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Revelation Chapter 17 

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 show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 
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. 

17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 
17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: 
17:5 And upon her forehead [was] a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
17:9 And here [is] the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. 
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. 
17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. 
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. 
17:13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. 
The false prophet gives power to the beast. Who is this false prophet?

There is a clue in the words of Jesus in Mathew 7:15. The false prophets walk around in lamb skins trying to look like lambs but underneath are wolves.

The Indians used to hunt for buffalo by hiding in a buffalo skin.

The buffalo herds were not alarmed until it was too late. Jesus uses this common hunters practice as a symbol of what a false prophet does. This clue fits our lamb like beast speaking like the dragon. The dragon is Satan. His ideas are moving the heart of a nation that used to follow Jesus the LAMB. The prophecy says that the United States will pass laws to force disobedience to God's law. They will encourage the whole world to do the same thing. This time has not yet been fulfilled. When that time comes, the end is very near. The history of what happened in France will happen to anyone who turns against God's laws, killing all who want to follow God's Bible truths and keep God's 7th day Sabbath.
7 Heads  --  7 Mountains (Rome sits on 7 hills) -- 7 Kings

And here is the mind which has wisdom. The angel makes it real plain that 7 kings on which the woman rides and controls. The beast looks like the pagan Rome beast we already identified in lesson 13. One will rule for a very little time. Then he will be destroyed. In all parts of the world and in all religions there are sincere people who are seeking to know the truth. God will lead these to see the truth. There will be TV programs, Web sites, and speakers all over the world who God will speak through. The truth will be loudly proclaimed by all God's Bible believing people. The honest will know the truth. God promises this.
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. 
17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. 
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. 
17:17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfill his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. 
17:18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
The amazing drama of the 7 headed dragon beast and the leopard beast tell us of a church that was wounded in 1798 yet the wound heals and again the whole world worships it. The head of that church speaks to kings of every country and they obey for awhile. Then they all turn on this church and burn her with fire. The 10 kings rule the earth at the end of time for just one prophetic hour.
This is like the dream in Daniel 2 where the 10 toes  are 10 kings that have power for one hour. Since a day equals a year in prophetic calculations, we can figure out how long they rule.

There are 24 hours in a day. One hour equals 1/24th of a day.

There are 360 days in a year.  One day equals a year.  So what is 1/24th of 360?

Did you figure 15 days? You are right. The kings will rule only 15 days.

 
This church loves to kill God's Bible believing Christians. She gets drunk with the joy of killing them. 
Look again at the first part of this chapter. The 7th angel with the 7th plague that was pouring out the horrible punishments  of killing hail wanted John to see the reason for all this anger from God. He took John out to the wilderness to see this immoral woman on a 7 headed beast.
Why did they go to the wilderness to look at this beast?

It reminds us of the sanctuary study we had on the Day of Atonement. Remember the goat that was the scape goat was taken out  into the wilderness of sin to be all by himself. This was all part of the judgment and punishments rendered. We will cover this in more detail in Revelation chapter 20. But since the angel with the 7th plague explains this all to John, it looks like the the wilderness of sin.

Satan is the scape goat and his helpers lead a power which destroys God's Bible believing people.
Quiz

1. How many mountains did the beast and woman have under them? (Rev. 17:9)

2. What city in the world sits on 7 mountains?

3. How many many main kings does the Bible say rule this city?

4. Who is the woman who sits on the 7 headed beast? The church of R________

(Revelation 17:18) 

5. Who was the woman clothed with the sun, with stars on her head? The pure church of G___

6. What is this painted lady on the red dragon drunk with?

7. What is under the feet of the red dragon?

8. What is the dragon walking in? 

9. How long do the 10 king world powers rule?

10. How do you calculate what amount of time that is?

11. How many Horns are on the beast?  How many crowns?

12. Where did the Spirit take John to look at this horrible beast and woman?

13. Why do you think she and the beast were out there?

14. What colors did the woman have on? What do these mean?

15. Who told John about the beast and woman?

16. Why do you think that being felt he had to explain to John why the punishments were so bad that people died?

17. If we knew all the facts, we would judge the same as God. Does God give us enough information to make the right choices?

18. Who is the false prophet who gives power to the beast to persecute God's people?