Are you trying to make a division between Gods people and God's people?
No. Are you trying to insinuate i am? You seem to do a lot of accusing smaller.
Then the voice from heaven should have stated 'some of my people' come out of her or 'those who are in her, come out of her' to suit your intentions?
Well it would have been good if it did. But it is unnecessary. It still does not say all. You cannot use scripture that was never said to support a position as if you are supporting it from scripture. You have injected the word all. That is your doing.
I view that those statements were just as applicable to the believers of the day they were penned to the believers of today, so yes, I do try to see the universal applications of these matters rather than focus on a particular sect or location.
It is equally charming that almost no one can see the universality of the workings of EVIL and the connections therein, yet that is a universal principle in text.
AND 'naturally' NO ONE likes to see themselves being IN THE WHORE or having 'been' in the Whore. That is almost an 'automatic' or what I call 'instant self justification' reaction.
Well i was once a catholic. So i believe i was under deception. But we are not talking here about the mother and her daughters we are talking about the Leader the Harlot of Babylon. You are trying to make all false religions one homogeneous mass when Scripture clearly states
Revelation 17
5 And on her forehead a name was written:
MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
She is the Mother of harlot'S.... HARLOTS... Not singular HARLOT, but Plural HARLOTS.
So there is a distinction between Babylon the great the mother of Harlots and the other harlots who are her daughters.
You are also welcome to describe how 'any' believer avoids being in the category of 'peoples, multitudes, nations and tongues' as that was also included in my observation. Kinda hard to remove 'believers' from at least 'one time' being in ONE of those categories.
Revelation 17
15 Then he said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.
Well this scripture tells us that the Harlot is a movement that is based in many different rejoins of the world. It does not state that Everyone of those peoples are members of the Harlots organization or members of her belief system. You have injected the Everyone into these scriptures where there is no Everyone to be seen.
For example the catholic church is based on many different nations, the catholic church is based in the USA but not everyone in the USA is a catholic. Many different peoples with different languages are in the catholic church, but because there are english speaking catholics that does not mean all people who speak english are catholics.
Oh, and the James statements as well. Then maybe we can compare notes. Especially James conclusion about cursing other people made in Gods Image, because you see nearly ALL believers curse their fellow mankind to hell of some sort if they don't 'believe like themselves.' To me that IS the MARK OF THE BEAST upon their lips, which comes from their heart. One cannot HATE the IMAGE OF GOD anymore than that. So please include HOW you measure your fellow 'unsaved' man, made in Gods Image or similitude, in response so I can 'see' your 'mark.'
My MARK ? You think i have the mark of the beast?
If i had the mark of the beast as you believe it to be so and you did not have the mark of the beast as you believe it to be so. Then i could go out to the shops and buy and sell but you would not be able to buy or sell anything. Because the scriptures clearly state.
Revelation 17
16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
This is clearly saying that you would not be able to buy or sell anything unless you had the mark of the beast. Too many people are wrapped up in symbolic interpretation when the natural interpretation in these verses is clear.
As for hate of men 1 john 2 states:
1 John 2
11 But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
My mother is a catholic, i assure you i do not hate my mother. And this discussion does not need people projecting a hating attitude upon others. Doing ones best to undermine what others share by doings ones best to paint them as hate filled bigots or anti-semites is not the Way. Playing the person instead of the idea should not be the way. The objective is not to denigrate a people, or single a nation out. The idea is to give warning in the hope that some who are in deception will see it and come out of it and be saved.
I see it time and time again. people giving a hard message in love being ripped apart as being against people when in fact they are fighting to free those people from the bondage of false religion.
Ephesians 6:12
"For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places."
No we do not wrestle against flesh and blood but the evil that keeps them deceived. The Hope is that by giving warning some may see what has them deluded and come out of the Harlot, and the daughter harlotS as well.
You might also say who/what 'you think' the Whore is if I missed it.
Well i have not come to any conclusion as to the identity the Whore of Babylon. I take in all information as we get closer and closer to the second coming of the Messiah Jesus. Now if you asked me if the Talmudic based organization being discussed here is a Harlot ( remember it is not being said that ALL jews are part of this organization) then i would say yes i do believe it is a Harlot. Now that is not saying it is BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS, the organization may end up being one of the daughter harlots. There may indeed be another organization even higher than the one being discussed. One that has not been revealed yet. So i will keep my options open.
I don't really know why passions run so hot in these matters. These are fairly simple exchanges of data for me.
Really? From what i have been reading it seems to me that passions are running hot in you. I suggest you read your posts before you post them and try and place yourself in the shoes of the people your directing your posts at.
All Praise The Ancient Of Days