Harlot exercises all the ominous and savage power of the horrific beast, the Behemoth, which shall bring such utter misery to every man, woman, and child on this planet.

Three Important Questions

Three important questions haunt our senses and must be answered: