No, she is not a real woman!
How can a real woman be a city that sits on seven hills? We need to be able to discern between what is literal and what is symbolic and the information regarding here is definitely symbolic. Here are some examples:
"I will explain to you the mystery of the woman and of the beast she rides"
If she was a literal woman, why would the angel need to explain her mystery. What he is saying to John is, 'I will reveal to you who the woman figuratively represents.'
"With her the kings of the earth committed adultery, and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries"
If you are believing that she is a literal woman, then you would be saying that all of the kings of the earth will have committed literal adultery with her and as well as all of the inhabitants.
"The woman you saw is that great city that rules over the kings of the earth"
How can a literal woman be a city?
"This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits."
"The beast and the ten horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire."
"Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues."
"Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”
"Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!”
I believe that is enough to prove my point, that the woman, also referred to as Babylon the Great and the great prostitute and as she and her, is not referring to a literal woman, but is figurate representing that city that sits on seven hills which is pointing to the headquarters of the religious system of Rome.
How can a real woman be a city that sits on seven hills? We need to be able to discern between what is literal and what is symbolic and the information regarding here is definitely symbolic. Here are some examples:
"I will explain to you the mystery of the woman and of the beast she rides"
If she was a literal woman, why would the angel need to explain her mystery. What he is saying to John is, 'I will reveal to you who the woman figuratively represents.'
"With her the kings of the earth committed adultery, and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries"
If you are believing that she is a literal woman, then you would be saying that all of the kings of the earth will have committed literal adultery with her and as well as all of the inhabitants.
"The woman you saw is that great city that rules over the kings of the earth"
How can a literal woman be a city?
"This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits."
"The beast and the ten horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire."
"Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues."
"Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”
"Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!”
I believe that is enough to prove my point, that the woman, also referred to as Babylon the Great and the great prostitute and as she and her, is not referring to a literal woman, but is figurate representing that city that sits on seven hills which is pointing to the headquarters of the religious system of Rome.