Revelation 17 Part 2:
Unadulterated Scripture Yesterday I shared how amazed I was that John stood when an angel of the Lord came up to him. John had just seen the most horrific scene - he saw the wrath of God poured out onto the earth. And now, the angel wanted to show him the reason for it all! He wanted to show him the harlot Babylon. The angel took John, in the Spirit, into the wilderness. There he saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that had seven heads and ten horns, and blasphemies against God were written all over them. The woman wore purple and scarlet clothing and had beautiful jewelry made of gold, precious gems and pearls around her neck. In her hand, the woman held a gold goblet full of obscenities and the impurities of her immorality. A mysterious name was written on her forehead: “Babylon the Great, Mother of All Prostitutes and Obscenities in the World.” John could see that she was drunk - drunk with the blood of God’s holy people who were witnesses for Jesus. John stared at her in complete amazement. “Why are you so amazed?” the angel asked John. “I will tell you the mystery of this woman and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns on which she sits.” The angel said, “The beast you saw was once alive but isn’t now. And yet he will soon come up out of the bottomless pit and go to eternal destruction. And the people who belong to this world, whose names were NOT written in the Book of Life BEFORE the world was made, will be amazed at the reappearance of this beast who had died.” The angel then said, “This calls for a mind with understanding: The seven heads of the beast represent the seven hills where the woman rules. They also represent seven kings. Five kings have already fallen, the sixth now reigns, and the seventh is yet to come, but his reign will be brief.” “The scarlet beast that was, but is no longer, is the eighth king. He is like the other seven, and he, too, is headed for destruction.” “The ten horns of the beast are ten kings who have not yet risen to power. They will be appointed to their kingdoms for one brief moment to reign with the beast.” “They will all agree to give him their power and authority. Together they will go to war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will defeat them because he is Lord of all Lords and King of all kings. The Lord’s called and chosen and faithful ones will be with him.” Then the angel said to John, “The waters where the prostitute is ruling represents masses of people of every nation and language.” “The scarlet beast and his ten horns all hate the prostitute. They will strip her naked, eat her flesh, and burn her remains with fire. For God has put a plan into their minds, a plan that will carry out his purposes.” “They will agree to give their authority to the scarlet beast, and so the words of God will be fulfilled.” “And this woman you saw in your vision represents the great city that rules over the kings of the world.” Revelation 17:3-18 This is going to be what I write in my poem today. The pure unadulterated scripture is so profound. Tomorrow I will dive in to the Word and ask the Holy Spirit to help me break it down.
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