I stand under a billion lives

Chapter 56 The Abyss and Hell

After beating Chen Fan hard, Mordred put the things he bought aside first, and scratched his head while watching Beria who had recovered a bit while sitting on the bed against the wall.

Originally, she thought she could leave now that she had recovered, but Chen Fan's actions just now couldn't make her feel at ease. After thinking about it, Mordred reached for a stool, turned it over, and wrapped his hands around the back of the chair carelessly. Sitting down: "Originally, the young master planned to go back, but the young master is really worried about the situation between the two of you. In this case, the young master will wait for you to recover completely."

Beria smiled slightly when she heard the words, glanced at Chen Fan who was still crawling on the carpet and pretended to be dead, and ignored him. After thinking for a while, she took the initiative to say: "However, just sitting here is really boring. I don't know if Mordred What do you usually like? What are your interests?"

"Ha! I'm usually studying classics and other things..." The slender green onion couldn't help tapping the back of the chair, and Mordred had a vaguely embarrassed look on his face. "That is to know more about the situation of the abyss and hell, but you may not understand it very well?"

"Ah? Abyss and hell don't mean the same thing?" Chen Fan, who was pretending to be dead on the carpet, suddenly raised his head when he heard this. I really don't know much about other information.

Although seeing Chen Fan not pretending to be dead, Mordred immediately stretched out a leg and stepped on it, making him howl with a "croak!": "Of course not, don't you guys know all this common sense?"

Originally, he wanted to grope Mordred's feet with his backhand, but after feeling the sudden increase in his back with his movements, the strength that could almost break the spine, Chen Fan obediently gave up resisting, lying on the ground and humming: "No way! , I have been a Piaoling for less than half a year, and most of the time I spent studying medical knowledge or spending in the hospital, why don't you two beauties show mercy and explain it to me who doesn't know anything ?”

Hearing that Chen Fan had only become Piaoling for less than half a year, Mordred and Beria raised their brows. After looking at each other, Mordred, who had a strong intuition, shook his head lightly, expressing that he didn't feel that Chen Fan Van is lying.

However, Beria didn't intend to ask about it, and Mordred also became interested, and continued to step on Chen Fan and talk: "Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect you to be in such a rare situation, although the young master is very upset. You, but it would be nice to be your teacher, after all, don’t you Central Plains people have a saying of ‘a teacher for a day, a father for life’? I like this sentence very much.”

I complained in my heart that even if you want to take advantage of me, you have to be my mother, but under the pressure of the forces behind, Chen Fan still tactfully suppressed these words, showing a forced smile: "Yes, you are right, so Can you..."

Before he finished speaking, Mordred turned his toes and let Chen Fan break his words in his chest: "Okay, come on, come on, I will show you mercy and tell you. The abyss and hell are essentially the same thing. The name of the thirteen-layer realm under Yunshang, except that the first six layers do not have 'sin', they are called the abyss, and each of the last seven layers has a super monster named 'sin', collectively called hell. "

"But when it comes to 'sin', it has something to do with the existence of the great temptress of Babylon. It is said that she rides on a scarlet beast with seven heads and ten horns, dressed in purple and scarlet, and holds a golden cup in her hand. The cup was filled with a multitude of filth, and on the forehead was written: 'Mystery! Babylon the Great, mother of all the temptresses and all abominations of the world.'

She drank the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses of Jesus, and she sinned terribly, but in one day, she met death and mourning, and was consumed by fire.It is generally believed that the Great Temptress of Babylon is a synonym for the "Roman Empire" in the old world, and its misdeeds and ending reflect the extreme hatred of Christians in the second half of the first century AD in the old world towards the Roman Empire. "

Hearing what Mordred said, Beria couldn't help but glanced at her:

"Some say she symbolizes ancient Rome. However, ancient Rome was an empire; the book of Revelation says that the great temptress did indescribable things with the kings of the earth, and the kings of the Roman Empire are naturally included. Later, the book of Revelation states, "On the earth All the "kings" mourned for her demise, which shows that she was not a political empire. On the other hand, the merchants of the world also mourned for the end of the great temptress, so she could not be a commercial empire. The Bible describes the great demon of Babylon The woman said: "You often have psychics and have confused all nations." It can be seen that the great temptress refers to other religious empires that spread all over the world except the Christianity believed in by the current Holy Roman Empire."

