The Harlot and The Beast
1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters,
2 with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication."
3 So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.
5 And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6a I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the
saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.
Observation:
- Which angel talked with John?
1a Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me,
- What this angel going to show to John?
1b saying to me, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot
- Where this great harlot sits?
1c who sits on many waters,
- What this great harlot doing?
2 with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication."
- Where this angel took John?
3a So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness.
- What this angel showed to John?
3b And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast
- How this beast looks like?
3c which was full of names of blasphemy, having
seven heads and ten horns.
- What this great harlot wore? or How this great harlot/woman looks like?
4a The woman was arrayed in purple and
scarlet, and adorned with
gold and precious stones and pearls,
- What this great harlot has in her
forehead?
5 And on her forehead a name was written:
MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
- What this great harlot has in her
hand?
4b having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.
- What this woman does?
6a I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.
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What are all characters involved in this passage in
addition to John and the angel?
- The Great Harlot/Women: 1-6
- The Beast: 3
- The Kings: 2
- Inhabitants of the earth: 1,2
- The Saints and the martyrs of Jesus:
6a
Mystery about
The Harlot, The Beast, Ten Horns, Many Waters are Revealed:
6b And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement. 7 But the
angel said to me, "Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman
and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.
8 The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
9 Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
10 There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition.
12 The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have
received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings
with the beast.
13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and
authority to the beast.
14 These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will
overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with
Him are called, chosen, and faithful."
15 Then he said to me, "The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.
16 And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
17 For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.
18 And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth."
Observation:
- What is John's reaction after seeing the
harlot/woman?
6b And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.
- What is the angel's response?
7 But the angel said to me, "Why did you marvel?
I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.
- Where this woman/harlot sits?
9 Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are
seven mountains on which the woman sits.
- How is the beast described?
3c which was full of names of blasphemy,
having
seven heads and ten horns.
8 The beast that you saw was, and is not, and
will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition.
And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are
not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the
world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
10 There are also seven kings. Five
have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come.
And when he comes, he must
continue a short time.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and
is of the seven, and is going to perdition.
- What is the ten horns of this beast represent/means?
12a The ten horns which you saw are ten kings
- When these ten kings receive their kingdom?
12b who have received no kingdom as yet, but
they receive authority for one hour as kings with the
beast.
- What did the kings do with given power and
authority?
13 These are of one mind, and they will give
their power and authority to the beast.
- What did the kings really do after they given their
power and authority to beast?
14a These will make war with the Lamb,
16 And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will
hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
- Who will overcome this war/battle?
14b and the
Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are
with Him are called, chosen, and faithful."
- How God accomplish all these?
17 For God has put it into their hearts to
fulfill His purpose, to be of
one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until
the words of God are fulfilled.
- What is the waters where the harlot sits really
means?
15 Then he said to me, "The waters which you
saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations,
and tongues.
- What this woman really represents? Who is this
woman?
18 And the woman whom you saw is that great city which
reigns over the kings of the earth."
- What are all characters involved in this chapter in
addition to John and the angel?
- The Great Harlot/Women: 1-6,9,18;
- The Beast: 3,7,8,10,11;
- The Kings: 2,12-14,16,17;
- Inhabitants of the earth: 1,2,15;
- The Saints and the martyrs of Jesus:
6a
Interpretation:
Describe The Beast:
- Where this beast come from?
8a The beast that you saw was, and is not, and
will ascend out of the bottomless pit
- Where this beast go for?
8b and go to perdition.
- Perdition here means
destruction. This is this
beast's final destination.
- How this beast is described?
3c which was full of names of blasphemy,
having
seven heads and ten horns.
Rev 13:1c - having seven heads
and ten horns, and on his horns ten
crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name.
2a Now the beast which I saw was
like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the
mouth of
a lion.
- In Rev 12:3 Dragon
also described similar to this beast with minor
difference
- Rev 12:3
- And another sign appeared in
heaven: behold, a great, fiery
red dragon having seven
heads and ten
horns, and seven diadems on his heads.
- What did the people on the earth do?
8c And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are
not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the
world,
- Why did the people on the earth marvel?
8d when they see the beast that was,
and is not, and yet is.
- People didn't marvel at wild
appearance of the beast because they
didn't see the beast like this appearance.
Instead they marvel at the beast "the beast
was, and is not,
and yet is" (the beast's past,
absence and presence (not future)).
- To understand this better we need to closely
dig into what the seven heads and ten horns means especially
Rev 17:8,10-12.
- What is the ten horns of this beast represent/means?
12a The ten horns which you saw are ten kings
- What is the seven heads of this beast
represent/means?
10 There are also seven kings. Five
have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come.
And when he comes, he must
continue a short time.
11 And the beast that was, and
is not, is himself also the eighth, and
is of the seven, and is going to perdition.

- Read
What these sign means?
and
What is the 7 heads, 10 Horns and Crowns means? topic in
Rev 13:1-3.
- Read
Who might have caused this deadly wound to this beast?
topic in Rev 13:2b-3a.
