Now, just who is this “woman” that is like an imperial city wielding influence over political rulers? The apostle John tells us, saying:

³ “Upon her forehead was written a name, a mystery: ‘Babylon the Great, the mother of the harlots and of the disgusting things of the earth.’

(Revelation 17:5,

5. In what way does this harlot ride the “wild beast”? Why?

⁵ The mother “harlot” has spawned many other religious “harlots” and has made them members of her worldwide whorehouse. Today Babylon the Great hails the United Nations as she formerly did the League of Nations. She has put her trust in it instead of in God’s Messianic kingdom, the incoming world government.