Churches are women in prophecy and the roman catholic church whored itself to paganism in the early 300s AD, maybe sooner.
Agreed. Before Constantine was Diocletian. Diocletian killed more Christians than the Inquisition. After 10 years there were more Christians than when he started. They needed a new tactic. Enter Constantine. FYI, there was no Roman Catholic Church before Constantine. That is another Papal "bull" pun intended.
The interpretation that makes the most sense to me is: The first beast arises out of a sea of people. Sea means sea of people....Europe. Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. The second beast arises out of the earth or uninhabited area. America. Two horns like a lamb. Jesus is the lamb so the two horns represent the old and New Testament but it speaks like a dragon. Who did the dragon give its power to? The Papacy. So the second beast speaks like the Papacy.
The world socio-economic system is the Wine of Babylon that the world got drunk on.
Excellent comment.
Wine is a symbol for doctrine. The wine of Babylon, dispensed by the whore of the Roman Catholic Church would be all the false doctrines practiced by Christian churches everywhere.
Spot on. That's the apostate church. Following the man of sin instead of God and His Word.
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