Rv:21:9: And there came unto me one of the seven angels
which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues,
and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee
the bride, the Lamb's wife.
10: And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and
high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy
Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

Saint John saw the Bride, the Lamb's Wife and in the same
book of Revelation the Lamb of God himself also proclaimed
that He will write upon the Elect, "the name of my God,
and THE NAME OF THE CITY OF MY GOD, WHICH IS NEW
JERUSALEM".We need to remember that in Mt:5:14 the Lamb
of God also said to his disciples: "Ye are THE LIGHT of the world.
A CITY that is set on an hill cannot be hid." So the loyal Church
built upon the foundation of the twelve Apostles is the Holy City
New Jerusalem. The Bride of the Lamb is New Jerusalem, "Having
the glory of God: and HER LIGHT was like unto a stone most
precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal".
"And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon,
to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and
THE LAMB IS THE LIGHT THEREOF."

Rv:21:2: And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming
down from God out of heaven, PREPARED AS A BRIDE ADORNED
FOR HER HUSBAND.

Isa:61:10:I WILL GREATLY REJOICE IN THE LORD, MY SOUL SHALL
BE JOYFUL IN MY GOD; FOR HE HATH CLOTHED ME WITH THE
GARMENTS OF SALVATION, HE HATH COVERED ME WITH THE ROBE
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AS A BRIDEGROOM DECKETH HIMSELF WITH
ORNAMENTS, AND AS A BRIDE ADORNETH HERSELF WITH HER
JEWELS.

Clearly the faithful Church is the spiritual City New Jerusalem,
on the other hand Saint John also mentioned another City called
Babylon. This other City is engulfed in darkness and the light
of a lamp shall shine no more at all in her. The voice of the
bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in
her. These are important characteristics enabling us to identify
this City, Saint John wrote "no more" to indicate that she has
rejected the true Gospel and it shall no longer be preached
in her. Like the foolish virgin she even had a lamp but it
has gone out. Unlike New Jerusalem whose light is the
Lamb of God, the multitudes of Babylon this city of obscurity
have rejected "the true Light, which lighteth every man that
cometh into the world."

The attentive readers of the Book of Revelation should
have noticed that the same angel who showed the Spiritual
City New Jerusalem to Saint John also gave to him the revelation
of Babylon. A comparison of Rv:21:9 pasted at the top of this
study with the following verse Rv:17:1 is also necessary to
identify Babylon. The wording of these two verses is almost
identical:

Rv:17:1: AND THERE CAME ONE OF THE SEVEN ANGELS
WHICH HAD THE SEVEN VIALS, AND TALKED WITH ME, SAYING
unto me, COME HITHER; I WILL SHEW unto THEE the judgment
of the great ***** that sitteth upon many waters:

All the above words in capital case have also been used in
Rv:21:9. In one verse the angel gave to Saint John the vision
of the Bride New Jerusalem and in the other verse the vision
of the "*****" the city called Babylon. Together we will consult
several key verses to establish a profile and identify the *****
Babylon. Known for her Prostitution she is receiving the salary
of iniquity, furthermore you will learn that exactly like the
foolish virgin this woman of sin is also involved in a buy and
sell practice.

Rv:13:17: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had
the mark, or THE NAME OF THE BEAST, or the number of his name.

Rv:17:5: And UPON HER FOREHEAD was A NAME WRITTEN, mystery,
BABYLON the great, the mother of harlots and abominations of
the earth.

There is no place for misunderstanding, the multitudes of Babylon
have written on their foreheads the name of the Beast and the name
Babylon. On the other hand the inhabitants of the spiritual Holy
City have written on their foreheads, the name of God, the name
New Jerusalem and the name of the Lamb of God.

Rv:22:4: And they shall see his face; and HIS NAME SHALL BE IN
THEIR FOREHEADS.

Rv:3:12: Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple
of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I WILL WRITE UPON HIM
THE NAME OF MY GOD, AND THE NAME OF THE CITY OF MY GOD,
WHICH IS NEW JERUSALEM, which cometh down out of heaven from
my God: and I WILL WRITE UPON HIM MY NEW NAME.

While Saint John saw the Bride adorned with all these Holy names
and attributes, he also had a vision of the drunken woman sitting
upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy. This
Beast will cause all his servants of Babylon, both small and great,
rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand,
or in their foreheads. Guess what, God is also sealing with the mark
of his Holy Spirit His faithful Servants of New Jerusalem.

Rv:7:2: And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having THE
SEAL OF THE LIVING GOD: and he cried with a loud voice to the four
angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3: Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees,
till we have SEALED THE SERVANTS OF OUR GOD IN THEIR
FOREHEADS.

Finally you have realized that Babylon is also a spiritual City,
she is the Church of the Beast. The ***** of Apostasy is sealed
with the mark of the anointing of Satan. She has his name written
on her forehead to unmistakably designate her as an authentic
possession of the fallen Angel. Worshipping the Prince of Darkness
in Anointing and in Deceit, the Church of the Beast is drunk with
his wine of spiritual fornication and sorcery. Babylon the Church
of the Beast received not the love of the truth that she might be
saved, she believed a lie and had pleasure in unrighteousness:

"Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the
habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a
cage of every unclean and hateful bird."

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