Chapter 16.17
THIRD VISION
Of Christ and Victory
The
Beast - The Woman - The Great Prostitute – The Apostate Church
There are four Women in Revelation
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Jezebel
– Representing apostasy creeping into the
church.
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The
Great Prostitute – The Harlot - The final apostate world system.
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Israel
– The Jewish Nation
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The
Bride – The Church of Christ
The Great Prostitute
Revelation 17:1 - One of the SEVEN
ANGELS who had the SEVEN
BOWLS came and said to me, "Come, I will
show you the punishment of
THE GREAT PROSTITUTE, who sits on MANY
WATERS.
The Great Prostitute or Harlot
of the nations, outwardly carries the name of God, but inwardly is utterly
evil serving many gods.[1] In my BS, this is the part of the church which I call MAKE-BELIEVERS that remained on earth after the rapture
and went into the seven year tribulation period; Jacobs Trouble.
The Many Waters are the great
masses of the
nations[2] ruled and
controlled by symbolic
Babylon; the many FAKE religions, the
apostate, renegade church.[3] In my BS I see this as the homogenization of all religions
into a ONE WORLD RELIGION which with
their political power will GUIDE THE
HERD
and control the masses. But this is
short lived because after it has served its purpose, the Anti-Christ and False Prophet will
not want this religion around anymore, because he wants the worship
all for himself.
Kings of the Earth
Revelation 17:2 - With her the KINGS
OF THE EARTH committed adultery and the inhabitants of
the earth were intoxicated with
the wine of her adulteries."
The Kings of the earth
are the OTHER nations that Israel sought out and made an un-holy
alliance embracing their gods,
their sacrifices and their rituals.[4] This church is very popular and is even
supported by some of God’s people, but God will call His people out of it
eventually.[5]
The
Woman
Revelation
17:3 -Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a desert. There I saw a WOMAN
sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had SEVEN HEADS and
TEN HORNS.
This Beast is the Antichrist
out of the sea, previously mentioned.
The woman is the world
religion, the great prostitute of the city of Rome.
She SITS on or is supported by the Antichrist
who also receives directions from her.
The Deception
Revelation 17:4 - The WOMAN was dressed in purple and scarlet,
and was glittering with gold, precious stones
and pearls.
She held a golden cup in her hand,
filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries.
This woman is in my BS
represents the new ONE WORLD
RELIGION of
Rome that will be revealed 3½ years into the tribulations. Somebody
said it, “Don’t
judge a book by its cover”. This Woman is dressed up outwardly like a stately cathedral
with the colors that are used in the Temple.
But on the inside she is corrupt like a whitewashed tomb.[6] Her Cup is full of abominations; a FAKE gospel; .she is enticing nations to her
with new things that “tickle their ears”.[7]
She is symbolically
just the opposite of the woman who worships God and does good deeds for others.
The following scripture is
addressing GOOD WORKS and
not an indictment on jewelry, clothes or
hair.
1 Timothy 2:9-10 - I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not
with braided
hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,
10 but with GOOD DEEDS, appropriate
for women who profess to worship God. NIV
The Prostitute’s Title
Revelation 17:5 - This title was written on her forehead:
MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF
THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Her title or names are
indicative of how far her religion has proceeded from the path of God. Notice she is called the MOTHER OF HARLOTS meaning
this One
World Religion will have many homogenized
religious abominations, with a composite of each religion bringing into the mix
their own distinctiveness and peculiarity.
Did
you see it? The True Believers have already been caught up and raptured and all
that remains on earth are these un-believers and
make-believers dragging up confusion and religious error.
Drunk with Blood
Revelation 17:6 - I saw that THE
WOMAN was drunk with the blood of the SAINTS, the
blood
of those who bore testimony to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.
The
wicked and evil Babylon is symbolized as a WOMAN; an adultery, a
whore, a harlot. John was astonished as he sees the occult,
witchcraft and counterfeit false religions.
THE
SAINTS are
both the OT prophets and saints as
well as the NT
believers, the saints that have been martyred for their testimony.
