Delving into Clues about "Mother of Harlots"
Truly “the Lord God does nothing unless He reveals His secrets to His servants the prophets” (Amos 3:7) but then the prophecies recorded in scriptures are more often than not couched in oblique language. T he apparently-enigmatic messianic passages found in different Old Testament books are a case in point: Christians are nowadays able to grasp the import of these precious verses only because they have the benefit of hindsight to follow the fulfilment of every prediction regarding the manifold aspects of the Messiah ’ s ministry on earth ( from incarnation to resurrection followed by ascension). Also pertinent is the narrative — tucked amidst all the missionary trips meticulously chronicled by Luke — where the Ethiopian eunuch, whilst contemplating the messianic prophecies compiled by Isaiah, must have been grateful for the unexpected arrival of Philip the Evangelist whose opening line to this learned pre-believer is: “ ...