the other day I pointed out that the Statue of Liberty fails to fit a number of emblems of the Whoer of Babylon in that

she isn't riding a beast, and isn't holding a cup in her hands, and isn't dressed in "purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls" (Rev 17:4), and doesn't have "Babylon the Great, et al" (Rev 17:5) written on her forehead, and gives no appearance of being drunk off blood (Rev 17:6), and she doesn't sit on 7 hills (Rev 17:9).....but other than that, she's a perfect resemblance, right? 

Someone later pointed out that her diadem is symbolic of precious gems and her flame is golden.  OK, so let me modify the above

she isn't riding a beast, and isn't holding a cup in her hands, and isn't dressed in "purple and scarlet ... and pearls" (Rev 17:4), and doesn't have "Babylon the Great, et al" (Rev 17:5) written on her forehead, and gives no appearance of being drunk off blood (Rev 17:6), and she doesn't sit on 7 hills (Rev 17:9).....but other than that, she's a perfect resemblance, right? 

We still have too many dissimilarities to identify her with the picture we get in our minds when we read Rev 17.

NEW YORK DOES NOT SIT ON 7 HILLS!!!  Rome does.  Brussells, where the EU capital presently is, also sits on 7 hills.  So does Tehran and Mecca.  But not New York.  The statue of Liberty sits on a lone island with no hills.

On the other hand, let's examine the EU. 

• The EU Treaty was signed in Rome, a city that sits on 7 hills.
• The capital of the EU is in Brussells, a city that sits on 7 hills
• The emblem printed on each Euro; the woman riding the beast; fitting the description of Rev 17 perfectly.

HER COLORS ARE NOT "PURPLE AND SCARLOT".  She is painted in Green at Lviv, she has a green / teal appearance in New York and Paris, and most statue of liberty costumes are either green or teal, occasionally a pale blue, but never purple or scarlet.

She was not patterned after a Babylonian goddess.  She was patterned after the Greek sun god.  They changed her gender, and yes, she is rooted in pagan idolatry.  But rooted in a male Greek sun diety, not a female Babylonian one.  The face is believed to be patterned after the sculptor's mother, since he changed the gender, he had to pattern it after something else.

Europa, sitting on a bull, has been a common theme of Europe for many years, and really stands a much better chance of being a tell-tale symbol than the statue of liberty.  There's a length article about it at http://www.seekingtruth.co.uk/europe.htm that's worth a quick look.

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Shalom,

Joe