THE REVELATION 17 BEAST AND WOMAN RIDING IT Rev 12 describes a woman, which is to marry Christ - check Rev 19:7; Matt. 25:1-10; Eph 5:23 - at His Return. These verses whose that the word woman is a symbol for a church. The entire chapter 12 is devoted to G-ds Church and how she has been persecuted by a false Christian church system throughout most of her 2,000 years. Many earmarks of this woman of chapter 12 demonstrate and prove that she is G-ds true Church. Rev 17 introduces another seven-headed beast, describing a very different woman riding it. This woman never rode the first three heads of the Roman system. Rather, she only rode it after the beast was healed. The now healed beast is the beast of Rev 17. Chapters 17 and 18 are an inset to the book of Rev, and describe the great Roman system that is destroyed at the end of chapter 16. These chapters give a somewhat more detailed picture of the great, false universal church. The picture includes the womans harlot daughter - 17:5 -, which have helped her to deceive all nations. - check 17:1-2;18:3 The 17th chapter describes the final revival of this religious-political system. This revival will last at least three and a half years, coinciding with first the tribulation - check Matt 42:21-22 - and then the time of G-ds Wrath. It is prophesied to come out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition. - check Rev 17:8 The Holy Roman Empire has been in the abyss of history, or bottomless pit, since Napoleons 1814 abdication prior to Waterloo.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 18:01:19 +0000
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