LESSON 6 Part 3
DISCOVER THE TRUE BRIDE OF JESUS
REVELATION 17
SECONDLY, SATAN’S PLAN EXPLAINED
v. 7-15
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.
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.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
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.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
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.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
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.
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
Remember that the 17th chapter of Revelation describes the Doom of the Babylonian System.
This system is seen as a harlotrous woman. She seems to
be a symbol of Satan’s world religion. This chapter records the demise of the counterfeit church Satan founded at Eden and has worked on ceaselessly ever since. The Beast (Satan’s incarnation as a false Jesus) finally destroys the apostate church (Rome merged with all world religions) and sets up unhindered Satanic worship (via the beast and false prophets work). His ultimate goals in the
world today are to forge global unity politically, religiously and financially.
WHO IS THE WOMAN ON THE BEAST?
There are 12 identifying marks of the Harlot Bride of Satan –
1. THE WOMAN IS A HARLOT (v. 1a) A prostitute or harlot is a woman who
has promised but not kept her promise. It is a woman without faithfulness in spiritual worship. She is ‘the great whore … with whom the kings of the Earth have committed fornication…'(v.2). This is spiritual fornication. The only city that qualifies – conspicuously- is the Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church.
The ecumenical movement: in 1986, Pope John Paul II gathered in Assisi, Italy, the leaders of the World’s major religions to pray for peace: snake worshippers, fire worshippers, spiritists, animists, Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus, and North American Indian witch doctors. All to the ‘same god.”
2. THE HARLOT IS A WOMAN (v. 1b) The figure is a Woman. The central
figure of Roman Catholicism is a woman: a sinless, perpetually virgin, all powerful woman whom Rome invented and worships.
3. THE HARLOT IS WEARING “PURPLE, SCARLET…” (v. 4a) She is clothed with ‘purple and scarlet’ another identifier pointing to Rome whose external
precious treasures of spiritual trappings making her beautiful.
4. THE HARLOT IS WEALTHY BEYOND CALCULATION (17:4b). There is no church, no city, which is a spiritual entity, no religious institution past or
present, which even comes close to possessing the incalculable wealth of the Roman Catholic Church.
5. THE HARLOT IS WICKED IN SPIRITUAL ADULTERY (17:4c). She has a golden cup in her hand. This is the holiest instrument in Roman Catholicism:
the golden chalice of the Eucharist. No doctrine in the World is more damnable than the Doctrine of Transubstantiation (re-crucifying Jesus at every mass in every church around the world every day!). This “Gold Cup” is a picture of a false and vile counterfeit of true communion with God. The golden chalice is filled with the ‘filthiness of her abominations.’ The Biblical
view of the sacrifice of the Mass, the very heart of Roman Catholicism, and a denial of the completed work of the cross.
6. THE HARLOT IS A CITY THAT IS THE CENTER OF A MYSTERY (v. 5a)
There is something deeper here than mere religious technique. Only the church of Rome is built upon that spiritual fountain of false teaching going back to Nimrod in the Old Testament … On her forehead is her name:
Mystery, Babylon. Babylon is a code word for Rome. [Keating, Catholicism and Fundamentalism; Sibylline Oracles (5, 159f.); Apocalypse of Baruch (ii,l); Esdras (3:1)].
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Dave’s brief summary can hardly do justice to his landmark book, A Woman Rides the Beast, Harvest House, Eugene OR, 1994. We feel this is a must read’ for the serious Christian.
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Ray Steadman (287-97) says this chapter gives ten clues about the identity of the woman:
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Also, Eusebius Pamphilius, in 303, notes Peter using Babylon
as a code name for Rome (I Pet 5:13). The identifying name, ‘Mystery.” The very heart of Roman Catholicism: the mystery of the Eucharist; etc.
Custodianship of mysteries which permit trading ‘in the souls of men”(Rev 18:3), such as Mass cards and indulgences, et al. Rome has its spiritual foundations in Babylon from its occultic origins, the Tower of Babel, and the attempt to reach Heaven by steps of its own making. The Council of Trent, as re-proposed by Vatican II decreed: ‘If anyone says that the sacraments of the
New Law are not necessary for salvation … and that without them … men obtain from God through faith alone the grace of justification … let him be anathema.’
7. THE HARLOT IS A CITY THAT IS “MOTHER…” (v. 5b) this city’s
system gives birth to much religious error and further False Systems. The Woman is the ‘Mother of Harlots.’ Both spiritual and literal harlots spawned by the millions.
8. THE HARLOT IS A CITY THAT IS INTOLERANT OF THE TRUTH . (v. 6)
The Woman is ‘drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus’. No institution on earth has more aggressively and consistently slaughtered those who adhered to the Gospel of Christ. In the inquisition alone more were horribly murdered than by Hitler and Stalin combined!
9. THE HARLOT IS A CITY THAT SITS ON SEVEN HILLS (v.9). Rome called the Eternal City has always been known as the city on Seven Hills (the Palatine, Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Quirinal and Viminal Hills).
10. THE HARLOT IS A CITY THAT RULES OVER THE KINGS OF THE EARTH
(v. 15). Note she is first seated on the beast, which means for a time she directs the beast. This global political influence “sits on waters…” stands for all peoples, has been often wielded by Rome in European and now world history.
11. THE HARLOT IS A SYSTEM WHICH WILL BE DESTROYED BY THE
BEAST (v. 17) This will be when World religions are all united the beast (as
we saw in Revelation 13) will change all religions into the worship of the Beast, the antichrist!
12. THE HARLOT IS A CITY (v. 18). “Great City” is Rome. No other city in the World that is existing today has a three thousand year history of continuous
inhabitation, and once ruled the World, and once headed a world-wide empire than has never been destroyed. Only Rome.
“Only one life to live and soon is past
Only what’s done for Christ will last!”
Hoping to make the time I have left count for the glory of God.
LESSON 6 Part 3 DISCOVER THE TRUE BRIDE OF JESUS REVELATION 17 SECONDLY, SATAN’S PLAN EXPLAINED