One of the
seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke to me saying, Come with me
I’ll show you the judgement of Rome.
She whom the
rulers of the earth have joined in idolatry and the people of the world became
confused.
I was taken
up in the spirit into a wilderness (deprived of spiritual food) and I saw the city.
She was sitting on a red beast that had names that are insulting to God written
all over. The beast had seven heads and
ten horns.
The woman was
robed in purple (toga – purple dressing worn by Roman men and only prostitute
women) and ‘red’ (shoes) (see’King of
Rome- Wikipedia) and adorned with gold, precious stones and pearls
(enriched) she was holding in her hand a
golden cup (richness) full of the accursed offenses and filthy things , the
result of her immorality (death of saints and death of the true message of the
gospel of Christ)
On her
forehead was the name “Great Babylon (confusion), the mother of all prostitutes
and perverts in the world”
And I saw the
woman was drunk with the blood of God’s people and the blood of those who were
killed because they had been loyal to Jesus. When I saw her, I was completely
amazed.
John was told
not to be amazed and will be given the secret to the woman and the beast that
carries her which has seven heads and ten horns (Rome).
That beast
was once alive, but lives no longer (in John’s time); it is about to come from
the abyss (after John’s time) and will go off to be destroyed. Everyone whose
name has not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world
will be amazed as they look at the beast. It was once alive, now it no longer
lives (in John’s time) but it will reappear.
This calls
for wisdom and understanding. The seven heads are seven hills on which the
woman sits (Seven Hills of Rome) they are also seven kings (one from each hill).
Five of the
kings have fallen, (in John’s time), one still rules, and the other has not yet
come. When he comes he must rule only a little while.
And the beast
that was once alive, but lives no longer is itself an eighth king who is one of
the seven and is going off to be destroyed.
Ten horns are
ten kings who have not yet begun to rule, but who will be given authority to
rule as kings for one hour with the beast. (during the last period of this era)
These ten
kings have only one purpose that is to give power and authority to the devil
They will fight against the Jesus; but
the Lamb, together with his called, chosen and faithful followers, will defeat
them, because he is the Lord of lords and King of kings.
The waters
you saw on which the prostitute sits on are nations, peoples, races and
languages.
The ten horns/kings
you saw and the beast will hate the woman; they will take away everything she
has and leave her naked, they will eat her flesh and destroy her with fire.
For God has
placed in their hearts the will to carry out his purpose by acting together and
giving to the beast their power to rule until God’s words come true
The woman you
saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth (has influence in
world politics).
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