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This "Babylon the Great" is supported by people in many nations

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Revelation 17:1
And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls, and spake with me, saying,
Come hither, I will show thee the judgment of the great harlot that sitteth upon many waters;

  2

Revelation 17:3
And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness:
and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-colored beast,
full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

  3

Revelation 17:5
and upon her forehead a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

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Revelation 1:1
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants,
even the things which must shortly come to pass:
and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

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Revelation 17:15
And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth,
are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

False Religion is Identified by:

Babylon the Great is a symbol, not a literal woman
Like a rider of a horse controls an animal,
she controls or influences nations and people
She "sits on many waters," which represent
"Peoples and crowds and nations and tongues