THE PROSTITUTE AND THE SCARLET BEAST
PROCLAMATION
“Then the angel carried me away in the spirit into a
wilderness. There I saw a woman sitting
on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads
and ten horns.” Revelation 17:3 (NIV)
EXPLANATION
These
are the words of prophecy which were revealed to, and written by, the Apostle
John, under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God. In this seventeenth
chapter of Revelation, while he was still in the spirit, John was carried away
into a wilderness by one of the seven angels who had one of the seven bowl full
of the wrath of God. There he saw a
woman sitting on a scarlet beast. (Revelation 17:1-3) The woman, the great prostitute, represented
the city of Rome, the spiritual Babylon.
Upon her forehead was written: “Babylon, The Great, The Mother of Harlots and Abominations of The
Earth.” (Revelation 17:5) The scarlet
beast upon which she sat is the seat of idolatry and persecution, a deceiver of
mankind. The seven heads represent the
seven hills upon which Rome stands. The
ten horns represent the ten kings which have yet to reign. The chapter ends by describing their
destruction. (Revelation 17:15-18)
APPLICATION
It is thought by some Bible scholars that The
Antichrist will establish a “false church” through a covenant with the papacy. He will come to hate this false church, break
the covenant, and destroy this apostate church clearing the way for worship of
the Antichrist. The real church will have
been raptured and will not be available to help guide the unbelievers during
this period. Today, and in the future,
let us not get so caught up in the sinful pleasures of this world and the “worship”
of things that we put them ahead of, or in place of, worshiping The Lord God. That path is well-travelled, and many have
followed it, but it leads to destruction. (Matthew 7:13)
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