Rome was the center of Pagan worship. Religious
Babylon was heavy into the occult
and its SECRET ARTS and practices
were passed from empire to empire.
Zechariah had a
few words to say about this woman and the wickedness of the people.
Zechariah: 3-11 - 3 And
he said to me,
"THIS
IS THE CURSE THAT IS GOING OUT OVER THE WHOLE LAND; …6 I
asked, "What
is it?" He replied, "It is a measuring basket." And he added, "This is the INIQUITY of the people throughout the land."
7 Then the cover of lead was raised, and
there in the basket sat a woman! 8 He said, "This is wickedness,"
and he pushed her back into the basket and
pushed the lead cover down over its mouth.
9 Then I looked up-and there before me were
two women, with the wind in their wings! They had wings like those of a stork,
and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.
10 "Where are they
taking the basket?"
I asked the
angel who was speaking to me.
11 He replied, "To the country of BABYLONIA to build a house for it.
When it is ready, the basket will
be set there in its place."
NIV
Once was – Is not... Will come
Revelation 17:7-8 - Then the angel said to me: "Why are
you astonished? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman and of the beast
she rides, which has the seven heads and
ten horns.
8 The beast, which you saw,
ONCE WAS, NOW IS NOT, AND WILL COME
up out of the Abyss and go to his destruction.
The inhabitants of the earth whose
NAMES HAVE NOT BEEN WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE
from the creation of the world will be astonished when they
see the beast, because he once was, now is
not, and yet will come.
Seven Heads and Ten Horns speaks
of the political power of Rome and
is symbolically of Babylon where all the pagan
religions originated, this is the homogenization of all the false religions
into the ONE WORLD RELIGION.
In my Belief
System, this is mostly about ROME: Rome was
– Rome fell – Rome will rise again as
the EEC,
The European
Economic Community
headed by the Antichrist. The Beast powered by Satan is the Anti-Christ who puts the
fragmented ROMAN EMPIRE back together
again. It is not actually dead, but is
revitalized and will rise
from the abyss,
only to go into destruction
by the coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ. “The Inhabitants of the earth,” (The Lost) are impressed by
this revitalization of the now EEC and will be
drawn to it.
Other students of the word BS embraces that this angel is talking about the
existence of Satan
on earth in
the past before John was even
born... then references to John’s present time when Satan is not on earth, but in the
heavens... and then references when Satan is thrown out of heaven to earth, which is a
time after
John’s death. So the Beast existed on
earth before John’s time, but in John’s time is now NOT on earth, but will come again on earth after John’s time.
Other’s BS
is that this also may very well be symbolic of the Antichrist,
totally possessed by Satan, as he lives, dies and is pseudo resurrected from his fatal wound.
Again
we see this term “the Inhabitants of
the earth,” referring to those that remained on earth after the RAPTURE of the true believers; these referred to symbolically as Babylon are those whose names have NOT been written in the Book of Life.
Seven Hills
Revelation 17:9-11 - "This calls for a mind with wisdom.
The SEVEN
HEADS are SEVEN
HILLS on which the WOMAN sits.
10 They are also SEVEN KINGS. Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come;
but when he does come, he must remain for a little while.
11 THE BEAST who once was, and now is not, is an EIGHTH KING.
He belongs to the seven and is going to his destruction.
In my BS,
I say the SEVEN hills are the SEVEN cities on SEVEN mountains in ROME; Palatine,
Aventine, Caelian, Esquiline, Viminal, Quirnal and Capitoline.
The “Seven
Hills of Rome” is found throughout Roman literature and on coins of
her day. In reality, it seems that these
hills are referring to the SEVEN KINGDOMS that co-existed
with Israel from her beginning until the 8th kingdom of Gentiles
comes and persecutes them.[8]
There are many Belief Systems on
this so it’s OK
to disagree... The BEREANS were commended
for being OPEN MINDED, but checking
out everything that Paul said with the Torah.[9] Don’t take what I say as ALL TRUTH, but check it out for yourself with the Book. It
pleases God and that’s in the Book.
The FIVE
kingdoms that have fallen are Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-persia and Greece and the SIXTH is the old Roman Empire.
