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44 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the LORD GOD.
In Revelation 17, this signifies the Roman Catholic Church. (Apocalypse Revealed 723)
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.