- (WW) "The beast" has seven heads and ten horns. The seven heads symbolize seven mountains (Rev. 17:9) and also seven kings or kingdoms (Rev. 17:10), According to Revelation
17:10, five of these kings (or kingdoms) had passed off the scene, one was present in John's day, and one was yet to come. If so, then the five past kingdoms would be Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, and Greece. The present kingdom would be Rome, and the future kingdom would be that of "the beast." In order to understand
Revelation 17:10-11, we must consider
Revelation 17:12
- When these ten kings receive their kingdom? and How
long?
12b who have received no kingdom as yet, but
they receive authority for one hour as kings with the
beast.
- This one hour may refers to brief period
here it may refers to initial 3.5 years of the
last 7 year Great Tribulation period because at
the mid of this last 7 year Great Tribulation
period they give their authority to the beast.
- What did the kings do with the given power and
authority?
16 And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will
hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
- What the kings will do after they destroy the
harlot?
13 These are of one mind, and they will give
their power and authority to the beast.
- How could they give their power to
the beast? or How God accomplish all these?
17 For God has put it into their hearts to
fulfill His purpose, to be of
one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until
the words of God are fulfilled.
- (DG)
- God has put it into their hearts: God has directed the
judgment against religious Babylon. God will sometimes use a wicked group (here, the ten kings) to be an instrument of His judgment against another wicked group (here, religious Babylon).
- To be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast: God has
ordained the political support of these ten kings for the Antichrist. In doing so, God gives the world exactly what it wants: godless religion and godless rulers.
- What did the kings really do after they have given
their power and authority to beast?
14a These will make war with the Lamb,
- Who will overcome this war/battle?
14b and the
Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are
with Him are called, chosen, and faithful."
- the
Lamb will overcome them,
- for He is Lord of lords and King of kings;
- and those who are
with Him are called, chosen, and faithful."
- Matt 22:1-14 - 1 And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said:
2 "The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son,
3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come.
4 Again, he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding." '
5 But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business.
6 And the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them.
7 But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
8 Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
9 Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.'
10 So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment.
12 So he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?' And he was speechless.
13 Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
14 For many are called, but few are chosen."
Application:
How God will accomplish His will/work through us?
God Puts His desire/burden in our hearts to those you delight in Him and
accomplish His tasks
- Matt 11:28-30- 28 Come to Me, all
you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take My yoke upon you and
learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will
find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My
burden is light."
- The burden which God gives is light. We get
this light God's burden in exchange of our heavy
burden unloaded/given to Him.
- Ps 37:4-5,23-24 - 4 Delight
yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the
desires of your heart. 5 Commit your
way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to
pass......23 The
steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, And He delights in
his way. 24 Though he fall,
he shall not be utterly cast down; For the Lord upholds him with
His hand.
- NLT: Ps 37:4-5 - 4 Take delight in
the LORD, and he will give you your heart's desires.
5 Commit everything you do to
the LORD. Trust him, and he will help you
- In the above verse God is not fulfilling our
desire but giving His desires to us. Following
are the verses that God fulfills our desire of
our hearts:
- Psalms 20:4
- May He grant you
according to your heart's
desire, And fulfill all your
purpose.
- Psalms 145:19
- He will fulfill the
desire of those who fear Him;
He also will hear their cry and
save them.
-
Jeremiah 31:33 referred in Hebrews 8:10
-
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will
put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
- Why God puts His desire in our hearts?
Because
God has plan for you...
- Jer 29:11 - 1 Now these are the words of the letter
that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the remainder of the elders who were carried away captive--to the priests, the prophets, and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon.
........... 4 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all who were carried away captive, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:
5 Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit.
6 Take wives and beget sons and daughters; and
take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may bear sons and daughters--that
you may be increased there, and not diminished.
7 And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to the Lord for it; for in its peace you will have peace.
8 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are in your midst deceive you, nor listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.
9 For they prophesy falsely to you in My name; I have not sent them, says the Lord.
10 For thus says the Lord: After seventy years are completed at Babylon,
I will visit you and perform My good word toward you, and cause you to return to this place.
11 For
I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
12 Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
14 I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive.
-
NIV Jer 29:11 - 11
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
- Eph 2:10 - 8 For
by grace you have been saved through faith, and
that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9 not of works, lest
anyone should boast. 10
For we are His workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared
beforehand that we should walk in them.
- NLT:Eph 2:10 - For
we are God's masterpiece. He
has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so
that we can do the good things he planned for us
long ago.
- 2Tim 1:9 - who has
saved us and called us with a holy
calling, not according to our works,
but according to His own purpose
and grace which was given to us in
Christ Jesus before time began,
- What is the plan for the 144,000
Israelite men who saved during Great Tribulation
time?
-
In Jer 29:1-10 God has unique plan for those
Israelites who where in exile.
- In Rev 7-14 God has unique
plan for 144,000 Israelite men during
Great Tribulation period.
- Same way
God has unique plan to each one of you
and your family.
So believe in Jesus whole heartedly. Trust Him
always in all circumstance and situations:
- Prov 3:5-8 - 5 Trust in the Lord with all
your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your
paths. 7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear
the Lord and depart from evil. 8 It
will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones.
- Ps 37:23 - The steps of a good man
are ordered by the Lord, And He delights in his way.
NLT Ps 37:23 -
The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in
every detail of their lives.
