Revelation Made Known
Chapter 17 is another chapter where it shows a lot of symbology, however as we seen in past chapter symbology is explained in detail by our Father as you will see. I ask you not to get shook up in verse 10 because 5 of satan's roles are already passed. The verse can get real confusing, that is why I say don't get shook up and disgusted. You will see what I mean when we get to verse10.
Let's ask Our Father in Heaven for wisdom and understanding to all readers in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen
Rev 17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: One of the seven Angels that had the vials is talking with John. Now don't forget about John who was taken to the future, past where we are in time now in his spiritual body.
This Angel will show John the judgment of the great whore. Did I say whore? Yes I did, that is what our Father thinks about satan in control sitting in His seat and the people of the world following after this abominable religious system.Remember, the waters are peoples of this world. The whore is mystery Babylon as you will find out.
Rev 17:2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. This verse is talking about people that have become drunken with confusion and the lies and deception of satan and are committing fornication with satan by following him. In other words, satan is in control and the people of the earth are following him and his systems of the world at that time. Keep in mind satan is sitting on God's throne in Jerusalem at this time.
It's a shame, but so many will follow after satan and his systems. You can see it now, today how the world is fighting in the name of religion. Not just in wars, but on the streets in the USA.
Rev 17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. Scarlet colored beast is a sign of royalty. And naturally she blasphemes God, Holy Spirit, and Christ himself.
Now the seven heads and 10 horns we went over in revelation Chapter13 so this should be no mystery to you. This is giving you another look of what John is seeing. The seven heads are nations, and the 10 horns, horns meaning power, are 10 Kings, or Presidents, or Prime Minister, or whatever or whoever will be ruling their countries at this time.
This is the beast as in Rev13. Rev 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
Rev 17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
the fornication is symbolic of idolatry. She is made up of all the peoples of the world which is in confusion at this time. Everything will be made to look like royalty of the religious system because everyone, almost everyone will follow this religious system and the people will simply be of this system and cannot come out of Babylon, meaning confusion at this time. It simply will be the way of the world at this time, except for those who have the seal of God in their foreheads.
Think of how we live now, we are used to the ways of the world with our political and religious systems and that's the way people will think at this time. It's simply the way it is, not knowing it's the religious system of satan because they think it is Christ Jesus, but it's the instead of, meaning the antichrist.
Rev 17:5 And upon her forehead [was] a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. She is the queen of the world at this time because it will be the way of the world and is so beautiful, it looks like the sign of prosperity all over the world, God is blessing everyone, however it is not God's blessings it is satan's and he is the ruler of it. Again, people will think this is the way it is just like the Religious system are today except for one thing, there will only be one way not denominations as today just the way of satan.
I might add, upon her forehead is written mystery Babylon the great is no doubt a symbol, image or a secret sign of that great city Babylon on her head because if God says it, it has to be.
You might say why Babylon (now Iraq). Babylon was the center of civilization one time in history and is considered the base, or home of satan just as our Father in Heaven chose Mt. Zion to be His favorite place out of all the universe.
Rev 17:6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. The blood of the Saints are naturally Elijah, Isaiah, Moses, Jeremiah, Daniel, and so on. The martyrs of Jesus naturally are Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Peter, and so on and at this time this is sure talking about two witnesses who are killed.
John did not admire this Scarlet in great admiration, He was more stunned at what he was seeing.
Rev 17:7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. The Angel is asking John why He Marvel's at what He is seeing because I (the Angel) will tell the mystery of the woman. So this Angel is going to tell John and us, what the mystery is so there's no reason to Marvel at this.
Rev 17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. The beast, or Satan was with man in the beginning and certainly in the 1'st earth age. And is not because when Satan tempted Christ in the wilderness Christ ordered satan back to heaven being locked up by Michael the Archangel so he is not. However, don't forget his demonic evil spirits are in the world now.
We know this is satan because satan is the only one sentenced to death by God. What does perdition mean? To perish. satan shall ascend out of the bottomless pit at the 6th Trumpet and shall be. Then Satan will go into perdition, meaning, simply to perish, however he wants as many souls as he can take with him.
Whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world. The foundation or katabole, meaning casting down, or overthrow if you remember is when satan tried to be God in the first earth age. Now in the first earth age there was a third of God's children that followed satan. All people in spiritual bodies that did not follow satan in the first earth age are people that the book of Ephesians talks about as stated below. Eph 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
So I will ask you, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world?, and the answer is the one third that followed satan and that's who will follow along with those who do not have the seal of God in their forehead. I know this sounds confusing and it's probably me that's making it sound more confusing then it is, but it is really is not if you just take your time.
Rev 17:9 And here [is] the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. Seven mountains are the seven dominions in which are divided up at this time on the earth, in other words all the Nations in the world at this time.
The seven heads are the Kings of the dominions. What does Dominion mean? A King and his dominion. So what do we have here? The woman, or mystery Babylon (confusion) will sitteth on the whole world. The whole world is under satan's control.
Remember how this verse started out? here is the mine which has wisdom, so take your time, don't make it complicated and you'll do fine. If we are still in the flesh (living) when this takes place we will know what is happening and will stay true to our Father. This will happen so fast so don't dwell on this so much.
The first thing people have to realize is that satan comes at the sixth Trump and that he is the rider of the first white horse in the first Seal. So many will think he will be Christ because of bad teachings and especially the rapture theory, known as fly away people theory, in which only started in the year of 1830'ish.
Rev 17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, [and] the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. This verse can be very confusing if you don't keep the roles of satan in mind because satan has many names and plays many roles. At this point in time now, satan is the king of the air in this world via his evil spirits that are on Earth.
Five of the seven kings, or beasts, or roles of satan that are ruling over the 7 dominions as in Vs8 are fallen. In other words satan is changing roles. satan is the king of the air and for over 2000 years his evil demonic spirits are in this world. So we have to recognize that there are seven offices or roles of Satan from the time of his role of the serpent in the Garden of Eden through the role of the dragon at the end in Chapter 20:18.
five are fallen, these five roles of satan are gone, finished, over with at this time. For example, a serpent in the garden of satan's role is finished, satan's role in the time of King Nebuchadnezzar as a type, a role that satan played is over. For example, the Gold head that was in King Nebuchadnezzar dream in the book of Daniel. So I'll just stop for now and hope you get the idea.
one is means satan always has a role now as long as his evil spirits are in this world meaning today, now. other is not yet come - Think of now, because at this point in time right now, Gabriel did not sound the sixth Trumpet, so satan is still being held in the pit by Michael.
when he cometh, he must continue a short space. We know at the time I'm typing this Satan has not arrived yet, but when he does at the sixth trumpet Satan will continue a short space and that short space is a five month period we already covered.
Cahpter17 Part#2 symbolic chapter. Again, in this second part of Chapter17 just take your time and don't get upset if you do not understand it in its entirety. I have a comment at the end that will help you.
So lets ask a word of wisdom from our father in the name of Jesus the Christ, Amen.
Rev 17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
This goes back to Vs8 Rev 17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not
even he is the eighth-This means there is one more role to play as the anti- or the instead of christ. satan is not here yet.
and is of the seven, Why is he of the seven? Because he is all seven.
and goeth into perdition= Anytime perdition is used for an entity it is satan because perdition means to perish and satan is the only one God has sentence to perish, meaning satan's soul will perish or die as written in Ezekiel28
Eze 28:12 Son of man,(Ezekiel) take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, (means rock/small r, this is satan) and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Eze 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone [was] thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. he had everything and was beautiful.
Eze 28:14 Thou [art] the anointed cherub that covereth;(satan was over God's throne with Jesus) and I have set thee [so]: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
Eze 28:15 Thou [wast] perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
Eze 28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
Eze 28:17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. When he comes to earth with be 10 Kings or horns we were talking about in this chapter.
Eze 28:18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. (that follows him.)
Eze 28:19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, (However, he comes in peace and love like Jesus). and never [shalt] thou [be] any more.
So this should clear Chapter17 up as far as what the Chapter is about. People of the earth will be so confused as they are under the confusion of mystery Babylon because that is what Babylon means. Confusion.
