Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Mystery
The mother
General references
Bible References
Upon
Revelation 7:3
saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads.”
Isaiah 3:9 The expression of their faces bears witness against them,
And they display their sin likeSodom;
They do not even conceal it.
Woe tothem!
For they havebrought evil on themselves.
And they display their sin like
They do not even conceal it.
Woe to
For they have
Philippians 3:19
whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things.
Mystery
2 Thessalonians 2:7
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.
2 Timothy 3:1
But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.
The mother
Revelation 18:9
“And the kings of the earth, who committed acts of immorality and lived sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her when they see the smoke of her burning,
Revelation 19:2 because His judgments are true and righteous; for He has judged the great harlot who was corrupting the earth with her immorality, and He has avenged the blood of His bond-servants on her.”
General references
Isaiah 47:12 “Stand fast now in your spells
And in your many sorceries
With which you have labored from your youth;
Perhaps you will be able to profit,
Perhaps you may cause trembling.
And in your many sorceries
With which you have labored from your youth;
Perhaps you will be able to profit,
Perhaps you may cause trembling.