The Virgin and The Harlot

The last book in the Bible, The Revelation, is a book whose time has come. Two of the startling images in the book are those of the Whore of Babylon in Chapter 17 and the Woman clothed in the Sun with the Moon at her feet in Chapter 12. These two great female images are like two pillars supporting the whole of creation. Which pillar carries the most weight?

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who is...