- Ps 32:8 - I will instruct
you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you
with My eye. 9 Do not be like the horse or like the
mule, Which have no understanding, , Which must be
harnessed with bit and bridle, Else they will not come near you.
- Ps 33:10-11 - 10 The Lord brings the counsel
of the nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the peoples of
no effect. 11 The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
The plans of His heart to all generations.
God expects us to complete the task/plan with His
Help that He has for us:
- NIV: Revelation 3:2
- Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about
to die, for I have not found your deeds
complete in the sight of my God
God will complete the task that he has prepared for
us long before the foundation of this world:
-
Phil 2:13 - for it is God
who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
NLT: Phil 2:13 - For God is working in
you, giving you the desire to obey him and the power to do what
pleases him.
- Heb 13:20-21 - 20
Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord
Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the
sheep, through the blood of the everlasting
covenant, 21 make you complete
in every good work to do His will, working in
you what is well pleasing in His sight,
through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever
and ever. Amen.
- Phil 1:6 - being
confident of this very thing, that He
who has begun a good work in you will complete
it until the day of Jesus Christ
Describe this great harlot:
- Who is this great harlot?
- What this great harlot has in her
forehead?
5 And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY,
BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
- Rev 17:18
- And the woman whom you saw is that great city which
reigns over the kings of the earth."
- Rev 14:8 - And another
angel followed, saying, "Babylon is
fallen, is fallen, that great city,
because she has made all nations drink of the
wine of the wrath of her fornication."
- Rev 18:2 - 1 After these things
I saw another angel coming down from heaven,
having great authority, and the earth was
illuminated with his glory. 2
And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying,
"Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen,
and has become a dwelling place of demons, a
prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for
every unclean and hated bird!
- Where this great harlot sits?
What it means?
1c who sits on many waters,
3b And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast
9 Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are
seven mountains on which the woman sits.
- What is "many
waters" really means?
- Rev 17:15
- Then he said to me, "The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.
- This great
Babylon is built
by multiracial
people from many
nations and
different
language
speaking people.
- What this scarlet
beast means?
- This scarlet
beast means
the
Antichrist
described in
Rev
13:1-10; Rev
17:8-11;
- What is "seven mountains"
means?
- The
Greek word means
mountains, not
hills.
- Mountain: a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 feet (610 meters).
- Hill: a natural elevation of the earth's surface,
smaller than a mountain.
- This may represent a
city
located on top
of seven
mountains.
- This may also represent
a figure
of governments (such as
in Daniel 2:35).
- Dan 2:35 - Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found.
And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
- Where could be this great
city physically located?
- Historical Babylon: As
per the prophesy in Is 13:20;
Jer 51:59-64 Biblical Babylon
is not yet physically wiped out. So, this
great city may
literally
mean Biblical historical Babylon where
Iraq
is located now.

- Gen 10:8-10 - 8 Cush begot
Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord."
10 And the
beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- Gen 11:4-9 - 4 And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens;
let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth."
5 But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.
6 And the Lord said, "Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them.
7 Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.
9 Therefore its name is called
Babel
(or Babylon
means confusion), because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.
- NLT:
Gen 11:4 - Then they said, "Come, let's
build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky.
This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world."
- Is 13:20
- 19
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, The beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 It will
never be inhabited, Nor will it be settled from generation to generation;
Nor will the
Arabian pitch
tents there, Nor
will the
shepherds make
their sheepfolds
there.
21 But wild beasts of the desert will lie there, And their houses will be full of owls; Ostriches will dwell there, And wild goats will caper there.
22 The hyenas will howl in their citadels, And jackals in their pleasant palaces. Her time is near to come, And her days will not be prolonged."
- Jer 51:8,11 - 8 Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed. Wail for her! Take balm for her pain; Perhaps she may be healed.
9 We would have healed Babylon, But she is not healed. Forsake her, and let us go everyone to his own country; For her judgment reaches to heaven and is lifted up to the skies.
10 The Lord has revealed our righteousness. Come and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.
11 Make the arrows bright! Gather the shields!
The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes. For His plan is against Babylon to destroy it, Because it is the vengeance of the Lord, The vengeance for His temple.
- Jer
51:37
- Babylon shall become a heap, A
dwelling place for jackals, An astonishment and a hissing,
Without an inhabitant.
-
Jer
51:59-64 - 59 The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And Seraiah was the quartermaster.
60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that would come upon Babylon, all these
words that are written against Babylon.
61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, "When you arrive in Babylon and see it, and read all these words,
62 then you shall say, 'O Lord, You have spoken against this place to cut it off, so that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but it shall be desolate forever.'
63 Now it shall be, when you have finished reading this book, that you shall
tie a stone to it and throw it out into the Euphrates.
64 Then you shall say, 'Thus Babylon shall sink and not rise from the catastrophe that I will bring upon her. And they shall be weary.' " Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
- (DG)
- Babylon is mentioned 287 times in the Scriptures, more than any other city except Jerusalem.
- Babylon was a
literal city on the Euphrates River.
Genesis 11:1-10
shows that right after the
flood, Babylon “was the seat of
the civilization that expressed
organized hostility to God.” (Tenney)
- Babylon was later the
capitol of the empire that cruelly conquered Judah.
