Who Is The Harlot?

      Theologians believe that Rome is "the harlot Babylon" from this passage:

And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. (Rev 17:4-7).

      Because the Roman Church has been and will become more decadent, protestants have identified Rome as the harlot. Indeed, the Roman Church is part of the "whorehouse" but so is Protestantism. They will all become whores to another false religion. I wrote previously of that great whore in my blog https://kentuckyherrin.blogspot.com/2019/03/identity-of-harlot-babylon.html. Therein, I identified "the harlot Babylon" as Jerusalem. The "ten horns" in the scripture above is not the seven hills of Rome, but the original seven pillars of Islam per the following:

“Islam is based upon seven pillars: walayah – and this is the most excellent; through it and through the walī (the Imām), the true knowledge of the pillars can be obtained: ṭaharah (purification), ṣalah (prayer), zakah (purifying dues), ṣawm (fasting), hajj (pilgrimage), and jihād (striving).”
– Imām Muḥammad al-Bāqir. (Qādi al-Nu‘man, Da‘ā’im al-Islām, Prologue, 2)

     Ismaili Gnostic said about Islam:

In the present time, many people have sought to reduce the entire meaning of Islam to the practice of the so-called ‘Five Pillars of Islam’. In doing so, they flatten and hollow out the theological and intellectual depth of the faith. As Islam has developed historically, the Pillars have never constituted the entirety of religion... This framework traditionally consists of the Roots of Religion (Uṣūl al-Dīn) and the Branches of Religion (Furū‘ al-Dīn) and is articulated using the Qur’ānic metaphor of a tree: “Have you not seen how God sets forth the example of a Good Word like a Good Tree? Its Root firmly set and its Branch in heaven. Giving its fruit in all seasons by the permission of its Lord. And God sets forth examples for mankind so that they may remember.” (Holy Qur’ān 14:24) (The Seven Pillars of Islam: The Estoric Ways of Walayah; Ismaili Gnostic). 

    The seven pillars of Islam have seemingly adopted the Tree of Life as the source of their knowledge, but it is obvious from the Christian perspective, they actually grabbed onto the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. How is that obvious? The first pillar is the Iman, or the believers faith in the philosophical aspects of Islam which are the other six pillars: purification, prayer, dues, fasting, pilgrimage, and striving. All those are things adherents must do to satisfy the requirements of eternal life. On the other hand, Christianity is belief that only the Tree of Life - Jesus - does the work. Their "philosophy tree" requires hard work, but the Christian "Grace Tree" requires only faith! (I have coined those phrases previously.)
     "Pillars" are more suitable than mountains to fit John's description "seven heads." Heads are much more descriptive of seven philosophies than mountains. However, Islam has seven holy mountains as well. The Koran likens mountains as pegs (Quran, 78:6-7). In Islam, there seems to be an holy mountain for every peg, or pillar, of Islam.
      Jerusalem, throughout history, has been contaminated by false religions, commencing with Baals, then Greek and Roman gods and goddess, and finally by Islam. Jerusalem historically has been a harlot for every religious dogma of the area. Even today, Israel is mostly a secular nation, with few adherents to even Judaism. Zion was originally the Old City of Jerusalem but now identifies all of Israel. God's first love, Israel, has been the "lover" of many false gods. She is the "harlot Babylon," because Islam is the religion of most of the old Babylonian Empire. Isaiah validates that assessment:

Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. For thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money. (Isa 52:1-3) Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord. (Isa 52:11)

      Zion had been unclean. With dust on her garments, obviously Zion (Jerusalem) has lain on the earth with uncircumcised and unclean peoples. Many Arabs do get circumcised but it is not part of the Koran. "Circumcision" in the Bible pertains more to the heart (Rom 2:29). That refers to both faithful Messianic Jewry and Christians. No one else has true circumcision. Thus, uncircumcised people are Muslims as well as other pagans. The "sold yourself for nought" phrase obviously refers to harlotry; that validates that Zion, or Israel, is the harlot Babylon.
     Isaiah also alludes to New Jerusalem; the city after she comes clean: "be ye clean", "touch no unclean thing," "go out from thence" - harlotry, and "be ye clean" for the Lord. The "beautiful garments which Isaiah saw were identified by John: " And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls" (Rev 18:16).
     Of course, in chapter 18 of the Book of Revelation, we see that God destroys the harlot city, leaving nothing but her foundation. Jerusalem means, "foundation of peace." Peace will be built on that foundation. There was peace there before when it was the Garden, and peace will return when it is the City of God called, "New Jerusalem." (Rev 21:1-3). Heaven will come down. Paradise will return to its foundation where the city of Zion - Jerusalem - now stands.
     Kings shall rule over the harlot and look how much time they spend with the harlot: "receive power as kings one hour with the beast" (Rev 17:12). The ten kings are ten kings of Jerusalem. To this day, there are still kings of Jerusalem! Seven kings in 2019 claim to be kings of Jerusalem. All that is needed are three more!    
     Protestants protest Roman Catholicism. Just as Eve blamed the Serpent and Adam blamed Eve, Protestants blame their Eve - the Roman Catholic Church. Who are the guilty? Catholics, Protestants, and the Serpent Islam. Quit blaming; they are us! The world is in a revolution and Christians are too stupid (blind) to realize it: "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places" (Ephes 6:12).