That would make the FIVE fallen kings; Julius Caesar, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius
and
Nero.
The SEVENTH in John’s
vision is yet to come and
in my BS
will be made up of TEN kingdoms inside the old Roman Empire. It will be referred to as the Revised Roman
Empire. SEVEN kingdoms agree to an alliance with the Antichrist and
he overthrows or annihilates the other three that do not come on board. SEVEN would mean the completion of the Antichrist’s Revived
Empire.
Did you see it? Revelation
17:11 says, THE
BEAST
who once was, and now is not,
is an EIGHTH KING; HE BELONGS TO THE SEVEN. So
the Anti-Christ is actually part of these Seven Kingdoms, but
emerges himself to become the EIGHTH kingdom.
Daniel 7:23-24 – FOURTH BEAST
EXPLANATION
He gave me this explanation: `The fourth beast is
a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. [10]
It will be different from all the
other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth,
trampling it down and crushing it.
24 The TEN HORNS are TEN
KINGS who will come from this
kingdom. After
them another king will arise, different from the earlier ones;
he will subdue THREE kings. NIV
Other’s BS
is that this is the different forms of government
that Roam has passed through down through the ages. The SEVENTH and last form
of government will be satanic. The
EIGHT Kingdom will be
of the Beast
or Antichrist which succeeds the
7th kingdom.
Revised Roman Empire
Revelation 17:12 - THE TEN HORNS YOU SAW ARE TEN KINGS who have not yet received a kingdom, but
who FOR ONE HOUR will receive authority as
kings along with the Beast.
The EEC – The European
Economic
Community
are 10 nations from the old Roman
Empire. The kings of the Revised Roman
Empire give their allegiance, power and authority to the Antichrist and will continue for 3 ½ years[11] and be part of
the ARMY against Christ at Armageddon.
ONE
HOUR denotes
that the ten
nations will all come into power in
“the same time
period” and only for a “short period of time” as
the Anti-Christ subdues three of them.
Just as a crown is symbolic of a nation, a horn is symbolic of its POWER. In the book of
Daniel the Anti-Christ is identified in his power as the “LITTLE HORN.”
Daniel
7:7 - Then in my vision
that night,
I SAW A FOURTH BEAST terrifying,
dreadful, and very strong.
It devoured and crushed its victims with huge iron teeth
and trampled their remains beneath its feet.
IT WAS DIFFERENT FROM ANY OF THE OTHER BEASTS,
and it had ten horns.
(NLT)
Daniel 7:8 - As I was looking at the horns, suddenly
another SMALL HORN appeared
among them.
THREE
OF THE FIRST HORNS WERE TORN OUT
BY
THE ROOTS TO MAKE ROOM FOR IT.
This little horn had
eyes like human eyes and
A MOUTH THAT WAS BOASTING ARROGANTLY.
(NLT)
Daniel
7:24 - ITS TEN HORNS ARE TEN KINGS
who will rule that empire.
Then another king will arise,
DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER TEN,
who will subdue three of them.
(NLT)
War
– Against the Lamb
Revelation 17:13-14 - They have ONE PURPOSE
and will GIVE their power and authority to the Beast. (Antichrist)
14 THEY
WILL MAKE WAR AGAINST
THE LAMB,
but the Lamb will overcome them
because he is Lord of lords and King of
kings-
and WITH HIM will be his
CALLED, CHOSEN and FAITHFUL followers."
The
seven remaining nations willingly or unwilling become subservient to
the Beast,
known as the little
horn, the Anti-Christ; the puppet master and become SINGLE MINDED with one purpose; to make WAR against the King of Kings, the Lamb of God; Jesus the
Christ.
Did you see it? When the WAR against the Lamb
begins, Jesus will bring with Him His called, His Chosen and Faithful followers;
we will be there with Him and get to see the BEAST
defeated up close and
personal.[12]
For a detailed description of the war, see Psalm
18:1-50
Waters - Many Nations
Revelation 17:15 - Then the angel said to me,
The WATERS you saw, where the PROSTITUTE sits,
are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages.
