Tag: salvation vs exaltation

• Psychology of the Whore Babylon

  This essay examines the psychology of deception behind what the scriptures symbolically call the Whore Babylon—systems of sin and institutionalized religion that offer comfort, reassurance, and belonging while quietly neutralizing repentance and covenantal transformation.

  Jared Eastley

  December 30, 2025

  Religious

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