“Babylon, to them (the Jews),
was the essence of all evil, the
embodiment of cruelty, the foe
of God’s people, and the lasting
type of sin, carnality, lust and
greed.” (Tenney)
- To those familiar with the Old Testament,
the name Babylon is associated with organized idolatry, blasphemy and the persecution of God’s people.
- As a religious system,
Babylon came into being long before Christianity, but in Satanic imitation it anticipated the coming true Messiah. According to religious history and legend, the Babylonian religion was founded by the wife of
Nimrod (a great-grandson of Noah), named
Semiramis. She was a
high priestess of idol worship, and she gave birth to a son who she claimed was conceived miraculously. The son, named
Tammuz, was considered a savior. Many ancient artifacts remain with the familiar motif of the mother Semiramis holding the savior-infant Tammuz, which predate Christianity. It was also said that Tammuz was killed by a wild beast and then miraculously brought back to life. Baal was the local, Canaanite name for the Babylonian Tammuz.
- The Bible makes specific mention of some of the features of the classic religion of Bablyon:
- Ezekiel protests against the ceremony of weeping for Tammuz (Ezekiel 8:14)
- Jeremiah mentions the
heathen practice of making cakes for the queen of heaven
(Jeremiah 7:18) and
offering incense to the queen of heaven (Jeremiah 44:17-19, 44:25)
- Revelation 16:19 and 14:8 have already declared Babylon’s fall. In
Revelation 17 and 18, the fall of Babylon is carefully detailed.
- The concept of Babylon is greater than
Revelation 17-18 and the Antichrist’s reign.
Babylon was present in John’s day (typified by Rome), in our day, and throughout history, as the “world system.” But under the Antichrist, Babylon (in both its religious and commercial aspects) will hold sway over the earth as never before.
- “In John’s day
Rome epitomized all the antagonism and opposition to the Christian faith.” (Mounce) In some ways, the city of Rome was the clearest fulfillment of the “Babylon” attitude. If we had to pick one city today that most exemplifies the world system, perhaps we would say that
Los Angeles is the “Babylon” of today.
- Rome in European Union
- (WW)
The seven
mountains (Rev.
17:9)
probably
symbolize
the city
of Rome,
built on seven
hills. Certainly
in John's day,
the Roman Empire
was living in
luxury,
spreading false
religion,
polluting the
nations with its
idolatry and
sin. and
persecuting the
church. Perhaps
Peter was using Babylon as a "code name" for Rome when he wrote his first letter.
- 1 Peter 5:13 - 12 By Silvanus, our faithful brother as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand. 13 She who is in Babylon, elect together with you, greets you; and so does Mark my son. 14 Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to you all who are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
- (JC)
Only one city in
history is known
as “The
City of Seven
Mountains”: Rome.
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- (DG)
- Many quickly associate the
seven mountains with Rome
and the Papacy, because Rome is well
known as the city on seven hills.
Yet literally, the Greek
word means mountains, not hills.
- Many commentators -
especially those who see all of
Revelation fulfilled in history
- regard the seven mountains as
an irrefutable connection with
Rome. Clarke is a good example
of this when he writes, “This
verse has been almost
universally considered to allude
to the seven hills upon which
Rome originally stood.”
- But in the Bible mountains
are sometimes a figure
of governments (such as
in Daniel 2:35) and the
city of Rome is built on hills,
not mountains.
- It is probably better to see the seven mountains as the
representing the seven kings and
kingdoms described in Revelation
17:10. Many people find the
connection between religious Babylon
and Roman Catholicism irresistible,
yet it is flawed in the sense that
there is no doubt that religious
Babylon will incorporate a strong
Roman Catholic element, but it will
be much bigger than Roman
Catholicism.
- Indications about Roman
Catholicism’s ultimate
partnership with a one-world
religion are evident in Pope
John Paul II’s bizarre
involvement with and approval of
other anti-Christian religions.
- In addressing a prayer
gathering of Christians,
Muslims, Jews, Buddhists and
others, Pope John Paul II told
participants that their efforts
were “unleashing profound
spiritual energies in the world
and bringing about a new climate
of peace.” The Pope pledged that
“the Catholic Church intends to
‘share in and promote’ such
ecumenical and inter-religious
cooperation.”
- The Catholic Review
commented on this and said, “The
unity of religion promoted by
the Holy Father Pope John Paul
II and approved by His Holiness
the Dalai Lama is not a goal to
be achieved immediately, but a
day may come when the love and
compassion which both Buddha and
Christ preached so eloquently
will unite the world in a common
effort to save humanity from
senseless destruction, and
leading to toward the light in
which we all believe.”
- The Head quarters of the United
Nations. Now it is in New York
City, as viewed from the East River (few
blocks NE of Empire State Building). For
more details read
The Antichrist Kingdom may
functions like United
Nations (UN) but he keep every
Kingdoms under His power and
authority
- Any other dominant city popular
at that time.
- Application: Like tower of
Bable all religion other than Christianity
teaches that they do many things to reach God
but Christianity teaches that God so love the
world and He came down to save all humanity
those who believe and provide them citizenship
in heaven.
