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    Revelation 17

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    The ten kings are promised only one hour of authority, and then they join the beast in making war against the Lamb.

    The woman and the beastvv. 1–6

    One of the seven angels arrives with an invitation to inspect the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters and has made kings and earth-dwellers drunk with her immorality. In the wilderness, the vision grows extravagantly dressed: a woman in purple and scarlet, covered in finery, riding a scarlet beast with blasphemous names, seven heads, and ten horns. Her golden cup contains abominations, her forehead bears the grand title BABYLON THE GREAT, and she is drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. The seer, quite reasonably, is utterly amazed.

    The beast, counted several waysvv. 7–14

    The angel explains the mystery, though the explanation keeps its own peculiar arithmetic. The beast was, is no more, will rise from the Abyss, and is going to destruction; those without names in the Book of Life will marvel at this sequence. Its seven heads are seven mountains and seven kings: five fallen, one present, and one still to come for a little while. The beast is also an eighth king who belongs to the seven. The ten horns are ten kings not yet ruling, but destined for one hour of authority beside the beast. Their purpose is singular: surrender power to it, then make war against the Lamb, who triumphs as Lord of lords and King of kings with his called, chosen, and faithful companions.

    The allies turn on the womanvv. 15–18

    The waters are explained as peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues. Then the beast and the ten horns turn upon the prostitute they had carried: they hate her, strip her desolate and naked, eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. Their hatred is at once their own act and the means by which God puts his purpose into their hearts, until his words are fulfilled. The final identification is brisk: the woman is the great city ruling over the kings of the earth.

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    1. Rev 17:1Then 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.

    2. Rev 17:2The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”

    3. Rev 17:3And 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.

    4. Rev 17:4The 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.

    5. Rev 17:5And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

    6. Rev 17:6I 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.

    7. Rev 17:7“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.

    8. Rev 17:8The 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.

    9. Rev 17:9This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.

    10. Rev 17:10There 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.

    11. Rev 17:11The beast that was, and now is not, is an eighth king, who belongs to the other seven and is going into destruction.

    12. Rev 17:12The 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.

    13. Rev 17:13These kings have one purpose: to yield their power and authority to the beast.

    14. Rev 17:14They 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.”

    15. Rev 17:15Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.

    16. Rev 17:16And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.

    17. Rev 17:17For 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.

    18. Rev 17:18And the woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”

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    • 14Romans 8:30And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
    • 141 Timothy 6:15which the blessed and only Sovereign One—the King of kings and Lord of lords—will bring about in His own time.
    • 14Matthew 22:14For many are called, but few are chosen.”
    • 8Revelation 17:11The beast that was, and now is not, is an eighth king, who belongs to the other seven and is going into destruction.
    • 8Revelation 11:7When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.
    • 14Revelation 3:21To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
    • 1Revelation 19:2For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”
    • 3Revelation 12:3Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.
    • 4Jeremiah 51:7Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.
    • 4Revelation 18:16saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!
    • 14Revelation 19:14–21The armies of heaven, dressed in fine linen, white and pure, follow Him on white horses.
    • 14Deuteronomy 10:17For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.
    • 14Daniel 2:47The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”
    • 1Jeremiah 51:13You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.
    • 5Revelation 14:8Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”
    • 5Revelation 18:2And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.

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