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Originally Posted by CatchTheRedeye
Lehi,
Very interesting. I remember reading that. Is this "whore of all the earth" church it talks about one certain church or is it any church that isn't Mormon? What do you think it means when it says it sits on many waters? An island? Just curious.
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As I recall, it shall be made up of many churches and "churches."
And the many waters thing, I think has a couple meanings.
One, it shows that the church of Babylon shall be everywhere. "Many waters" means "Many places." IMO
But water has important symbolism. Blood, baptism, water of life.
So the church of Babylon will sit upon many FALSE practices, ordinances... Those proclaiming to be the true church. Or just ordinances completely outside of true doctrine.
Sins will be taught as things that lead to God. In other words, lies will be proclaimed and believed.
This is strictly my opinion. I've not been taught anything specific on the subject.
The Church of the Lamb refers to all the believers in Christ. Those who follow Him shall be persecuted. Personally, I don't think this includes JUST LDS people, but those who actually obey His commandments and try to be like Him.
It does say they will be FEW in number. Right now we have something like 1 BILLION "proclaimed" Christians, and I just don't think most of them "truly" are.