After beating Chen Fan, Mordred put the things he bought aside and looked at Belia who was sitting on the bed and leaning against the wall to recover a little and scratched her head.
Originally, she thought she could say goodbye now that she had recovered, but Chen Fan's actions just now really couldn't make her relax. After thinking about it, Mordred reached for a stool, turned it over, and wrapped his hands around the back of the chair. He sat down and said, "Originally, I was planning to go back, but I'm really worried about the situation you two are in. In this case, I'll wait until you fully recover."
Belia smiled slightly when she heard this, glanced at Chen Fan who was still crawling on the carpet and pretending to be dead and ignored him. After thinking for a while, he took the initiative to speak: "However, just sitting here is indeed a bit boring. I don't know about Mordred." What do you usually like? What are your interests?"
"Ha! I usually study some classics and the like. Other than that, my other interests..." The slender green onion kept tapping the back of the chair. There was a vague look of embarrassment on Mordred's face. "That means you know a lot about the abyss and hell, but maybe you don't understand it very well, right?"
"Ah? Don't the abyss and hell mean the same thing?" Chen Fan, who was pretending to be dead on the carpet, suddenly raised his head when he heard these words. He had just become a ghost for a few months, and he was also studying medical knowledge, which led him to some I really don't know much about other information.
Although when he saw that Chen Fan was not pretending to be dead, Mordred immediately stretched out a leg and stepped on him, making him howl: "Of course not, you guys don't know this common sense?"
He originally thought about groping Mordred's feet with his backhand, but after feeling the force on his back that could almost break his spine due to his movements, Chen Fan obediently gave up resisting and lay on the ground groaning: "There is no way. , I have only been a Piao Ling for less than half a year, and most of that time has been spent learning medical knowledge or spending time in the hospital. How about these two beauties be so compassionate and explain it to me, a person who knows nothing? ?”
After hearing that Chen Fan had only become a floating spirit less than half a year ago, both Mordred and Belia raised their eyebrows. After looking at each other, Mordred, who had strong intuition, shook his head slightly, saying that he did not feel anything about Chen Fan. Van is lying.
However, Belia did not intend to ask further questions about this. Mordred also became interested and continued to talk in front of Chen Fan: "Tsk, tsk, tsk, I didn't expect that your boy would be in such a rare situation. Although I am very unhappy. You, but it would be nice to be your teacher. After all, don’t you people from the Central Plains have a saying that ‘once a teacher, always a father’? I like this sentence very much.”
He complained in his heart that you have to be my mother even if you want to take advantage of me, but under the pressure of the power behind him, Chen Fan still suppressed the words wisely and showed a forced smile: "Yes, you are right, so Can you..."
Before he finished speaking, Mordred twirled his toes and asked Chen Fan to cut the words to his chest: "Okay, come on, come on, I will be merciful and tell you. The abyss and hell are essentially the same The names of the thirteen realms under Yunshang are only that the first six realms do not have "Sin" and are called abyss. The last seven realms each have a super powerful monster named "Sin" and are collectively called hell. "
"But speaking of 'sin', it has something to do with an existence called the Great Temptress of Babylon. It is said that she rides on a scarlet beast with seven heads and ten horns, is dressed in purple and scarlet clothes, and holds a golden cup in her hand. The cup was filled with a lot of filth, and there was a writing on the forehead: 'Mystery! Babylon the Great, the mother of temptresses and all abominations in the world.'
She drank the blood of the saints and the blood of those who testified for Jesus, and her sin was heinous. However, within one day, she encountered death and sorrow, and was burned up by fire. It is generally believed that the Great Temptress of Babylon is a synonym for the "Roman Empire" in the old world, and its misdeeds and ending reflect the extreme hatred of Christians towards the Roman Empire in the second half of the first century AD in the old world. "
After hearing what Mordred said, Belia couldn't help but glance at her:
"Some people say that she symbolizes ancient Rome. However, ancient Rome was an empire; the Book of Revelation says that the great temptress did unspeakable things with the kings of the earth, and the kings of the Roman Empire are naturally included. Later, the book of Revelation records, "On the earth "All the kings" mourned her demise, which shows that she was not a political empire. On the other hand, the world's merchants also mourned the fate of the great temptress, so she could not be a commercial empire. The Bible describes the great temptress of Babylon. The woman said: "You often channel spirits and confuse all nations." It can be seen that the Great Temptress refers to other religious empires with influence all over the world, except Christianity, which is now believed in the Holy Roman Empire."
