Monday, June 9, 2014

The Judgment of the Great Whore (Revelation 17)



Revelation 17

Title:  “Come hither; I will show unto you the judgment…” 
Theme: The Beast Unveiled/The Judgment of the Great Whore Foretold 
Text: Revelation 17:1

 I. John Heard Direct Angelic Communication (v.1, 2)
A.     Describing the judgment of the Great Whore that sits upon many waters
1.      With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication
2.      The inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication
B.     The Angel carried John away
1.      In the spirit
2.      Into the wilderness
II. John saw: (v.3-6)
A.     A Woman sitting upon a Scarlet Colored Beast
1.      Full on names of blasphemy
2.      Having Seven Heads and Ten Horns
B.     The Woman’s Description
1.      Arrayed in purple and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls
2.      Having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness and fornication
3.      Her name was written upon her forehead: MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT…
4.      The Woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus
5.      John wondered with great [wonder] admiration 
III. John Heard Direct Angelic Communication (v.7-18)
A.     Why did you marvel/wonder? (v.7)
B.     I will tell thee the mystery of the Woman (v.15-18)
C.     And of the [mystery of the] Beast that carries her, which has Seven Heads and Ten Horns (v.8-14)
1.      The Beast was and is not, and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit and go into perdition
2.      The Earth Dwellers shall wonder, whose names are not written in the Lamb’s Book of Life
3.      The Seven Heads are Seven Mountains [Kings/Kingdoms] Beast Kingdoms of the Ages:
a.       Egypt (Exodus 1:15-22; Acts 7:19, 20) 1400 B.C._ 1
b.      Assyria (II Kings 17:6) 722 B.C._______________2
c.       Babylonia (Daniel 1:4) 586 B.C._______________3     
d.      Medo-Persia (Daniel 2:39; Esther 3:10) 445 B.C.__4
e.       Greece (Daniel 2:39) 330 B.C.________________ 5     “Five are fallen
f.       Rome (Daniel 2:40) Nero in John’s Day_________6       and one is
g.       Germany (Hitler) 1938-1945__________________7       the other is not yet come…
h.      Syria (Daniel 8, 11) King of the North__________ 8____even he is the eighth” [Antichrist]
4.      And the Ten Horns which thou saw are Ten Kings
a.       Which have received no kingdom as yet
b.      But receive power [authority]
c.       As kings one hour [short time]
d.      These have one mind
e.       They shall give their power and strength [authority] unto the Beast/A.C.
f.       They shall make war with the Lamb and the Lamb shall overcome them…
D.     The Judgment of the Whore foretold (v.15-18)
1.      The waters where the Whore sits are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues
2.      The Ten Horns which thou saw upon the Beast
a.       Shall hate the Whore and shall make Her desolate and naked and shall burn Her with fire
b.      For God has put in their hearts to fulfill His will, and to agree, and give their kingdom to the Beast
c.       Until the Words of God shall be fulfilled
          3.   The Woman which thou saw is that Great City which rules over the kings of the earth


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