Who and what does the Whore of Revelation chapter 17 symbolize? Why is she riding the seven headed beast? This study sheds awesome light on these questions as well as many others.
The Whore of Babylon THE WHORE OF BABYLON Revelation 17: 1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: The great whore (latter day spiritual Jerusalem) who is mentioned in Rev.17:1 is the lamb-like Beast of Rev.13:11. The one head (lamb-like Beast) is one of the seven heads that are upon the Beast in Rev.13:1. The head (lamb-like Beast) received a wound from the Lamb’s (Man-child of Rev.12:5) two edge sword (two edge scroll), see Rev.13:14, ref. to the wound by a sword. The whore (one head) causes all to receive a mark (wine cup) in their right hand (accepting the cup) or forehead (drinking the wine), see Rev.13:16. The great whore who sits upon many waters (nations; peoples, see Rev.17:15) represents the Little Horn (latter day Babylon) that arises in Dan.7:8. The Little Horn speaks great things and blasphemes against the Lamb and Chosen Vessel. The mouth (speaker) of the (Babylonian) Beast is the one head (great whore; Great Christian Nation) of the seven heads (leading Christian nations) that are upon the Beast. The head speaks great things against the Truth and influences the other heads and horns upon the Beast (Christendom). In Rev.13:11, the lamb-like Beast (great whore) SPEAKS like a Dragon by rejecting the Seven Seals Revelation. The seven heads upon the Beast represent the seven divided lots of old Palestine, see Josh.18:5,6. The seven heads are the seven mountains (lots) symbolized as seven women (seven capital cities of the seven mountains), see Is.4:1; Eze.23:2-4. The seven mountains (seven capital cities) which are represented as seven women, are symbolized as seven heads upon the Beast, see Rev.13:1; 17:3; Dan.7:24. The whore in the past was old Jerusalem (one woman; one head; one mountain) who rebelled against God’s Word spoken by the Prophets. The latter day parallel of old Jerusalem (whore) is the Great Christian Nation (one head; lamb-like Beast; Little Horn) who rejects the Seven Seals Revelation. The great whore’s (Great Christian Nation) judgment comes during the one symbolical hour of her reign. The whore rejected the Lamb who prophesied for half an hour. Thereafter will also reject the Chosen Vessel with the Bride who prophesies again for half an hour. Rev.17: 2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. The kings of the earth are the horns (nations) that are upon the Beast in Rev.17:3; Rev.13:1; Dan.7:24. The great whore has many names (scarlet woman; lamb-like Beast; Little Horn; one head; type of old Jerusalem; latter day Great Christian Nation). The whore causes all the heads (leading Christian nations; women) with the horns (coming out of the heads) to be drunk with her (the great whore; one head; Great Christian Nation) doctrine (religio/political ideals). The Great Christian Nation (whore) causes all nations to be drunk with her democratic ideals (wine). All the people of the world wonder after the Beast, see Rev.13:3; Rev.17:8. The heads (Christian nations) and the horns (other nations) are made drunk with the whore’s wine (doctrine), because they rejected the Lamb’s Seven Seals Scroll (two edge sword). The Lamb is the Elijah messenger who comes before the great and dreadful day of the Lord’s anger (Sixth Seal), see Rev.6:12-17; Mal.4:5. When the whore (Great Christian Nation) rejected the Lamb’s Seven Seals Scroll, it was at that time that she was revealed to be a whore. The Great Christian Nation caused all the world (heads and horns upon the Beast of Rev.13:1) to be deceived into rejecting the Lamb (Man-child) who came and revealed the Seven Seals Scroll (Reward of Rev.22:12) of Rev.5:1. The whore (Great Christian Nation) deceives the inhabitants of the earth into rejecting the Lamb and thereafter his Bride, by making fire (satellite transmissions) come down from heaven upon the earth (television screens), see Rev.13:13. The lamb-like Beast (Great Christian Nation) deceives the people of the earth, causing them to believe that the Lamb and his Bride are deceivers, when in fact the Lamb is the Elijah messenger (see Mal.4:5) who comes to warn the earth prior to the Sixth Seal being fulfilled. The lamb-like Beast is the false Elijah who uses the spiritual fire (satellite transmissions) to deceive the inhabitants of the earth into rejecting the Seven Seals Revelation. The people who have rejected the Elijah message (Seven Seals Revelation) will not be prepared for the coming of the great and dreadful day of God’s fierce anger, see Ps.18:8,9; Is.2:12; 13:6-10; Jer.50:23-25; Joel 1:15; 2:1,11,31; Amos 5:18; Oba.1:15; Zeph.1:7,14-18; 2:2,3; Mal.4:5; Rev.6:12-17. The whore has made all kingdoms and nations upon the earth