In Revelation 11:8, God specifically names just one city as especially vile and wicked; so satanically corrupt [no, not Washington D.C. - don't jump the gun...], that He equates it spiritually with Sodom and Egypt.
Is (Isn't) that city Jerusalem!??
2006-12-28 19:27:11 · 4 answers · asked by sincere12_26 4 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
a coupla good answers that I can't decide between. Thanks, and I'll put it to vote.
2006-12-31 17:55:56 · update #1
I see the confusion. Revelation is a tricky book of the Bible. Really hard to interpret at times.
It says Sodom and Egypt, where our Lord was crucified. I take that to mean metaphorically that our Lord was crucified by them because they were so against him that it led to his crucifiction. Not literally the place of crucifiction. Like He was spiritually crucified...
Hmm. Good question.
2006-12-28 19:37:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sodom. Sounds an awful loke Sadam.
2006-12-29 05:00:06 · answer #2 · answered by icunurse85 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term "spiritually", indicates that it is not to be taken literal.... It literally means having the "nature" or "characteristic" of those things named......
What is offered is "where "also" the Lord was crucified".......
That name was called "Golgotha"...... or "Calvary"...... It can also be deduced as a "place" of Great suffering, sacrifice or Burial.......
I have always beheld it as Jerusalem......
But... Dictionary.com states that it can also be known as a "place" or "occassion" of great suffering......... which would be looking at it figuratively and "spiritually".......
Your sister,
Ginger
2006-12-29 04:37:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the great city is often reference to Babylon. Whether coincidental or not is in present day Iraq.
2006-12-29 05:44:51 · answer #4 · answered by here and now 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