"Yeah, right, right." To Belia's surprise, Mordred didn't mind her allusion at all and continued talking enthusiastically: "The Bible also says that this woman wore purple and bright red clothes. She was clothed with gold, precious stones, and pearls, and she held a golden cup in her hand, full of abominations and the filth of her birth. On her forehead was written a mysterious name: 'Babylon the Great, the Temptresses' and the mother of the abominations of the earth.’ I saw this woman drunken with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus.
In ancient Rome, the names of temptresses were written on their foreheads. This great temptress also had a name written on her forehead, a very long name: "Babylon the Great, mother of temptresses and abominations of the earth." The name is "mysterious," that is, its meaning is hidden. However, when the time appointed by God comes, this mystery will be revealed. In fact, the angel's message to John was detailed enough to allow one to realize the true meaning of the name. Babylon the Great refers to all false religion. She is the mother of "temptresses" because all false religions in the world, including many Christian sects, are like her daughters, imitating her in doing unspeakable things spiritually. She is also the mother of 'abominations', for many abominable religious practices originate from her, such as idolatry, mediumship, divination, astrology, palm reading, temple riots, human sacrifice, drunkenness and carousing to false gods, and many more Filthy and scandalous conduct, etc.
And the Great Temptress of Babylon was dressed in “purple and crimson,” the colors worn by royals, and “she was adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls.” Religions in the world have accumulated a huge amount of wealth: beautiful churches and temples, precious and rare paintings and statues, priceless statues of gods and icons, and countless religious items of all kinds. These huge amounts of property and money add up to an astronomical figure. "
When Chen Fan heard this on the ground, he thought deeply: "I have read the original scripture. It is said that Chapter 17 of Revelation describes the great temptress of Babylon who said: "Come, I will remove the one sitting on the waters. I will show you the punishment that the great temptress will suffer. The kings of the earth have always done unspeakable things with her, and those who live on the earth have become drunk with the wine of her bewitchment. ” (Revelation 17:1-2 Bible Recovery Version)
Seeing that Chen Fan still understood something, Mordred snapped his fingers with satisfaction and relaxed a little on his feet: "This is because ancient Babylon in the old world was built across the Euphrates River, and there were many canals in the city. It can be said to be "sitting on watery rivers." In addition to being used as moats, these rivers can also promote trade and bring wealth. No one would have expected that they would dry up overnight. Likewise, the Great Seductress of Babylon They also rely on the "watery river" to obtain protection and wealth. The "watery river" symbolizes people of "all ethnic groups, masses, nationalities, and languages". They are the millions of people controlled by the big temptress and making her rich. Believers. Unexpectedly, the water gradually dried up and no longer provided her with financial support.
The Bible describes ancient Babylon as "the golden cup in the hand of the Lord, which made the whole earth drunk." (Jeremiah 51:7) Ancient Babylon conquered its neighboring countries by force, forcing the nations to drink the wine of Jehovah’s wrath, making them as weak as a drunken man. In this respect, she is Jehovah’s instrument. On the other hand, Babylon the Great also conquered the east and west and became a huge empire that spanned the world, but she was not a tool used by God like ancient Babylon. Instead, she served “the kings of the earth” and “did unspeakable things” with them. In order to please the kings, she used deceptive ideas and enslaving customs to control the people "who lived on the earth," making them as weak as drunken people and obediently at the mercy of the kings.
But great things must come to an end. When the angel said to John about the great temptress, "The water you see the temptress sitting on symbolizes all peoples, peoples, nations, and languages. The ten horns and wild beasts you see will hate her and want to destroy her." He will destroy her and make her naked, and he will eat her flesh and completely consume her with fire." (Revelation 17:15, 16)
Just as ancient Babylon relied on the "watery rivers" within her borders for protection, so the Great Temptress relied on the support of her millions of followers, people of "all peoples, peoples, nations and languages." After pointing this out, the angel revealed a startling development in the future: The governments of the world would attack Babylon the Great. At that time, people of “all nations, masses, nations and languages” will stand by and watch. Eventually, the "river" will dry up completely. When this old, lustful, disgusting temptress needed help the most, no "water" could help her.