drunk with the wine (doctrine: religio/political) of her fornication. The Great Christian Nation is a great whore. She (great whore) was married unto the Lamb, yet she plays the harlot with all other nations. Jerusalem of old was also married to Christ, yet she committed whoredom with foreign nations, causing God to put her away into captivity. The Great Christian Nation (great whore) has rejected the seed (Seven Seals) of her husband (Lamb), and instead receives seed (knowledge and goods) from foreign nations. To reject Present Truth is to reject God. If God’s Truth is not written in your forehead (mind), then there is an Abomination in its stead. Rev.17: 3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. The woman (typified by Jerusalem) sitting upon the Red Dragon Beast (Christendom) is the Great Christian Nation who controls the whole Beast (all the heads and horns). The lamb-like Beast in Rev.13:11 is now shown as a woman, which in the past was old Jerusalem. The red Beast that carries the woman (lamb-like Beast; false prophet; one head) is the Beast of Babylon after it heals from its wound, see Rev.13:3. The Beast in Rev.17:3 has healed from the deadly wound inflicted by the sword (Rod of Iron) which the Man-child (Lamb) had, see Rev.6:4; 12:5. The Babylonian Beast (Red Dragon Beast) is full of names of Blasphemy (Christian ideals) written on the seven heads (minds) of the Beast, see Rev.13:1. The scarlet Beast is in the spiritual wilderness, revealing it has healed from its wound. When the wound of the Babylonian Beast healed, the Lamb’s Bride (woman of Rev.12:6,14) led by the Chosen Vessel (typified by Moses) fled to the spiritual wilderness. The Lamb’s Bride flees to the spiritual wilderness because the Abomination (Christian doctrine) is sitting in the spiritual temple of the people’s minds. The Abomination (Christian idealism) which sits in the spiritual temple (mind) of the people, reveals that the Seven Seals Revelation has been rejected and the Beast has healed its wound, see Rev.13:3. The Babylonian Beast prior to receiving a deadly wound, is seen in Rev.13:1. In the past, the ten horns that are upon the red Beast symbolized the ten tribes of united Israel who received their inheritance within the seven lots (seven heads), see Josh.18:5. The seven heads that are upon the red Beast represent the seven mountains (lots), as each mount (lot) represented a capital city (head). There are only ten horns (ten tribes) coming up out of the seven heads (seven lots; seven mountains). The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh took their inheritance outside the Promised Land, to the east of the river Jordan. The Promised Land was divided into seven lots (seven heads; seven mountains; seven women), see Josh.18:5. The tribes of Israel including the tribe of Manasseh and Ephraim, make a total of thirteen tribes. Subtract the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh (who received their inheritance on the east side of Jordan) and eleven tribes (including the other half of Manasseh) remain. Subtract from the eleven tribes the tribe of Levi (The Levites have no part in the inheritance as they have the priesthood) and there now remains ten tribes who received their inheritance within the seven lots of the Promised Land (Palestine). After the tribe of Reuben, Gad, half the tribe of Manasseh and the tribe of Levi are subtracted from the other tribes, only ten tribes (ten horns) remain in the seven lots (seven heads), see Josh.18:6,7. The blessing which was given to Joseph in Gen.49:22-26 is fulfilled by the Great Multitude of Rev.7:9, who return to God’s Kingdom at the Sixth Seal. Joseph had two sons: Manasseh and Ephraim, yet it was Ephraim who received the greater blessing see Gen.48:17-19. The house of Joseph received a double portion for his sons, see Eze.47:13. Rev.17: 4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: The woman (whore) has the attire of a queen. In the past, old Jerusalem was a queen, see Jer.7:18; 44:17. The latter day queen (Great Christian Nation) has become a whore by refusing the Lamb (Man-child of Rev.12:4,5) who came with his Reward (double sided scroll). The Great Christian Nation is decked with all manner of precious jewels and clothed with the attire of a queen that was given to her (woman) by God. Old Jerusalem was also described as having jewels and fine clothing, see Eze.16:10-17,22,30. The woman (whore) described in Rev.17:4,15, is the Great Christian Nation which controls the Babylonian Dragon Beast. The great whore causes Christendom (Beast: heads and horns) to drink of her wine cup which is full of abominations (Christian ideology) contrary to the Lamb’s Seven Seals Scroll. The Babylon that is mentioned in Jer.51:7-12, is the latter day Great Christian Nation (typified by old