Rev 17:1 I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

Jer 51:13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.

Rev 17:2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

Rev 18:7 for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

Isa 47:8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow,

Its even harder to ignore also the mention of the merchants being hers within the same context of both texts.

Rev 18:23 for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

Unprofitable Servant wrote:
I read all the references in context in Revelation and did not find anything that would allow it to be a parallel with references to a whore in the Okd Testament. No mention in Revelation of marriage or being a wife (a mother but nothing about a spouse).

2 Peter 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

The Revelation had yet to be penned when those words were written with Peter's hand, but I haven't found a reason why the book of Revelation should be the exception.

The only way to ward off private interpretations from what I can see is treat it as an integral part of the organic whole of the bible as opposed to a stand alone book. Furthermore, interpreting the Revelation in the light of OT and NT citations , eliminates guess work that comes from reaching out post 96 AD in secular history for anything that may seem to fit. So by reaching back into Scripture to define the mysterious figures of the Revelation rather that reaching forward with guesses, we are then guided by the only reliable source given by God.

John Lee wrote:
In other words, you are embarrassed to simply declare your interpretation of what the prophets said.

Reread my post and look for these words.

***So many references to Judah becoming a harlot***

A few more references if it will help.

Jeremiah 31:32 (KJV) 
32  Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake,although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: 

Ezek 16:38   And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy. 
  God is jealous of His holy name (Ezek 39:25) and this ties back to the song of Moses: 

Deut 32:21  They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. 

John Lee wrote:
The question is, "Who here is the 'great whore' and what is your reason for believing what you believe?"

Isaiah 1:21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

So many references to Judah becoming a harlot and yet mystery Babylon is Rome. Pity.

In addition to that, Its simply not possible to make an argument of a time when righteousness lodged in the RC nor was there ever a time where the RC was known as a faithful city.

Ezek 16:30-32 How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things,* the work of an imperious whorish woman*; In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire; But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!

Jeremiah 3:9
And it came to pass through the lightness of *her whoredom*, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

Jeremiah 31:32
Not according to the covenant that I made with *their fathers* in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although *I was an husband unto them*, saith the LORD:

Ezek 16:38
And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.

Jim Lincoln wrote:
Mr. Mohler, like many white Evangelical leaders, knows which side his bread is buttered on.

But when I hear of the court packing plan being given, that is a line in the sand.

Frank wrote:
What would be the political agenda in a poll like this?

Jim Lincoln wrote:
"Minority communities fighting back against disinformation ahead of election"

Jim Lincoln wrote:
"Hunter Biden story is Russian disinfo, dozens of former intel officials say
"More than 50 former intelligence officials signed a letter...

Watcher wrote:
I am erring on the side of caution. Do you understand now? I take the numbers in China and other countries as an indicator that something is going on. Therefore, because something is going on, I will take precautions to protect myself and my family until the world is a safer place.

My point of even saying something is that your post seemed to trust in the accuracy of the information from China regarding "what is going on" as opposed to the sources which refute them.
So yes, you have made it clear and I do understand that you trust information given by the Chinese government over people who have lived and operated under their regime.
Otherwise you would not make statements like "There's a reason why a population of 300 million has far more cases than a population of over 1 billion."

But then you confuse the matter more by saying "I don't trust any government to tell me the truth." Seems your contradicting yourself to me.