The prostitute in Revelation 17
Who is the prostitute that resides on seven hills? I know that the office of the pope is considered an Antichrist, but Rome is situated on seven hills. Could a pope be the prostitute?
In places like Ezekiel 16 and 20, and Hosea 4 and 5, Scripture uses the imagery of sexual impurity and marital infidelity (prostitution) to illustrate unfaithfulness to God and his word. The prostitute sitting on seven hills (Revelation 17) is another one of those pictures. The seven hills of Rome point to the main Antichrist (2 Thessalonians 2).
Elsewhere on this web site, you can find our doctrinal statement on the Antichrist that explains why the Lutheran Confessions identified the papacy as the Antichrist.