WHAT TIME IT IS
REVELATION 17
One of the
messengers shows John the judgment of the great whore
[religious Babylon of the revised Roman
Empire]
Rev. 17:1 And there
came one of the seven angels
[messengers
(Rev.
15:1;
Rev. 19:10;
Rev. 22:8)]
[1] which had the
seven vials, and
[2] talked
with me, saying unto me,
[a.] Come hither;
[b.] I will show unto thee
[11.]
the judgment
of the great whore
[aa.] that sitteth upon many waters
(Rev. 17:15):
17:2 With whom
[111.] the kings of the earth
[aaa.] have committed fornication, and
[112.] the inhabitants of the earth
[aaa.] have been made drunk
[1111.] with the wine of her fornication.
The woman on a scarlet colored
beast
17:3 So
[1.] he
carried me away
[a.] in the spirit
[b.] into the wilderness: and
[2] I saw a woman [vs. 18]
[a.]
sit upon
[a.] a scarlet coloured [bloodstained] beast [vs. 8],
[11.] full of names of blasphemy [<names, not name> (c/p.
Rev.
13:1)], having
[12.] seven heads [Rev.
17:9] and
[13.] ten horns [on the
seventh head (Rev. 17:12)].
17:4 And the woman was [dressed like
a queen, or a prostitute]
[1] arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and
[2] decked with gold and precious stones and pearls,
[3] having a golden cup in her hand
[a.] full of abominations and
[b.] [full of] filthiness of her fornication [menstrual blood]:
17:5 And upon her forehead
[was]
[1] a name
written,
[a.] MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
[b.] THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND
[c.] [THE MOTHER
OF THE] ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
The blood of saints and martyrs of Jesus
17:6 And I saw
[1] the woman drunken
[a.] with the blood of the saints
[throughout the ages], and
[b.] with the blood of the martyrs of
Jesus [in these last days, as well as the former (Rev. 19:2)]: and
[2] when I saw her,
[a.] I wondered
[11.]
with great admiration [I can’t believe
what I’m seeing].
The mystery of the woman
revealed
17:7 And the angel
[messenger] said unto me,
[1] Wherefore
didst thou marvel?
[2] I will
tell thee
[a.] the mystery of the woman, and
[b.] [the mystery] of the beast
[11.] that carrieth her, which hath the
[aa.] seven heads and
[ab.] ten horns.
[the Prince of Grecia
17:8 The beast
that thou sawest (Rev. 17:11)
[1] was [was ruling nations before John’s time; the prince
of Grecia (Dan. 10:20 )], and
[2] is not [had ceased from ruling during John’s day]; and
[3] shall ascend out of the bottomless pit [lit., shall ascend out of the abyss—the beast is of demonic origin: most likely
a fallen angel], and
[4] [shall] go into perdition [destruction]:
and they that dwell on the
earth shall wonder,
[a.] whose names were not written
[11.] in the book of life
[aa.] from the foundation of the world
[c/p.
Rev. 13:8],
[b.] when they behold [they get to see this beast] the beast [the demonic ruler
of the Antichrist] that
[11.] was, and
[12.] is not, and
[13.] yet is.
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