Thank you, Brother Professor Dr White, Sir, for clearing up this particular point:
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Originally Posted by Elmer G. White
Not a real woman but, again, a symbol.
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The Book of Revelation is a firm favorite in this household, especially at Christmastide, but Revelation 17:5, although stirring stuff, has always raised questions:
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And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
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My boys had pretty much concluded that the name must be shorter in Armageddonese (or whatever the local dialect was) - you know how some of those
weird languages can say a lot in one word, where we need a whole sentence? Otherwise it would not fit on a woman's forehead. But if she's just a symbol, there would be infinite space.
Thank you again. 1 Corinthians 1:4-8.