5.
Babylon the Great and her destruction
17:1—19:4
a.
The religious aspect
17:1-18
1)
The great harlot
vv. 1-6
Rev. 17
:1
17:1
And one of the
aseven angels who had the
bseven bowls came and spoke with me, saying,
cCome here; I will show you the
1djudgment of the
2great 3harlot who sits upon the
emany waters,
Rev. 17
:2
17:2
With whom the kings of the earth have committed
1afornication, and those who
bdwell on the earth have been made
cdrunk with the
2wine of her fornication.
Rev. 17
:3
17:3
And he
acarried me away in
1bspirit into a
2wilderness; and I saw a
cwoman sitting upon a
3scarlet 4dbeast, full of
enames of
5blasphemy, having
6fseven heads and
gten horns.
Rev. 17
:4
17:4
And the woman was
aclothed in
1purple and
2scarlet, and gilded with
3gold and precious stone and pearls, having in her hand a
4bgolden cup full of
cabominations 5and the
dunclean things of her fornication.
Rev. 17
:5
17:5
And on her
aforehead there was a name written,
1bMYSTERY,
cBABYLON THE GREAT, THE
2MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND THE
3ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Rev. 17
:6
17:6
And I saw the woman
1drunk with the
ablood of the saints and with the blood of the
2bwitnesses of Jesus. And I marveled
with great marvel when I saw her.
2)
The interpretation of the woman and the beast
vv. 7-15
Rev. 17
:7
17:7
And the angel said to me, Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast who bears her, who has the seven heads and the ten horns.
Rev. 17
:8
17:8
The 1beast that you saw was and is not and is about to
acome up out of the
babyss and
2go into
cperdition. And those who
ddwell on the earth,
those whose name is not
ewritten from the foundation of the world in the
3fbook of life, will
gmarvel when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will be present.
Rev. 17
:9
17:9
Here is the mind which has
awisdom. The
bseven heads are the
1seven mountains where the woman sits
Rev. 17
:10
17:10
And are
1seven kings: five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain
only a short time.
Rev. 17
:11
17:11
And the beast who was and is not, he himself is
1also the eighth and is out of the seven and goes into perdition.
Rev. 17
:12
17:12
And the
aten horns which you saw are
1ten kings, who have not yet received a
bkingdom but receive authority as kings for
cone hour with the beast.
Rev. 17
:13
17:13
These have one
1amind, and they give their power and authority to the beast.
Rev. 17
:14
17:14
These will make
1awar with the
bLamb, and the Lamb will
covercome them, for He is
dLord of lords and King of kings; and they who are
ewith Him, the called and
2fchosen and
gfaithful,
will also overcome them.
Rev. 17
:15
17:15
And he said to me, The
1awaters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are
bpeoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
3)
The destruction of the harlot by the beast
vv. 16-17
Rev. 17
:16
17:16
And the
aten horns which you saw and the beast, these will
1hate the harlot and will make her
bdesolate and naked and will eat her flesh and
cburn her utterly with fire.
Rev. 17
:17
17:17
For 1God has put
it into their hearts to perform His
2mind and to perform one
amind and to give their
bkingdom to the beast until the
cwords of God are accomplished.
Rev. 17
:18
17:18
And the
1woman whom you saw is the
agreat city, which has a kingdom over the kings of the earth.
