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, "Hurt not the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, until we shall seal the servants of our God on their foreheads."
Philippians 3:19
whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who are thinking of earthly things.
Mystery
2 Thessalonians 2:7
for the mystery of lawlessness is already working: only He Who hindereth will hinder, until He is taken out of the midst.
2 Timothy 3:1
But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come;
The mother
Revelation 18:9
"And the kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her, shall weep and wail over her, when they behold the smoke of her burning;
Revelation 19:2
because true and righteous are His judgments; because He judged the great harlot; who, indeed, corrupted the earth with her fornication, and He avenged the blood of His servants at her hand."