The Woman on the Beast
Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. Rev 19:2Jer 51:13Rev 17:1-17Rev 16:19Rev 21:9Isa 1:21Jer 2:20Nam 3:4-5 The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” Rev 14:8Jer 51:7Rev 18:3Rev 18:9Rev 18:23Rev 17:17Rev 3:10Rev 17:13
And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. Rev 12:3Rev 13:1-6Rev 12:6Rev 17:18Rev 17:6-7Rev 17:9-12Dan 7:20Dan 7:25 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality. Jer 51:7Rev 18:16Rev 19:2Rev 18:122Th 2:3-10Lam 1:9Dan 11:38Ezk 24:13 And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: Rev 14:8Rev 18:2Rev 16:19Rev 17:72Th 2:72Ti 3:1-5Isa 3:9Rev 19:2
BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES
AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
The Mystery Explained
I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her. Rev 16:6Rev 13:15Dan 7:25Rev 2:13Act 22:20Rev 12:11Rev 18:20-24Hab 1:13
“Why are you so amazed?” said the angel. “I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and ten horns. Rev 17:1-6Rev 17:8
The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be. Rev 11:7Rev 17:11Rev 19:15-21Rev 3:10Rev 9:1-2Eph 1:4Jhn 17:24Mat 25:34
This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. Rev 13:18Rev 17:7Dan 12:4Dan 12:8-10Hos 14:9Mat 13:11Mat 24:15Rev 13:1 There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for only a little while.
The beast that was, and now is not, is an eighth king, who belongs to the other seven and is going into destruction. Rev 17:8 The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings, along with the beast. Rev 12:3Rev 13:1Dan 7:24Zec 1:18-21Rev 17:16Dan 7:20Dan 2:40-43Dan 7:7-8 These kings have one purpose: to yield their power and authority to the beast. Rev 17:17Ezk 38:10Isa 10:5-7Php 1:27Php 2:2Act 4:28
The Victory of the Lamb
They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.” Rom 8:301Ti 6:15Mat 22:14Rev 3:21Dan 2:47Deu 10:17Rev 1:5Rev 19:14-21
Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. Rev 17:1Isa 8:7-8Jer 51:13Jer 51:55Jer 51:42Psa 65:7Psa 93:3-4Rev 10:11 And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. Rev 18:8Ezk 16:37-44Lev 21:9Jer 50:41-42Rev 17:1-2Rev 18:16-17Ezk 23:45-49Rev 18:19 For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His purpose by uniting to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. 2Th 2:10-122Co 8:16Pro 21:1Rev 10:7Ezr 7:27Jhn 13:2Jas 1:13-17Jer 27:6-7 And the woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.” Rev 16:19Rev 18:2Dan 2:40-41Dan 7:23Rev 12:4Luk 2:1