Spiritual Israelite
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That description fits Jerusalem, also.I've studied Revelation extensively and I can't find the USA anywhere in Revelation. All of John's prophesies are in Jerusalem and the Roman Empire, in John's Day, in Israels, past, present and future. Revelations 18:24 gives you the best clue. Rev. 18:24 - And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth.” what city killed the prophets and the saints. Rome is the answer.
Matthew 23:34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
The reason that both Jerusalem and Rome both have things in common with Babylon is because Babylon is the mother of all harlots (Rev 17:5). Jerusalem and Rome are but two of the many harlots with Babylon as their mother. The scope of Babylon is beyond just Jerusalem and Rome. It is the hold of "EVERY foul spirit and a cage of EVERY unclean and hateful bird" (Rev 18:2). The great city Babylon is the spiritual opposite of the holy city New Jerusalem which is "the bride, the lamb's wife" (Rev 21:9) and is "the mother of us all" (Gal 4:26).
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