Revelation Class Sixteen - The Harlot and The Beast

Unravel the mysteries of Revelation 17 in this engaging study.

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​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!