The Mystery of Babylon …”Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest . . . And the priest shall bring her near and set her before the Lord: And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the…

 The Mystery of Babylon BABYLON means in confusion: and this may well describe, not only the city and its secret, but the present state of theology on the subject. Luther’s vigorous denunciation of the Roman church was spiced by his attempts to show that she is the scarlet woman of the Apocalypse. Many of the…

 The Mystery of Babylon HE WHO created all things for Himself welded the bands of relationship to bind its beauties to Him. Blessed are the family ties–—father and mother, husband and wife, or child and parent, for in each we may see a picture of Himself and of His varied excellencies. As our Father, He…

 The Mystery of Babylon ” . . . 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” (Jer. 31-32) “And she shall…

 The Mystery of Babylon “For love is as strong as death, Jealously is cruel as the grave; The coals thereof are coals of, fire, A flame of Yah”—(Song of Songs, 8:6b).”For jealousy is the rage of a strong man; Therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. He will not regard any ransom:…

 The Mystery of Babylon Then said the Lord unto me, “Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods and love flagons of wine.” So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver,and…

 The Mystery of Babylon “They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him and become another man’s, shall he return to her again? . . . Yet return again to me, saith the Lord” (Jer. 3:1).   See Deut. 24:1-4. In days of old, He pleaded with her in His love.…

The Mystery of Babylon THE haughty Assyrian did not know that God had given Israel into his hand, but magnified himself against the God of Israel. So he sent a message to Hezekiah, king of Judah saying, “Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying `Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the…