So confusion will be ramped over the world because the political and religious are under the control of satan. The home base naturally will be in Jerusalem.
People will go along with what ever satan says because they will think it is Christ, the true Christ, but as I said many times it will be the anti- or instead of christ.
Now this is what our Lord God said to Babylon and to us many years ago. He does not want His children to take part with the confusion of Babylon.
Jer 51:6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this [is] the time of the LORD'S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
Jer 51:7 Babylon [hath been] a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
Here is a good way to keep in mind what is happening here because of all the symbology.
Think of today as we say "one nation under God". When Satan returns to this earth with so many people following him thinking he is Christ just think of it as, one world under satan.
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Rev 17:12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
The Angel is now telling us that 10 horns are simply 10 Kings and they received no kingdom as of yet. So they will receive a kingdom when Satan returns.
Now when these 10 kings receive power as Kings it's going to be for one hour with Satan and that hour is the hour of temptation or satan's tribulation.
Do you know there are two tribulations? one with satan and one with our Lord. Many think this is the time of Christ, again because of the rapture doctrine.
Remember in Chapter eight it stated there was one half hour of silence in heaven and woe to those on earth, this is that time.
Another reminder that Satan is coming to this earth first and it's a shame because people do not read the book of revelation.
If they don't understand this part they do not understand the rider of the first white horse or that Satan comes at the sixth Trump. Again, just a reminder to stay away from the false doctrine of the fly away theory, which is the rapture theory.
Rev 17:13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
The 10 Kings have one mind, why? Because Satan, the supernatural entity is controlling them and of course they think it is Jesus, so they will give their control to the beast.
Just looked at it as this, because they think it is Jesus they will gladly give up any control they have on the earth as part of our government, or whatever.
Satan will be able to snap his fingers and bring lightning from the skies, along with performing other miracles. Not only these 10 Kings will be amazed at Satan or the Antichrist so will people of the world at that time.
Rev 17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him [are] called, and chosen, and faithful.
These 10 Kings will make war with the Lamb naturally because they are for Satan, not to fear though because no way they can win against or Lord and Savior, Lord of Lords, and King of Kings.
They that are with Him stand against Satan. These are not Saints that come along with Christ, but those in this time who stand against the fiery darts of Satan and have the seal of God in their forehead.
You have to remember that this chapter is a symbolic chapter.
Rev 17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
Here again the waters are peoples of the world. This means all colors, creeds, from all the nations of the world.
Rev 17:16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
These 10 Kings or rulers will hate some of the people of the world at this time. Why? Let's go back to chapter 9 verse four and see why.
Rev 9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
they can only hurt those which have not the seal of God in their forehead so they could not do anything to the people that had the seal of God in their forehead, meaning the truth. Woe to those people on earth that could not have the seal of God on their forehead. It will be a very sad time to see these people with Satan and his ways of the world.
This deception is running wild in the world today as you take a look at the religion haters, rumors of war, war, and no peace. As I said before it is closer than we think. Satan's evil spirits connecting with people who go against our Lord by changing laws to allow anything that was considered evil now good or acceptable. It is not acceptable with God children.
We should not go with the flow of political correctness because the laws of God did not change, therefore if the laws of God did not change the filth is still, and should be considered evil.
Please wake up peoples of the waters. Can't you see how the evil woes of Satan are creeping in, making the world ready for Satan himself.
Rev 17:17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, (SYSTEM) until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
The 10 Kings or the world rulers at this time didn't put it in their hearts (MINDS) to hate those who have the seal of God, our father did. Our father chooses who he will to fulfill his will, not mans will.
A speech talks are going on around the world with people never talk before it is God's will not mans will bring them together. I'm talking about today, at this time.
Rev 17:18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
Remember, this great city is symbolic. What or who is the great city? Confusion. Confusion because of not knowing the word. Come out of confusion, come out of Babylon.
I mean just look at the world today, we have Democrats and Republicans, many different dominations of the churches. When Satan returns he will be everything in one, Democrat and Republican and all domination of the churches.
So if you think this chapter of symbology is confusing you didn't see anything yet and that's why we need to stay out of confusion at this time by learning the true word of God.