The
waters[13]
that make up the 8th kingdom
of the Antichrist
are the nations gathered from the four corners of
the earth; to serve the ANTI-CHRIST in every aspect politically, economically and religiously.[14]
Unfortunately, that
seems to include the United States of America.
The
PROSTITUTE is the ONE
WORLD RELIGION, the One World Church of Rome, the apostate Church, the church that is now in
rebellion. This One World Church is now DIVIDING THE
WORSHIP AND GLORY that the Anti-Christ so desires.
One World Religion – Church brought to Ruin
Revelation 17:16-17 - 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.
17 For God has put it into their hearts to accomplish HIS purpose
by agreeing to give the BEAST their power
to rule,
until God's words are fulfilled
The Antichrist, the World
Dictator NO LONGER NEEDS the “PROSTITUTE”; the powerful world church and wants her gone so he alone can receive ALL the glory and worship.
He with the “Federation of Nations of Europe” will destroy the World Church of
Rome. With the help of the False Prophet,
the road has now been cleared to promote the WORSHIP
of
the Anti-Christ.
Destroying the false Apostate One World Religion seems like a good thing, but it leads into the
gloomiest and darkest period of time when man believes the Big lie and rejects
the Truth of
Christ.
Note: The Antichrist will destroy the “Religious Babylon”, the apostate church, but in the
end, it is God
who will destroy the physical “Commercial Babylon.”
Daniel 11:36-37
- The king will do as he pleases.
He will exalt and magnify himself above
every god
and will say unheard-of things
against the God of gods.
He will be
successful until the time of wrath is completed,
for what has
been determined must take place.
37 He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers or for the one desired by
women, (most probably a homo-sexual)
NOR WILL HE REGARD ANY GOD,
BUT WILL EXALT HIMSELF ABOVE THEM ALL. NIV
Babylon – The Great City
Revelation 17:18 - THE
WOMAN YOU SAW IS THE GREAT CITY
that rules over the kings of the
earth."
The WOMAN is the great POLITICAL
city
Babylon,
as well as the RELIGIOUS Mystery Babylon.
Here’s
Where We Are – Beginning of the Last Days
The
FIRST HALF of the tribulation.
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The protestant Church moves closer and finally
embrace the World Church of Rome.
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There is now a union between Church and State.
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The Vatican finally gets the power she has always
wanted.
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The World Church will try to manipulate and
control the political affairs of the world.
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The Antichrist will support the World Church’s
agenda via the Federated States of Europe.
The
MIDDLE of the Tribulation
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The Antichrist is now revealed for who he is, and
wants all the power, praise and worship.
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He does away with the One World Church with the
help of the Federated States of Europe.
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He breaks his covenant of Peace with Israel
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The Antichrist sets himself up as god and demands
to be worshiped.
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He still has 3 ½ years to wreak his havoc,
fulfilling the Word of God.
Babylon –
Queen of Heaven – Nimrod – Rabbit Trail
Ø
Nimrod wanted to build a tower that reached
into heaven, for worship of the many gods and for retreat to if there was
another flood.[15] You know the rest of the story, God confused
their language and scattered them to the ends of the earth which is what God previously
commanded them to do.[16]
Ø
Babylon,
starting with the tower of Babel with
a woman worshipped as the “Queen of Heaven”. Her name was Semiramis
the wife of Nimrod. She purports to have had a male child conceived
miraculously, named Tammuz who was considered “the savior of
the world”; a FALSE
MESSIAH. He was killed by a wild beast and then came back to life.
Ø
They
had secret
and mysterious rites used in idol worship with
priests who practiced the sprinkling of holy water. They had an order of
temple “virgins”
dedicated to religious
prostitution.
Ø
The
Babylonians also worshiped, Dagon the fish god, a cult whose priest wore crowns
with the inscription “Keeper of the
Bridge”. The bridge between man and Satan. “The
bridge” is used in the New Age movement today.
Ø
Nimrod had many names due to the confusing of
the languages by God, one of which was Baal who they worshiped. God saw him as a hunter and murderer of his people.[17]
Ø
The
word Babylon
is not so much about the city of Babylon, but the religious wickedness embodied in the name “Babylon” that permeated the
nations; Mystery
Babylon.