- John 3:16-18 -
16 For God so
loved the world that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whoever
believes in Him should not
perish but have everlasting
life. 17
For God did not send His Son
into the world to condemn the
world, but that the world
through Him might be saved.18
He who believes in Him is not
condemned; but he who does not
believe is condemned already,
because he has not believed in
the name of the only begotten
Son of God.
- Eph 3:6 - 4
But God, who is rich in mercy,
because of His great love with
which He loved us, 5
even when we were dead in
trespasses, made us alive
together with Christ (by grace
you have been saved),6
and raised us up
together, and made us sit
together in the heavenly places
in Christ Jesus, 7 that
in the ages to come He might
show the exceeding riches of His
grace in His kindness toward us
in Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace you
have been saved through faith,
and that not of yourselves; it
is the gift of God, 9 not of works,
lest anyone should boast.
10 For
we are His workmanship, created
in Christ Jesus for good works,
which God prepared beforehand
that we should walk in them.
Why this great city described as harlot?
- What is harlot means? What are all possible interpretation
available for the Harlot/Prostitute?
- A woman
(or man) who engages in sexual acts for money.
-
Harlot Accepts
Everyone who
pays money
of any kind: No
Racial/Color/Religious
Discrimination
- Person who
goes to harlot
Slowly
starts with
On Demand.
- That person
eventually
become slaves. Harlot/Prostitute
seduce their
party/customer
and eventually
rule over them.
-
Following are
few
consequence/judgment
to the person
who goes to
Harlot/Prostitute:
-
Prov 6:26,29 -
23
For the
commandment is a
lamp, And the
law a light;
Reproofs of
instruction are
the way of life,
24
To keep you from
the evil woman,
From the
flattering
tongue of a
seductress.
25
Do not lust
after her beauty
in your heart,
Nor let her
allure you with
her eyelids.
26
For by means of
a harlot A man
is reduced to a
crust of bread;
And an
adulteress will
prey upon his
precious life.
27 Can
a man take fire
to his bosom,
And his clothes
not be burned?
28 Can
one walk on hot
coals, And his
feet not be
seared?
29 So
is he who goes
in to his
neighbor's wife;
Whoever touches
her shall not be
innocent.
- NLT:
Prov 6:26,29 -
23
For these
commands and
this teaching
are a lamp to
light the way
ahead of you.
The correction
of discipline is
the way to life.
24
These commands
and this
teaching will
keep you from
the immoral
woman, from the
smooth tongue of
an adulterous
woman.
25
Don't lust for
her beauty.
Don't let her
coyness seduce
you.
26
For a prostitute
will bring you
to poverty, and
sleeping with
another man's
wife may cost
you your very
life.
27
Can a man scoop
fire into his
lap and not be
burned?
28
Can he walk on
hot coals and
not blister his
feet?
29
So it is with
the man who
sleeps with
another man's
wife. He who
embraces her
will not go
unpunished.
30
Excuses might be
found for a
thief who steals
because he is
starving.
31
But if he is
caught, he will
be fined seven
times as much as
he stole, even
if it means
selling
everything in
his house to pay
it back.
-
Prov 23:27 - 26
My son, give me
your heart, And
let your eyes
observe my ways.
27
For a
harlot
is a deep pit,
And a seductress
is a narrow well.
- A person who willingly uses his or her talent or ability in a base and unworthy way, usually for money.
- Smuggling, Stripping,
Porn of any sort, Gangsters,
murderers...
- A
person/city/country
slowly backslide
from worshiping
true and living
God and worship
other gods or
idols.
(Lack of
trust/dependency on God, lack of spiritual faithfulness,)
- (WW) John's readers would not be surprised when he used an evil harlot to symbolize a wicked city or political system. God even called Jerusalem a harlot (Isa. 1:21). Isaiah said that Tyre was a harlot (Isa. 23:16-17). and Nahum used this same designation for Nineveh (Nahum 3:4). (Read
Jer. 50-51 for further historical parallels to John's prophetic message.)
- Is 1:21 - How the faithful city has become a harlot! It was full of justice; Righteousness lodged in it, But now murderers.
- Ezekiel 23:1-10 - 1 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying:
2 "Son of man, there were two women, The daughters of one mother.
3 They
committed harlotry in Egypt, They committed harlotry in their youth; Their breasts were there embraced, Their virgin bosom was there pressed.
4 Their names:
Oholah the elder and
Oholibah her sister; They were Mine, And they bore sons and daughters. As for their names,
Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Oholibah. 5 "Oholah played the harlot even though she was Mine; And she lusted for her lovers, the neighboring Assyrians, 6 Who were
clothed in purple,
Captains and rulers, All of them
desirable young men,
Horsemen riding on horses.
7 Thus she
committed her harlotry with them, All of them choice men of Assyria; And with all for whom she lusted, With all their idols, she defiled herself.
8 She has never given up her harlotry brought from Egypt, For in her youth they had lain with her, Pressed her virgin bosom, And poured out their immorality upon her.
9 "Therefore I have delivered her Into the hand of her lovers, Into the hand of the Assyrians, For whom she lusted.
10 They uncovered her nakedness, Took away her sons and daughters, And slew her with the sword; She became a byword among women, For they had executed judgment on her.
- Ezekiel 16:10-20
- 10 I clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of badger skin; I clothed you with fine linen and covered you with silk.
