Babylon; the mother of harlots. Her daughters symbolize churches that follow her example of sacrificing truth, to form an unlawful alliance with the world.
In church history there came a dividing of ways; two distinct paths. One path led into wilderness while the other led to the development of the papacy.
The plague of sacerdotalism has entered the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Pastors who commit open sins, such as adultery, and even outright crimes, such as theft, go virtually unreproved.
Our security from all of the forces that are harassing humanity at this time lies in our submission to the Word of God and the authority of Christ who is the Word made flesh.
The Word is omnipotent, it is all powerful, and it is the voice of God to our souls, transforming human life and bringing us into contact with reality. But the people are not going deep enough. They are skimming the surface and are not rooted on the Word of God.