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
Bible References
Upon
Revelation 7:3
saying, Injure not the earth nor the sea nor the trees, till we seal the servants of our God on their foreheads.
Philippians 3:19
whose end is destruction, whose God is their stomach, and their glory in their shame; who regard earthly things.
Mystery
2 Thessalonians 2:7
For the mystery of wickedness already works, [God] only restrains it just now, till it shall be out of the way;
2 Timothy 3:1
AND know this, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
The mother
Revelation 18:9
And the kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her shall weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning,
Revelation 19:2
for true and righteous are his judgments, for he has judged the great harlot who destroyed the earth with her fornication, and avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.