11 I adorned you with ornaments, put bracelets on your wrists, and a chain on your neck.
12 And I put a jewel in your nose, earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.
13 Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate pastry of fine flour, honey, and oil. You were exceedingly beautiful, and succeeded to royalty.
14 Your fame went out among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through My splendor which I had bestowed on you," says the Lord God.
15 "But you trusted in your own beauty, played the harlot because of your fame, and poured out your harlotry on everyone passing by who would have it.
16 You took some of your garments and adorned multicolored high places for yourself, and
played the harlot on them. Such things should not happen, nor be.
17 You have also taken your beautiful jewelry from My gold and My silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself male images and played the harlot with them.
18 You took your embroidered garments and covered them, and you set My oil and My incense before them.
19 Also My food which I gave you--the pastry of fine flour, oil, and honey which I fed you--you set it before them as sweet incense; and so it was," says the Lord God.
20 Moreover you took your sons and your daughters, whom you bore to Me, and these you sacrificed to them to be devoured.
Were your acts of harlotry a small matter,
- Hosea 1:2 - 1 The word of the Lord that came to Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. 2 When the Lord began to speak by Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea: "Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry And children of harlotry, For the land has committed great harlotry By departing from the Lord."
3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
- (WW) The
true church is a pure virgin (Rev. 19:7-8; see also 2 Cor. 11:2), but the
false religious system is a "harlot" who has abandoned the truth and prostituted herself for personal gain.
In every age, there has been a "harlot" who has persecuted God's people: and this will culminate in the last days in a worldwide apostate religious system.
- 2
Cor. 11:2,3
- For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For
I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 3 But
I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so
your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
- NLT:
2
Cor. 11:2,3
- I am jealous for you with the jealousy of God himself. For I promised you as a
pure bride to one husband, Christ. 3 But I
fear that somehow you will be led away from your pure and simple devotion to Christ, just as Eve was deceived by the serpent.
- Rev.
19:7-9 - 7 Let us be glad and rejoice and
give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready."
8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
9 Then he said to me, "Write: 'Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!' " And he said to me, "These are the true sayings of God."
- Application:
- How is your walk
with our Lord?
- Gal 3:3 - 1
O foolish
Galatians! Who
has bewitched
you that you
should not obey
the truth,
before whose
eyes Jesus
Christ was
clearly
portrayed among
you as
crucified?
2
This only I want
to learn from
you: Did you
receive the
Spirit by the
works of the
law, or by the
hearing of
faith? 3 Are
you so foolish?
Having begun in
the Spirit, are
you now being
made perfect by
the flesh?
- Are you playing
harlotry?
- Even if we
play harlotry,
God is extending
His Grace to us
and with His
great Love opening His
hands and
calling us to
come back.
- Jer 3:1-3,6,7a - 1 "They say, 'If a man divorces his wife, And she goes from him And becomes another man's, May he return to her again?' Would not that land be greatly polluted? But you have
played the harlot with many lovers; Yet return to Me," says the Lord.
2 "Lift up your eyes to the desolate heights and see: Where have you not lain with men? By the road you have sat for them Like an Arabian in the wilderness; And you have
polluted the land With your harlotries and your wickedness.
3 Therefore the showers have been withheld, And there has been no latter rain.
You have had a harlot's forehead; You refuse to be ashamed.
4 Will you not from this time cry to Me, 'My father, You are the guide of my youth?
5 Will He remain angry forever? Will He keep it to the end?' Behold, you have spoken and done evil things, As you were able."
6 The Lord said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: "Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has
gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot.
7 And I said, after she had done all these things, 'Return to Me.' But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
8 Then I saw that for all the causes for which backsliding Israel had
committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also.
- This is the reason Jesus
warns all Christians to keep
wearing God given garments
(Righteousness by keep filling
with His Holy Spirit) every
time.
- Rev 16:15
- "Behold,
I am
coming as a
thief. Blessed
is he who
watches, and
keeps his
garments, lest
he walk naked
and they see his
shame."
- What this great harlot does?
- She live and offers Luxury and
Power:
What this great harlot wore?
4a The woman was arrayed in purple and
scarlet, and adorned with
gold and precious stones and pearls,
- (WW)
scarlet is the color of Satan (Rev. 12:3) and of
sin (Isa. 1:18). Scarlet was a
popular color in Rome, and both
scarlet and purple were associated with
rank and riches.
- (DG)
The woman is clothed with
emblems of luxury
(purple . . .
gold and precious stones) and
government (scarlet)....
- Purple and scarlet were colors of splendor and magnificence; the dyes to make fabric these colors were
rare and costly.
- “We find in the course of church history that one of the deadliest marks of ecclesiastical corruption is the
lust for temporal power.” (Barnhouse) Purple and scarlet were the
colors of rulers, whether economic or political.
- This great
harlot/city is wealthy so
luxuriously provides her
body/place for money, invest on
to Kings and inhabitants of the
earth.
- Rev 18:3 -
For all the nations have drunk
of the wine of the wrath of her
fornication, the kings of the
earth have committed fornication
with her, and the merchants of
the earth have become
rich through the abundance of
her luxury."
