Clear cut? If it were clear cut there wouldn't be so much confusion, LoL, but let me start with a few that strongly suggest it.
1. The false church - headed by Rome - will return to murdering its spiritual opponents, something we are still a ways away from in my opinion. And before I post the passage, I am not Anti-Catholic and that's not where my interpretations come from. They are based on discernment of what the passages in question are actually referring to.
3 So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication. 5 And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 6 I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement. (Revelation 17:3-6)
Now, some might say this is a reference to when the Catholic Church used to murder its spiritual opponents, but that does not fit the context. The verb here is present tense not past tense, and literal reads, "I saw the woman (present tense)
drinking from the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus."
To get around this, the argument has to be made that the mother of the harlots is not the false church, an ecumenical group of mainline denominations headed by the Vatican. But modern prophecy suggests it will be, and I can add that for you soon. It fits however. God will say to His people in that day, "Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues." This means there will be Christians incorporated into the spiritual whore who will eventually have to come out of her, or they will receive her judgments with her. I believe there are many good and well-meaning Christians who are currently Catholics, but people like this will eventually have to come out of her after her sins become too great.
Another thing that fits is where it says, 2 "And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, 'Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has
become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird!'"
These are references to the false church being infested with demonic spirits, and there has been mounting evidence that Satanists have infiltrated the Vatican and conduct child sacrifice there. I can post some things on this as well. Again, does it mean all Catholics are evil? No, and most don't believe it's possible whereas others say it doesn't mean the church as a whole is corrupted, and that evil will be ferreted out. What it does mean, however, is that they have been infiltrated, and the moves they make going forward will be increasingly where the Devil wants to take things, because - unbeknownst to the public - things are not what they seem behind the scenes.
Another thing that corresponds well is that her judgment will come in one hour - and she will burn with such intensity that ships will stay far from port and see her burning 9 "The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning,
10 standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, 'Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city!
For in one hour your judgment has come.' 11 And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore... 17 For in one hour such great riches came to nothing.'
Every shipmaster,
all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance 18 and cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning" (Revelation 18:9-10, 17-18).
Many argue Jerusalem is the great whore, but Jerusalem is not a port city. Rome however is. It was a major port city in ancient times and is still a major port city today. And the Catholic Church is regarded as enemy by many of the more militant Islamic countries, who are still clearly still working towards the day when they have nuclear capabilities. This passage suggests they will eventually have them, and in the case of the city of Rome, they will one day burn her with fire, and her destruction will come in literally one hour. A nuclear explosion would also cause ships to want to stay clear away from her due to the radiation fallout.
As for the timing of this event, it appears it may coincide with when the Islamic Antichrist moves to exterminate the Jewish race, for there is an Islamic prophecy that suggests the Romans will attempt to circumvent their extinction, and they will be destroyed as well as a result.
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