Unravel the mysteries of Revelation 17 in this engaging study.
Rev 17:1-6
There are two great ___________ in this chapter 1. Religious 2. Economic - political The first speaks of a woman called “Mystery, Babylon the Great, The Mother of all Harlots…” Babylon is mentioned ____ times in Scripture, more than any other city except __________. 1. She sits on many ________ 2. She fornicates with the Kings of the Earth 3. The people are __________ with her fornication 4. She is sitting ON the ___________ beast - she is ruling the gov’t / thru her control - she is supported by the gov’t / thru its control 7 Heads/10 Horns (Rev 17:3) 5. She is drunk with ___________ of the Saints Mystery – Eph 5:23-32 that Christ would have a bride Here, the Anti-Christ also has a ________! Rev 17:3 The whore is riding on this beast – Religion has always had a _________ relationship with governments! Rev 17:4 – Dressed almost like the __________ God refers to Idolatry as ____________ – Is 57:1-13 see Rev 14:8 Ezek 22:23-23:27 She is referred to as a city…..just as Christ’s bride Rev 21:9-10 But, she is a system of corrupt religion. Jer 7:17-20 Rev 17:7 – John is marveling. Why? Religious persecution coming not from pagans, but from self-professing religious people! “False religion is always the worst enemy of true religion” (Walvoord) Rev 17:8 The second speaks of a beast which carries her. Beast – One world _______________ consisting of 7 nations or Kings Rev 17:9 / Wisdom is required – it’s not a location of 7 Hills (Rome!) These seven mountains are often pointed at to infer Rome (Catholicism) as the religious Harlot. However, kings are often referred to as ‘______________’ in the Old Testament – see Ps 30:7, Jer 51:24,25, Dan 2:31,35, Zec 4:7 Rev 17:11 The eighth king referred to as ‘One of them’, is the Anti-Christ – Rev 17:11, also referred to as a ‘Beast’ – He simply somehow __________ one of the Kings Rev 17:12-14 The ten horns are 10 __________ Rev 17:12-13 - The 10 Horns are 10 nations that give total world control to the ‘Beast’ (Anti-Christ) He turns against 3 of them (Dan 7:20) Rev 17:14 They’ll __________ the Lamb! Notice Rev 17:16 - Christ ___________ His Bride, the Anti-Christ ____________ his! Comments are closed.
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