Ø
The
mystery is revealed in the last days; the worldwide apostate church will reject Christ and follows after the Antichrist.
Ø The reference to Israel as “Babylon” is because they whored
after other gods.
[1] Hosea 4:6-13 - Because
you have REJECTED KNOWLEDGE, I also reject you because you have ignored
the law of your God, and exchanged their Glory for something disgraceful. They
have DESERTED the LORD to
give themselves to prostitution. A spirit of prostitution leads them
astray; they are
UNFAITHFUL to their God
[2] Ezekiel 23:28-30 - I am about to hand
you over to those you hate, because you lusted
after the nations and DEFILED YOURSELF with their idols the shame of your prostitution will be exposed
[3] Ezekiel 16:23-29 - WOE! WOE to you because you built a lofty shrine in every public square, offering your body with increasing promiscuity to
anyone. You engaged in prostitution with the Egyptians the Philistines
the Assyrians including Babylonia
[4] James 4:4 - Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. You adulterous people, don't
you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God?
[5] 2 Corenthians 11:2 - I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I
PROMISED YOU TO ONE HUSBAND, TO CHRIST, so that I might present you AS A PURE
VIRGIN to
Him
[6] Matthew 23:27 - you Pharisees. Hypocrites!
For you are like WHITEWASHED TOMBS—beautiful
on the outside but filled on the inside with dead
people’s bones and all sorts of impurity .- Matthew
23:25 - You Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are so careful to clean the
outside of the cup and the dish, but INSIDE YOU ARE
FILTHY—full of greed and self-indulgence!
[7] 2 Timothy 4:3 - For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having ITCHING EARS, will heap to themselves
teachers after their own lusts
[8] Luke 21:24 - Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until
the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. They will fall by the sword and will
be taken as prisoners to all the nations.
-- Romans 11:25 - I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery,
brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has
experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come
in
[9] Acts 17:11 - And the people of Berea
were more OPEN-MINDED than
those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. THEY
SEARCHED THE SCRIPTURES day
after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth.
[10] Daniel 7:7-8 - After
that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a FOURTH BEAST-terrifying and
frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth;
it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had
ten horns. "While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, A LITTLE ONE, which came
up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like
the eyes of a man and a mouth that spoke boastfully.
[11] Revelation 12:14 - The
woman (Israel) was given the two wings to
fly to the place prepared for her where she would be taken care of for a TIME, TIMES AND
HALF A TIME,
out of the serpent's reach -- Daniel 8:25 - He will
destroy many and take his stand against the Prince
of princes. Yet he will be destroyed, but not by human power -- Daniel 7:25 - He will
speak against the Most High and try to change the set times and the laws. The saints will be handed over to him for a TIME, TIMES AND
HALF A TIME.
[12] Psalm 18:1-50 - In my distress I
cried out to the LORD; then the earth quaked and trembled. The
foundations of the mountains shook; He opened the heavens and came down; dark
storm clouds. He shot his arrows and scattered his
enemies at the blast of your breath, the bottom of the sea could be
seen, and the foundations of the earth were laid bare. You
have given me your shield of victory You gave me victory over my accusers You
hold me safe beyond the reach of my enemies.
Your RIGHT HAND supports
me; YOUR HELP has
made me great. For this, O LORD, I WILL
PRAISE YOU AMONG THE NATION
[13] Daniel 7:2 - "In my
vision at night I looked, and there before me were the FOUR WINDS of heaven churning up THE GREAT SEA.
[14] Isaiah 8:7 - Therefore, the Lord will overwhelm them with a MIGHTY FLOOD from the Euphrates River
[15] Genesis 11:4 - Come, let
us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth
[16] Genesis 11:9 - That is
why it was called Babel--because there the LORD confused the language of
the whole world. From there the LORD scattered
them over the face of the whole earth
[17] Genesis 10:9-10 - NIMROD;
a mighty hunter before the LORD. The
first centers of his kingdom were BABYLON,
Erech, Akkad and Callen,
in Shinar.
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