Why babylon described as virgin

The virgin daughter of Babylon is told to sit on the ground without a throne. The Lord was telling Babylon that He was going to take away her throne and give it to another. This virgin should be contrasted to the woman in Revelation This woman was sitting on a scarlet beast with seven heads and ten horns.

She was described as holding a cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication. Her name describes her as the mother of harlots and of the abominations of the earth.

Apparently, she willingly flaunts her abominations for the world to see. According to Revelation , the dragon Satan gave its power, its throne and great authority to the leopard-bear-lion beast. This beast is a conglomerate of the leaders of the ancient empires of Greece, Medo-Persia, and Babylon.

This throne is basically the land mass of these ancient kingdoms. As this beast evolved into the scarlet beast, it gained the territory of Ancient Rome. This entire area is the most spiritually dark part of the world. It is this territory or throne on which the harlot will be located until she is dethroned and destroyed by the beast. Contrary to what many believe, the woman is not the beast. She rides which implies she controls the beast temporarily. Just as disaster came upon the virgin daughter of Babylon, it will also come upon the harlot, Babylon the Great.

Previously the Lord had been angry with His people and had given them into the hand of the Babylonians who had treated them without mercy. The Lord was warning Babylon that He was going to change all of that.

The Babylonians had done another thing wrong. This mindset is repeated again in verse; these bookends emphasize the importance of what is said in between verses 8 and The Babylonians did not think it was possible for their children and husbands to be taken away from them.

They trusted in the wickedness of sorcery and witchcraft; their wisdom and knowledge had perverted them. They were about to find out that things would change in a moment, in a day. The Lord sent the Medo-Persians to take away their throne, power, and authority. Isaiah 47 continues by saying the wicked will be burned with fire and be as stubble. I believe this statement is for the future.

Revelation 16 tells us the fourth plague is the burning of people by the fire from the sun. Revelation 18 describes the destruction and burning of the harlot, Babylon the Great, who will be a producer of a variety of expensive merchandise. The merchants of the earth will mourn the destruction of the harlot whose judgment will come in one hour.

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