"Yes, yes, yes." To Beria's surprise, Mordred didn't mind her allusion at all, and continued to speak enthusiastically: "It is also said in the Bible that this woman was wearing purple and bright red clothes. clothes, adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls, and in her hand she held a golden cup full of abominations and the filth of her birth. On her forehead was written a name that contained a mystery: 'Babylon the Great, the temptresses and the mother of the abominations of the earth.' I saw this woman drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses of Jesus.

In ancient Rome, the names of temptresses were written on their foreheads.This great temptress also has a name written on her forehead, a very long name: "Babylon the Great, mother of all temptresses and abominations of the earth".The name is "mystical," that is, its meaning is hidden.However, in God’s appointed time, the mystery will be revealed.In fact, the angel's message to John was detailed enough to allow one to realize the true meaning of the name.

Babylon the Great refers to all false religions.She is the mother of "the temptresses," for all the false religions of the world, including many Christian denominations, are like her daughters, imitating her indescribable spiritual wantonness.She is also the mother of 'Abominations', as many abominable religious practices originated from her, such as idolatry, psychics, divination, astrology, palmistry, temple riots, human sacrifice, orgies and false gods, and various Sordid and scandalous deeds, etc.

And the great temptress of Babylon wore clothes of "purple and scarlet," the colors worn by members of the royal family, and "wearing gold, precious stones, and pearls."Religions in the world have accumulated huge wealth: magnificent churches and temples, precious and rare paintings and statues, priceless statues of gods and icons, and countless religious objects of all kinds.These huge properties and money are an astronomical figure. "

When Chen Fan heard this on the ground, he was thoughtful: "I have read the original scriptures, and it is said that Chapter No. 17 of "Revelation" describes the great temptress of Babylon and said: "Come, I will take the one who sits on the waters." I will show you the punishment that the great temptress will receive.The kings of the earth have always done unspeakable things with her, and those who live on the earth have drunk the wine of her bewitching. " (Revelation 17:1-2 Bible Recovery Version)

Seeing that Chen Fan still understood something, Mordred snapped his fingers in satisfaction, and relaxed the strength on his feet: "This is because the ancient Babylon in the old world was built across the Euphrates River, and there are many canals in the city. It can be said to be "sitting on a river of plenty of water". In addition to being a moat, these rivers can also promote commercial activities and bring wealth. No one would have expected that they would dry up overnight. Similarly, the great temptress of Babylon Also rely on "watery rivers" to gain protection and wealth. "Waterous rivers" symbolize people of "all nationalities, masses, nations, and languages" who are controlled by the great temptress and make her rich. Believers. Unexpectedly, the water gradually dried up and no longer gave her financial support.

The Bible describes ancient Babylon as “the golden cup in the hand of Jehovah, which made the whole earth drunk.” (Jeremiah 51:7) Ancient Babylon conquered its neighbors by force, forcing them to drink the wine of Jehovah’s wrath, making them weak like a drunken man.In this respect, she is an instrument used by Jehovah.On the other hand, Babylon the Great also conquered east and west and became a huge empire all over the world, but she was not a tool used by God like the ancient Babylon.Instead, she served “the kings of the earth” by “doing indescribable works” with them.In order to please the kings, she manipulated the masses "dwelling on the earth" with deceitful claims and customs of slavery, making them as weak as drunken people, obediently at the mercy of the kings.

But the prosperity must decline. When the angel talked about the great temptress to John, he said: "You see the water where the temptress sits, which symbolizes peoples, crowds, nations, and languages. The ten horns and beasts you see will hate her. Destroy her, and make her naked, and eat her flesh, and burn her completely with fire." (Revelation 17:15)

Just as ancient Babylon relied on the protection of "the rivers of water" in her territory, so the great temptress relied on the support of her thousands of followers, people of "peoples, masses, nations, and languages."After pointing this out, the angel reveals a startling future development: the governments of the world will attack Babylon the Great.At that time, "peoples, masses, nations, languages" will stand by and watch.Eventually, the "river" will dry up completely.No "water" could help this old, depraved and disgusting temptress when she needed help the most.

