Why do you call it a religion or religious system...isnt it just bondage to mammon, since the descriptions of this babylon city are all about how much merchandise it has and even describes the kinds of luxurious goods it trades in.
For many people thats just plain consumerism. Not any religious system. But it could be like a religion I suppose.
Would you say its globalisation since this affects the kings and people of many nations. Not just religions such as islam, buddhism and hinduism.
Lanolin, thank you for the question. I am glad to see that you have a desire to understand that which is all around us.
The rules of this forum do not allow me to teach you about the "Catching Away" which is actually the next Bible event on God's calender.
Babylon’s description as “the great harlot” refers to the spiritual prostitution and fornication that categorizes the
apostate church of the Tribulation which is unfaithful and rejects the Lord Jesus Christ as her husband. “Great” refers to the harlot system which will reach its zenith after the removal of the true church by way of the "CATCHING AWAY" of all true believers.
When that happens, if I am correct and I am sure that I am, there will then be a coming together of all religions on earth under the direction of the FALSE PROPHET. He will direct the world to worship the BEAST who is the A/C. There will be an end times false church just as there is today a FALSE RELIGION.
The prostitute exists today in many forms where we see Chruches that exist which do not worship the Lord Jesus Christ. But after the church is gone, or perhaps even before it is gone, they will unite and become one great ecumenical religious system.
Consider Rev. 17: 2. “With whom (the harlot) the kings of the earth have committed fornication”.
Many centuries ago, the Church took over the world through the rule Of the Roman Empire. The Church could not be determined to be separated from the actual government and that is exactly what will happen when the REVIVED Roman Empire takes over after the "Catching Away".
Real history records for us that early Christianity was a minority religion in a secular state. But all of that changed under Constantine, who wanted to make Christianity coextensive with the state. In other words, everyone who would be born within the boundaries of the Roman Empire would be a Christian.
As a result of this development, the church and state were united. In the eleventh century, Pope Gregory VII struggled with the mightiest king in Western Europe, Henry IV of Germany The question was, Who would have the authority to appoint bishops? The king insisted that that was his prerogative, but the pope maintained that such a conclusion would place the church subordinate to the state and hence corrupt the faith. When King Henry visited the pope’s castle in Italy, he was required to stand barefoot for three days and ask for mercy before receiving the pope’s pardon. It made sense to the pontiff that the church should have authority over the state so that heretics could be punished and doctrinal purity maintained.
https://www.gotquestions.org/rapture-of-the-church.html