Gavin David Paynter

The Tale Of Two Women (Part 4) Gavin David Paynter

This book is a study of the two women John presents us in the Book of Revelation. Is the heavenly woman the Church, Mary or Israel? Is her child Christ, the Church, Constantine or the 144,000 elect Jews? Is the harlot an apostate Church, Islam, apostate Judaism, the New Age religion, an ecumenical group or an alliance of false religions? Does the city she represents equate to Babylon in Iraq, Rome, Istanbul, Mecca, Dubai, London or New York? Views on the identity of the two women are primarily determined by the various approaches taken to prophecy - Preterist, Historicist or Futurist. They are further influenced by whether the expositor sits in the Catholic or Protestant camp. Opinions on the identity of the Second Woman are the most heated, due to the fact that many Protestants have seen in the harlot the embodiment of the Roman Catholic Church or at least the papacy in the Middle Ages.