I asked Grok (AI) "What is the fate of the Whore of Babylon?"
The "Whore of Babylon" (also called "Babylon the Great" or "the Great Harlot") is a symbolic figure in the Book of Revelation (primarily chapters 17–18) in the New Testament. Her fate is described in detail and is uniformly one of total, violent, and divinely ordained destruction.
Key elements of her fate (Revelation 17–18, 19):
1. Sudden betrayal and destruction by her former allies (Rev 17:16–17)
- The ten horns (kings) and the beast (Antichrist figure) that once supported and empowered her will turn on her.
- They will “hate the prostitute,” strip her naked, eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
- This is explicitly said to fulfill God’s purpose (“God has put it into their hearts to accomplish his purpose”).
2. Complete desolation and ruin (Rev 18:2–8, 21–24) She is declared “fallen” twice (“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the Great!”).
- Her city becomes a haunt for demons and unclean spirits; no one will ever inhabit it again.
- In a single hour her plagues come: death, mourning, famine, and she is burned with fire.
- All international commerce that made her wealthy ceases instantly—ships’ captains and merchants stand afar off, weeping over the smoke of her burning.
3. Divine judgment for specific sins
- Drunkenness with the blood of the saints and martyrs (17:6,18:24).
- Seduction and fornication with the kings of the earth (political corruption).
- Luxury, arrogance, and self-glorification (“I sit as queen…I will never mourn” – 18:7).
- A great multitude in heaven shouts “Hallelujah!” because God has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality and has avenged the blood of His servants.
- Her smoke “rises up forever and ever,” indicating permanent, irreversible judgment.
