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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 17 – Babylon, the Mother
which thou sawest is that great city, which

reigneth over the kings of the earth.

An Important Symbol Defined. — In verse 15

we have a plain definition of the Scripture

symbol of waters; they denote peoples,

multitudes, nations, and tongues. The angel

told John, while calling his attention to this

subject, that he would show him the judgment

of this great harlot. In verse 16 that judgment

is specified. This chapter has, naturally, more

especial reference to the old mother, or

Catholic Babylon. The next chapter, if we

mistake not, deals with the character and

destiny of another great branch of Babylon,

the harlot daughters.