- Rev 18:7 -
In the measure that she
glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in
the same measure give her
torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, 'I sit as
queen, and am no widow, and will
not see sorrow.
- Rev 18:9 -
"The kings of the earth who
committed fornication and
lived luxuriously
with her will weep and lament
for her, when they see the smoke
of her burning,
- Accepts Everyone: No
Racial/Color/Religious
Discrimination
- All people long to
be resident of this
city or invest
on this city.
- Put all their energy to
be productive
and make money. May be running
online business such as
Amazon.com, OneWorld.com, ...
- NLT: Gen 11:4 -
Then they said, "Come, let's
build a great city for
ourselves with a tower that
reaches into the sky.
This will
make us famous and keep
us from being scattered all over
the world."
- Rev 18:3 -
For all the nations have drunk
of the wine of the wrath of her
fornication, the kings of the
earth have committed fornication
with her, and the merchants of
the earth have become
rich through the abundance of
her luxury."
- This city is
advanced/top in Medicines,
Technology,...
- From this city their
President (the Antichrist's)
come back to life from
the deadly wound.
-
Rev 13:3
- And I saw one
of his heads as
if it had been
mortally
wounded, and his
deadly wound was
healed.
And all the
world marveled
and followed the
beast.
- From this city their Mayor
(the false prophet, the 2nd
beast in Rev 13:11)
made President's (the
Antichrist's) idol/image
using the people and made the
idol to speak.
-
Rev 13:15
- He was granted
power to
give breath to
the image
of the beast,
that the image
of the beast
should both
speak
and cause as
many as would
not worship the
image
of the beast to
be killed
- All residents has
-
freedom of
speech, they can
live as they
like
(lawlessness),
- no
need to marry
any one can live
together as long
as they want
which is
equivalent to
marriage (sexual
immorality),
- hate
and curse the
true and living
God (blaspheme
God).
- Starts with On
Demand: Flexible job
timing, work if needed/wanted.
- Eventually become
slaves:
Harlot/Prostitute seduce their
party/customer and eventually
rule over them.
- They love
their job first
with all their
heart so
eventually they
become slaves to
the city.
- She make the people and kings to
worship idols (abominations) and
make them stay impure (filthiness of her fornication)
What this great harlot has in her
hand?
4b having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.
- (DG)
... Yet she offers
idolatry (abominations)
and impurity
(filthiness
of her fornication) in this
sumptuous setting.
- Matt 24:15
- "Therefore when you see the 'abomination
of desolation,' spoken of by
Daniel the prophet, standing in
the holy place" (whoever reads,
let him understand)
- 2 Thes 2:4b - 3
Let no one deceive you by any means; for
that Day will not come unless
the falling away comes first,
and the man of sin is revealed,
the son of perdition,
4 who opposes and exalts himself
above all that is called God or
that is worshiped, so that he
sits as God in the temple of God,
showing himself that he is God.
- Rev 13:14b-15 - 14
And he deceives those who dwell on the
earth by those signs which he was
granted to do in the sight of the beast,
telling those who dwell on the
earth to make an image to the beast who
was wounded by the sword and lived. 15 He was granted power to give
breath to the image of the beast, that
the image of the beast should both speak
and cause as many as would not worship
the image of the beast to be killed.
- Rev 17:2
- with whom the
kings of the earth committed
fornication, and the
inhabitants of the earth
were made drunk with the
wine of her fornication."
- She is Prideful and
offers Pride of Partnership:
What this great harlot has in her
forehead?
5 And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY,
BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
- (DG) The name on her forehead identifies her in more ways than one.
Roman prostitutes frequently wore a headband with their name engraved upon it.
- This also
shows her
pride.
- She Persecutes
Christians:
What she has in the cup?
6a I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the
saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.
-
(DG)
The woman
not only
persecutes, she
revels in her
persecution of
the godly as a
drunk revels in
wine.
-
(WW)
The woman is
dressed in
expensive
garments,
decorated with
gold and
precious stones.
She is
holding a golden
cup in her hand
and is drunk
with the blood
of the saints.
On her forehead
(see Rev. 13:16;
14:1) she wears
a special name.
- All
residents
hate and
blaspheme the
true and living
God.
- They will
ask "How
this Loving God
could pour out
all these
plagues?"
and they define
themselves that
He is a mean
God...and
worship
Satan and the
Antichrist.
-
Rev 13:5-8 - 5
And he was given
a mouth speaking
great things and
blasphemies, and
he was given
authority to
continue for
forty-two
months.
6
Then he opened
his mouth in
blasphemy
against God, to
blaspheme His
name, His
tabernacle, and
those who dwell
in heaven. 7
It was granted
to him to make
war with the
saints and to
overcome them.
And authority
was given him
over every
tribe, tongue,
and nation.
8
All who dwell on
the earth will
worship him,
whose names have
not been written
in the Book of
Life of the Lamb
slain from the
foundation of
the world.
-
Rev 16:9-
And men were
scorched
with great heat,
and they
blasphemed the
name of God who
has power over
these plagues;
and they did not
repent and give
Him glory.
-
Rev 16:11-
They
blasphemed the
God of heaven
because of their
pains and their
sores, and did
not repent of
their deeds.