Jerusalem) that became confusion (Babylon). The great whore has rejected the Lamb and his Seven Seals Scroll. The Lamb (Man-child of Rev.12:5) is the Elijah messenger of Mal.4:5, who came to prepare a people. The Remaining Bride prophesies again to Seal a people (Remnant) with the knowledge of the Seven Seals Scroll. The 144,000 (Remnant) shall stand in the great and dreadful day of God’s anger (Sixth Seal). The whore of latter day Babylon (Christendom) destroys many by peace. The latter day Babylon does not prepare the people for God’s coming (Sixth Seal). Therefore God is angry and will punish the rebellious who have scorned and ridiculed the revealed scroll of the Lamb and Chosen Vessel. The Rider (Lamb) upon the Horse (Bride) in Rev.6:4 comes to take peace (false beliefs) from the earth, being the peace (deception) of Babylon (Christendom) which causes many to be destroyed, see Dan.8:25. The Gospel (sword) of Christ 2,000 years ago was a spiritual Sword of Truth and not peace, see Mt.10:34. Present Truth is as a sword which divides the people. The spiritual sword confounds the language (doctrine) of Christendom, as God confounded the people who were building the Tower of Babel, see Gen.11:1,7-9. The great whore is the image (reflection) of the heavenly whore (Lucifer). The description of Lucifer (whore) in Eze.28:12-18 parallels the great whore of Rev.17:4; Eze.16:10-15. Rev.17: 5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. The woman (mother; great whore) is one of the seven heads (seven women of Is.4:1) that are upon the Beast in Rev.13:1; 17:3. All the seven heads (seven women) have blasphemy written on their foreheads (minds), see Rev.13:1. The heads are drunk with the wine (doctrines) of the great whore (Great Christian Nation). The mother (great whore) typifies old Jerusalem when the Israelite Kingdom was united. Jerusalem was the head (mountain) of the southern tribes of Judah and Benjamin (two horns on the lamb-like Beast of Rev.13:11). The city (woman) Jerusalem was the mother (capital) of all the other six women (mountains; lots) when Israel was united with a king. The harlots (women) are the other Christian (spiritual Babylon) nations (six heads; six women) who do what their mother (great whore; Babylon: confusion) says. The mother (great whore) nation is the Great Christian Nation who has made drunk the kings (horns; nations) of the earth, see Rev.17:18. The Great Christian Nation is typified by old Jerusalem who rebelled against God’s Word continually. The Great Christian Nation in the latter days has a whore’s forehead (mind) and refuses to be ashamed, see Jer.3:3. The whore is drunk with her wine (Christian ideals) of abominations (false beliefs) and has killed the Prophets. She (great whore; mother; Great Christian Nation) has caused all to drink of her wine (Christian ideals) cup. All the heads (leading Christian nations) are drunk by her wine (doctrine: religio/political abominations). The great whore has rejected the Lamb’s bread of life (Hidden Manna). The Hidden Manna (Seven Seals) was to prepare (Elijah message) the world for the coming of the day of God. The Man-child (Lamb) of Rev.12:5 is the Elijah messenger who was sent before the coming of the great and dreadful day of God’s anger. Only the wise who eat the scroll and understand shall escape the terrible day of the Almighty. The wise (Elect) will have God’s new surname (Koresh) written in their foreheads (minds; see Rev.14:1), after they eat (understand) the hidden scroll (manna) see Rev.2:17. Rev.17: 6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. In the past, the woman (great whore) that killed the Saints (who followed the Words of God; Present Truth), represented the great city Jerusalem, see Jer.2:30; Mt.23:37. The woman (old Jerusalem) also crucified Christ 2,000 years ago. In the latter day parallel of the past, the woman (great whore) is the Great Christian Nation (great city). The great whore has spiritually killed all the Prophets by rejecting the messenger of God. The Great Christian Nation has physically killed the latter day Lamb (Man-child of Rev.12:5), see Rev.11:8 ref. to the great city (Great Christian Nation) who killed their (Bride’s) Lord (Man-child of Rev.12:5). Some of the Lamb’s Bride were killed on February 28 and April 19th 1993, with the Lamb (Man-child). The Bride who was killed on April 19th 1993 are the souls under the altar, see Rev.6:9,10. The souls under the altar are waiting until their Fellowservants (martyred Firstfruits) and those of the Brethren (Remaining Bride) are killed, see Rev.6:11. The system (Babylonian Beast) resurrects (heals from its wound) and begins the 1,260 day (42 month) time period, see Rev.11:2; 12:6,14; 13:5. The Great Christian Nation (wounded head of Rev.13:3) resurrects the wounded system (Christian