The great wealth of Babylon the Great will not save her, and may even hasten her demise.John's vision shows that the beast and the ten horns, in their wrath against the great temptress, would strip her of her finery and jewels and rob her of all her possessions.They would "naked her" so that her ugly face would be exposed.Not only that, but her fate was also disgraceful.The Beast and the Ten Horns will ravage her, "eating her flesh," leaving only a lifeless skeleton, and finally "burning her completely with fire."She will be burned like a plague-spreading carcass, without burial.

God used the kings of the earth to execute judgment. "Because God put his own ideas into the hearts of the horns, to implement the horns, is to implement the same ideas of the ten horns, and give the kingship to the wild beasts, until the word of God is fulfilled." (Revelation 17:17) God's The "idea" is to urge all forces to unite against Babylon the Great and wipe her out.Of course, the purpose of attacking the Great Temptress is to implement everyone's "consensus", thinking that overthrowing her will be beneficial to their own countries.They may feel that the continued existence of organized religion in their homeland is a threat to their national sovereignty, and that the nations are actually practicing God's will.

Apparently emphasizing that false religion in the world must be executed by Jehovah, the angel concludes by saying: “The woman you saw is a sign of a great city, a kingdom over the kings of the earth.” (Revelation 17:18) Babylon the Great was "weighed in the scales, and found [her] wanting" (Daniel 5:27), as was Babylon the Great, and Babylon the Great will be swiftly executed. "

After listening to Mordred's narration, Chen Fan finally understood the meaning of the Great Temptress of Babylon, but then raised his hand again: "So, what does the Great Temptress of Babylon have to do with the seven 'sins' we discussed?" Contact?"

"Tsk, didn't you say it all? Wasn't it a beast with seven horns and ten crowns that was ridden by the great temptress of Babylon and later devoured her? Scholars at Tongtian Tower believe that the seven horns should refer to the beast in hell." The seven 'sins' are Lilith of lust, Mammon of greed, Samael of rage, Leviathan of envy, Beelzebub of gluttony, Lucifer of arrogance, and the lowest level except code names. It's the unknown sloth."

"Then what about the ten crowns?" The curious baby Chen Fan continued to raise his hand to ask.

After Mordred said so much, he felt his mouth was dry, and he didn't pay attention to Chen Fan at all. He just reached out for a glass of water and drank it.

Seeing this situation, Beria, who was sitting on the bed, sighed helplessly, and explained after taking Chen Fan's words: "The interpretation of the ten crowns is not uniform inside the Tongtian Tower. Some scholars believe that they refer to the ten crowns of the ancient Roman Empire in the old world." Some people think that it is a satire on the tyrant Nero. After all, the book of Revelation can be said to be written by believers for Nero.

In the Book of Revelation, their believers compared the whole of Rome to the great temptress of Babylon, and Nero, who oppressed Christianity the most, was also remembered by the believers, so if his name is pronounced in Hebrew NRVN QSR, it can be homophonic as 666 The beast, even the city of seven hills in Rome, was described by them as the seven heads of the evil beast, and the ten crowns were added. At one point, Bushi opened his eyes and offered words of condolence to them as a sarcasm. "

"Tsk tsk tsk, what a narrow-minded one. After Nero became emperor at the age of 17, he gained great popularity among the citizens with his generous policies. He also cared about diplomacy. Britain's praise for the later period of Rome was because of its policies. In a sense In fact, he was the one who created the opportunity and the legend of King Arthur was born. Moreover, Persia had a high opinion of Nero, and after Nero's death, Persia also gave great care to Rome on the grounds that "it was Nero's country". "Turned over and lay on the ground, Chen Fan's tone was full of sarcasm, "The most frightening thing is that the believers who were persecuted so much at the beginning will continue to persecute believers of other religions in the future, even after coming to Yunshang Did Babylon realize its mistake after fighting?"

(End of this chapter)