The vast wealth of Babylon the Great could not save her, and might even hasten her demise. The vision John saw showed that when the beast and the ten horns vented their anger on the great temptress, they would strip her of her fine clothes and jewels and rob her of all her belongings. They would “make her naked,” exposing her true ugly self. Not only that, her end was also disgraceful. Wild beasts and ten horns would destroy her, "devour her flesh" and leave her nothing but a lifeless skeleton, and finally "burn her completely with fire." She will be burned with fire like a plague-carrying corpse, and she will not be buried.
God uses earthly kings to execute judgment. “For God has put his thoughts into the hearts of the horns, so that the horns may carry out the same thoughts of the ten horns, giving kingship to the beasts until the word of God is fulfilled.” (Revelation 17:17) God’s The "idea" is to urge all forces to unite against Babylon the Great and wipe her out. Of course, all countries' attack on the Great Seductress was originally to implement everyone's "same idea" and believed that overthrowing her would be beneficial to their own countries. They may have felt that the continued existence of organized religion in their homeland would pose a threat to their national sovereignty, and that the nations were actually practicing God's will.
Seemingly emphasizing that false religion in the world will be punished by Jehovah, this angel concludes by saying: “The woman you saw represents a great city, a kingdom over the kings of the earth.” (Revelation 17:18) Follow Belsha. Like Babylon on the day of Satan, Babylon the Great was "weighed in the balances, and [her] debt was found" (Daniel 5:27). Babylon the Great will be swiftly executed. "
After listening to Mordred's story, Chen Fan finally understood the meaning of the Great Temptress of Babylon, but then he raised his hand: "So, what does this Great Temptress of Babylon have to do with the seven 'sins' we discussed? Contact me?"
"Tsk, haven't we already said that the beast that the Great Temptress of Babylon rode and later devoured was a beast with seven horns and ten crowns? Scholars from the Tower of Babel believe that the seven horns should refer to the beast in hell. The seven 'sins' are Lilith of desire, Mammon of greed, Samael of rage, Leviathan of jealousy, Beelzebub of gluttony, Lucifer of arrogance, and everything except the code name at the bottom. It’s the unknown laziness.”
"What about the ten crowns?" Chen Fan, the curious baby, continued to raise his hand and asked.
After saying so much, Mordred felt that his mouth was dry and he ignored Chen Fan at all. He just reached out for a glass of water and took a gulp of it.
Seeing this, Belia, who was sitting on the bed, sighed helplessly and took over Chen Fan's words to explain: "The interpretation of these ten crowns is not uniform within the Tower of Babel. Some scholars believe that they refer to the ten crowns of the ancient Roman Empire in the old world. Some people think that it is a satire on the tyrant Nero. After all, the book of Revelation can be said to be written by believers for Nero.
In the Book of Revelation, their believers compare the whole of Rome to the Great Temptress of Babylon. Nero, who oppressed Christianity the most, is also remembered by the believers, so if his name is pronounced in Hebrew NRVN QSR, it can be pronounced as 666 Even the seven-hill city of Rome was described by them as the seven heads of the evil beast, and the ten crowns were added to the legend that three days after Nero committed suicide, the Roman soldiers who discovered him covered him with a crown. Bu Shi opened his eyes at one point and offered words of comfort to them as a sarcastic comment. "
"Tsk tsk tsk, you are really petty. After Nero became emperor at the age of seventeen, he was very popular among the citizens with his generous and generous policies. He also cared about diplomacy. Britain's praise of Rome in the later period was due to its policies. A certain In a sense, he was the person who created the opportunity for the legend of King Arthur to be born. Moreover, Persia spoke highly of Nero. After Nero's death, Persia also paid great attention to Rome on the grounds that "it was Nero's country." ." Turning over and lying on the ground, Chen Fan's tone was full of sarcasm, "The most terrifying thing is that the believers who were so persecuted at the beginning will continue to persecute believers of other religions in the future, and they will even continue to persecute believers of other religions after coming to Yunshang. Did you have a fight with Babylon before you realized your mistake?"