ideals) of peace (deception) and kills the remainder of the Bride with the Fellowservants (not including the living 144,000 Firstfruits, see Rev.12:17; Lev.23:17 ref. to two wave loaves: dead & living Firstfruits). During the 1,260 day (42 month) time period, the Chosen Vessel with the Remaining Bride prophesies again, see Rev.10:11. The Remaining Bride re-sounds the seven trumpets (Seven Seals Revelation) of Rev.8:1,2. The Remaining Bride prophesies again for the latter part of the one hour of Babylon’s reign. The Great Christian Nation (one head) was wounded on April 19th 1993, by the Lamb’s two edge sword (two sided scroll). The Lamb was killed on April 19th 1993, which began the 2,300 day (evenings and mornings) prophecy, see Dan.8:14. The Great Christian Nation (wounded head) resurrects in Rev.13:11, revealing that its wound has healed. After the wound heals, the system of Babylon also heals and continues for 1,260 days (42 months), see Rev.13:5. At the end of the 2,300 day prophecy the Sixth Seal (cleansing of the spiritual sanctuary) shall be fulfilled. The 42 month (1,260 day) prophecy ends at the same time that the 2,300 day prophecy ends, which is the time when Babylon (Christendom) falls, as God’s manifested Kingdom causes the deception in the spiritual sanctuary (minds) to cease. Rev.17: 7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. 17: 8 The beast that thou sawest WAS, and IS NOT; and shall ASCEND OUT OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that WAS, and IS NOT, and YET IS. The Babylonian (Christian) Beast that John the Revelator saw in Rev.13:1 (prior to the wound) is the same Beast of Rev.17:3 (having healed from the wound). The Beast WAS: meaning, prior to the Beast receiving its deadly wound, see Rev.13:1. The Beast which WAS is Babylon with crowns upon its horns. The Beast rejected the Lamb and his Seven Seals Scroll and became Babylon (confusion). All nations are giving their power and strength unto the Beast instead of the Lamb, see Rev.17:12,13. Therefore, the Beast that WAS refers to the Beast of Rev.13:1 (Dragon of Babylon) having crowns upon its horns (rather than its heads). The Babylonian Beast is in three parts: prior to receiving its wound, during the wound, and healing from its wound. The Babylonian (Christian) Beast of Rev.13:1 received its first wound upon one head (Great Christian Nation) on April 19th 1993. The Beast that WAS refers to the Babylonian Beast prior to receiving the wound from the Lamb’s two edge sword (two edge scroll). The Lamb’s sword wounded the Beast (Christendom) by causing a division among the people. Therefore, the deceptive peace of Christendom was wounded. The Beast that IS NOT refers to the Babylonian Beast during the time of its wounded state. The wound caused the peace (deception) of Babylon (Christendom) to be wounded as it were to death. Therefore, the Beast of Rev.12:13 had its system of peace cast unto the earth (grave: bottomless pit). The Lamb (Man-child of Rev.12:5) wounded the Beast of Babylon on April 19th 1993, with his Rod of Iron (two edge scroll see Rev.5:1; two edge sword see Rev.13:14; 19:15). The Lamb with his Seven Seals Scroll (sword; Rod of Iron) came to take the peace (deception) of Babylon away from the earth, see Rev.6:4; Zec.1:8-15; Mt.10:34-39. By peace the latter day Babylon (confusion: Christendom) destroys many people, see Dan.8:24,25; 11:21-23. None of the wicked shall understand these things but the wise shall understand, see Dan.12:10. The Beast that WAS refers to the Beast of Babylon prior to receiving its deadly wound upon its head (Great Christian Nation). The Beast that IS NOT refers to the Beast of Babylon having received its first fall from the Man-child’s Rod of Iron, see Rev.12:13; 13:3. The Beast that ASCENDS OUT OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT refers to the Beast that IS NOT (in its wounded state), having resurrected from the earth (grave), see Rev.13:3. The head (the Great Christian Nation) rises from the bottomless pit (earth), see Rev.13:11. The head upon the Beast (which was wounded) has two horns coming out of it, being the lamb-like Beast of Rev.13:11. The two horns represent the past tribes (kings) of Judah (one horn) and Benjamin (second horn). The Beast of Rev.13:1 is the Beast that WAS, referring to the Beast prior to receiving its wound from the Man-child. The Beast in Rev.13:3 is the Beast that IS NOT, referring to the Beast which was wounded to death by the Rod of Iron by the Man-child, see Rev.12:5. The Beast that ASCENDS OUT OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT, is the same Beast of Rev.13:3 that has resurrected from the grave (earth; bottomless pit, see Rev.13:3,11) after a short time period, and continues for 1,260 day… truncated (30,406 more characters in archive)