-
Rev 16:21
- And great hail
from heaven fell
upon men, each
hailstone about
the weight of a
talent.
Men blasphemed
God
because of the
plague of the
hail, since that
plague was
exceedingly
great.
- Why the kings hate the harlot?
Rev 17:16 - And the ten horns which you
saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her
desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
- Because.... she reign over the kings.
- Rev 17:18 - And the woman
whom you saw is that great city which reigns
over the kings of the earth."
- Why the kings weep and lament when the harlot was
judged?
Because they lost their entire investment. This is their
security and hope for their life. Everything will be gone at
this time.
- Rev 18:3,9,11-14 - 3
For all the nations have drunk of the wine of
the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the
earth have committed fornication with her, and
the merchants of the earth have become rich
through the abundance of her luxury."....
9 "The
kings of the
earth who committed fornication and lived
luxuriously with her will
weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her
burning, 10 standing at a distance for fear of
her torment, saying, 'Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that
mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.'
11 And the merchants
of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for
no one buys their merchandise anymore:
12 merchandise of gold and
silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen
and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of
citron wood, every kind of object of ivory,
every kind of object of most precious wood,
bronze, iron, and marble; 13
and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and
frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and
wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots,
and bodies and souls of men. 14
The fruit that your soul longed for has gone
from you, and all the things which are rich and
splendid have gone from you, and you shall find
them no more at all.
- When the kings hatred changed to love towards this
harlot?
- This happens at the middle of last 7 year period
just before Jesus 2nd coming.
- This mortally wounded Antichrist will
revive back to
life and this make every kings and peoples to marvel at
him and submit him whole heartedly.
- Rev 13:3,14 - 3 And I saw one of his heads as
if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound
was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast.
14 And he deceives those who dwell on the earth
by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the
beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to
the beast who was wounded by the sword and
lived.
- How the kings hatred changed to love towards
this harlot? When?
- Applications:
- Have you seen any city like
this in present day?
- Many
metropolitan or
popular cities
are like this.
What is the Judgment for this
great Harlot?
- What is the God's Judgment for
Harlots/Prostitutes?
- Ezekiel
16:35-40 - 35 'Now then, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord!
36 Thus says the Lord God: "Because your filthiness was poured out and your nakedness uncovered in your harlotry with your lovers, and with all your abominable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,
37 surely, therefore, I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, all those you loved, and all those you hated; I will gather them from all around against you and
will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness.
38 And I will judge you as women who break wedlock or shed blood are judged; I will bring blood upon you in fury and jealousy.
39 I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your shrines and break down your high places. They shall also strip you of your clothes, take your beautiful jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.
40 They shall also bring up an assembly against you, and they shall stone you with stones and thrust you through with their swords.
- Who Judges this great Harlot?
- The 10 Kings judges this great
Harlot/City at the middle of the last 7 year
period:
How does these kings judge this great Harlot/City?
Rev 17:16-17
- 16 And the ten horns which you saw on the beast,
these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
17 For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.
- Why do the kings
judge this
great Harlot/City?
18 And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth."
- Initial 3.5
years of last 7
year period this
city and the
antichrist used
these kings and
their power to
build their
city, formed
universal law
that bounds
these
kings,...Due to
this power game
theses kings
really hate this
harlot/city
including the
Antichrist.
- When will these kings
judge this great
Harlot/City/Babylon?
- At
the middle of
the last 7 year
period
just before
Jesus 2nd
coming.
- Rev 19:2-3 - 1 After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God!
2 For true and
righteous are His judgments, because He
has judged the great harlot who corrupted the
earth with her fornication; and He has avenged
on her the blood of His servants shed by her."
3 Again they said, "Alleluia!
Her smoke rises up forever and ever!"
- God judges this great Harlot/City at
the end of the last 7 year period just before
Jesus 2nd Coming:
How does the Lord God Almighty judge this great
Harlot/City/Babylon?
- Rev 18:-6 - 5 For
her sins
have reached to heaven, and God has remembered
her iniquities. 6 Render to her
just as she rendered to you, and repay her
double according to her works; in the cup which
she has mixed, mix double for her.
- Rev 16:19
- Now the great city was divided into three parts,
and the cities of the nations
fell. And great Babylon
was remembered before God,
to give her the cup of the wine
of the fierceness of His wrath.
- When will the Lord
God Almighty this great
Harlot/City/Babylon?
- At
the end of the
last 7 year
period
just before
Jesus 2nd
coming.
- Rev 19:2-3 - 1 After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God!
2 For true and
righteous are His judgments, because He
has judged the great harlot who corrupted the
earth with her fornication; and He has avenged
on her the blood of His servants shed by her."
3 Again they said, "Alleluia!
Her smoke rises up forever and ever!"
- Why there is two judgments?
- As prophesized by God that
the harlot will be judged by
whom the harlot loved/used as in
Ezekiel 16:35-40.
So, the kings judge the harlot.
- As prophesized in
Is 13:20 God
will completely wipeout the
Babylon. This will be fulfilled
at this time.
- Is 13:20
- It (Babylon) will
never be inhabited, Nor will it be settled from generation to generation; Nor will the Arabian pitch tents there, Nor will the shepherds make their sheepfolds there.
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