New Testament · Revelation

Revelation chapter 17

Then one of the seven angels who carried the seven bowls came over and said to me, “Come here -- I’ll show you the of the notorious who sits over many .The kings of the earth , and the people of the earth got drunk on the wine of her .”Then the angel carried me away into the wilderness. There I saw a woman sitting on a covered in , with .The woman was dressed in , glittering with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She held a in her hand, filled with -- the filth of her sexual corruption.On her forehead was written a name -- a : “, Mother of Prostitutes and of the Disgusting Things of the Earth.”I could see that the woman was drunk, drunk on the blood of , the blood of those who about Jesus. When I saw her, I was .The angel said to me, “Why are you so stunned? I’ll explain the mystery of the woman and the beast she rides -- the one with seven heads and ten horns.The beast you saw once existed, does not exist now, but is about to come up out of the -- and then go to its . The people living on earth whose names have not been written in the since the creation of the world will be amazed when they see the beast, because it once existed, does not exist now, and yet will come.This calls for a mind with wisdom: The seven heads represent where the woman sits. They also represent seven kings.Five of them have fallen, one currently rules, and the last one hasn’t come yet -- but when he does, he’ll only stay for a short time.The beast that once existed but no longer does -- he is an eighth king, yet he belongs to the seven, and he is heading for destruction.The ten horns you saw represent ten kings who haven’t received their kingdoms yet but will receive authority to rule alongside the beast for .They are all united in one purpose -- to hand over their power and authority to the beast.They will wage war against , but the Lamb will defeat them because he is -- and those with him are the , the , and the .”Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, represent peoples, crowds, nations, and languages.The beast and the ten horns you saw -- they will turn on the prostitute. They will strip her bare, devour her flesh, and burn what’s left with fire.Because to carry out his purpose by agreeing together to hand over their royal authority to the beast -- until .The woman you saw represents that rules over the kings of the earth.”