The Great Harlot was 1st century Jerusalem

by maccauk11 12 Replies latest watchtower bible

  • kaik
    kaik

    No, it is not. Jerusalem in the 1st century A.D. was a small, sleepy outpost that was not even a seat of the Roman's provincial administration. Throughout the year, it was patroled by 50 or so Roman soldiers, whose number reached about 500 during the Passover as the number of pilgrims increased the population. Once the Passover was over, the Roman administration recalled its troops. Jerusalem was outside major Roman routes, it was not even the largest Jewish city in the known world. It had about 30,000 people, while Alexandria was world's metropolis with 500,000 people from which 1/3 were Jewish. Rome had about 1 million people. Athens, Corinth, Aquilea, Antioch, Ephesus, Syracuse had 250,000 people Jerusualem was not control of anything, it was not even a capital of independent country since 6th century BC. Therefore, to conclude that Jerusalem was the Harlot having reign over nations does not matches. Even for Jews at that time it was a distant ancestral capital; they prefered to leave were was business and commerce as did any other nationalies of the vast Roman Empire.

    The identification of Jerusalem with Harlot is nothing new. I read it decade ago and it comes back with a regular intervals among frindge Christianity. Although I do not conclude that the Harlot is Rome. John wrote his Revalation some years after Jerusalem was devasted and ruined, but still inhabited.

  • Crazyguy
    Crazyguy

    The book of Revelation may have been written as early as 60 CE. And there are many clues to this, one is that some of the seven congregations talked about were no longer in exsistence by 98 CE which is when most scholars thought the book was written. The channel Seekchristonly has several videos that are not very well composed so it makes it hard to even understand some of the things hes talking about. But the peterist Idea is and interesting one.

  • EdenOne
    EdenOne

    Revelation may well have been compiled into a single book towards the end of the 1st century, but there is plenty of evidence that the visions of John ocurred much earlier and the other apostolic writers were well aware of them much before 60 CE.

    There is an estimation that Jerusalem had a resident population of 60.000 people by 66 CE.

    Something else to consider: People have assumed that, by riding the beast, the Harlot is in control of the beast. But that isn't necessarily the case. It may also mean that is vicariously living on its back and the beast finally acts to get rid of the troublesome parasitic passenger. Her "kingdom" over the Kings of the earth isn't political, it's spiritual.

    Eden

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