The
American
Wisdom Series
Presents
Pamphlet 1901 Rev. kc
46
She
was gorgeous, but she was a whore!
(Have you ever read the
book "Sargon the Magnificent" by Mrs. Sidney Bristowe?
It is a remarkable work
revealing and tracing Cain in secular history as Sargon of Akkad.
It begins with his ousting
from the presence of God and his journey into the land of Nod, Sumer,
and the founding of Babylon
from whence originates the "golden cup" full of abominations.
He is reported to have
lived 730 years and founded many religions of the earth
in his travels including
sun worship, dragon worship, etc.,etc.)
In our last study we read
of John's description of a beautiful woman
clothed in purple and
scarlet colours and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls,
having a "golden cup"
in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication.
In other words, she
was gorgeous, but she was a whore!
She had a name on her
forehead which we will look at again shortly.
But
first, haven't you ever wondered how it could possibly be
that
Satan when he comes to earth is able to "deceiveth the whole world" (Rev.
12:9)?
If what "main stream"
Christianity is teaching,
i.e. their traditional
doctrines, is true, then how could this be?
Is the majority right
when most professing Christians are completely Biblically illiterate?
Think
about it? If a person is deceived it means
that
they believe something to be true that is, in fact, not so.
Folks,
it is "religion" that prevents our people from seeing the truth of God's
Word.
So, while the majority
of Christianity today teaches
that Jesus Christ can
return at any moment,
both Jesus Christ and
the apostle Paul WARNED about being deceived concerning His return.
Jesus said repeatedly
that many would come claiming to represent Him,
i.e.
as Christian ministers, and would deceive MANY, the multitudes,
not
just a few!
Take a look at what the
majority teaches concerning our gathering back to Christ,
then read what Paul says
in 2 Thes. 2.
Here it is:
2 Thes.
2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and by our gathering together unto him,
The subject is the
7th Trump, the return of Christ, and our gathering back to Him.
2 Thes.
2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except
there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son
of perdition;
We
are NOT going to gather back to Christ until the son of perdition is revealed.
There
is only one son of perdition, Satan himself.
What
does this "revealing" mean?
[4]
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that
is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing
himself that he is God.
What will he do when
he is revealed?
He
will take over God's house,
even
the body of Christ which results in the great apostasy,
and
claims to be God, i.e. Jesus Christ.
Satan
will be revealed as Jesus Christ!
It is a mystery to most.
Hang on a few verses!
[5]
Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
Paul says "Don't
you remember I told you all of this?"
[6]
And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
"You know what Satan's
status is now."
[7]
For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth
will let, until he be taken out of the way.
What is this "mystery"? Let's look up the Greek word in Strong's:
musterion, moos-tay'-ree-on, Greek 3466;
from a derivative of muo (to shut the mouth); a secret or "mystery"
(through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites)
:- mystery.
It's
RELIGION! Hidden Religion!
Even
the "Hidden (Secret) Dynasty of Religion"
that
has crept into the churches. It's
"Churchianity",
ceremony
and religious rites, disguised as "Christianity".
Do you not remember the
1st Seal in Rev. 6:2 and the rider of the first white
horse?
It is deception brought
about by Satan,
the
rider of the white horse which looks like Christ's white horse,
but
it isn't!
Don't be deceived!
If you need a refresher
then go back and re-read the 1st Seal!
Note: Many, way
too many, churches teach that the "only he who now letteth will let, until
he be taken out of the way" in verse 7 refers to the Holy Spirit departing
the earth when they are Raptured away.
That's because the
"mystery" has already completely taken over their unlearned minds.
They are not going anywhere
before the false christ is revealed.
Paul just said so in plain
and simple language.
The subject being discussed
is when will the "man of sin" be revealed?
The answer
is when Michael let's him go in Rev. 12:7-9. Michael is holding him back!
Here's verse 7 from the Living Bible translation:
2 Thes.
2:7 As for the work this man of rebellion and hell will do when he comes,
it is already going on, but he himself will not come until the one who
is holding him back steps out of the way. (Living Bible)
When Michael steps
out of the way and let's Satan go,
he
will come to the earth as Jesus Christ.
Back to the KJV and continuing in 2 Thes.:
2 Thes.
2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume
with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of
his coming:
Most
of Christianity is awaiting an evil, Hitler like, Saddam Hussein like butcher
to be revealed.
Don't
you SEE the mystery at work?
The
Wicked one will be revealed as Jesus Christ.
He won't appear to
be doing anything wicked at all!
He's very religious.
He heals the "deadly
wound".
As Daniel shows us, the
"little horn", Satan, brings peace and prosperity to the world.
The whole world will love
him!
They
will think Christ has returned!
Is
that hidden, or what?
[9]
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and
signs and lying wonders,
Even
if you see "religious" miracles performed by religious leaders,
especially
by one claiming to be Jesus,
don't
be deceived!
[10]
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because
they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
If
you "love truth" you will study the truth, which is His Word.
Look
out across the land. How many folks do you know that truly study His Word?
You can tell by just listening
to people that they have not received the "love of the truth",
even though they may
attend a church!
[11]
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should
believe a lie:
What
is the "lie" that they believe?
It
is that Satan is Jesus and that his "church systems",
his
"religions" are true Christianity.
So let's look again at Rev. 17:5:
Rev.
17:5 And upon her forehead
was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE
GREAT, THE MOTHER
OF HARLOTS AND
ABOMINATIONS
OF THE EARTH.
We know what every word in this verse means:
Forehead = Brain
location
Mystery is "musterion" =
Hidden Religion
Babylon = Confusion
Mother = One who gives birth,
brings forth
Harlots & Whores (same
Greek word) = Idolaters
Abominations = Idolatries
Earth = World
It
is Satan's religious system, that looks like the real thing,
that
causes great confusion (Babel) and deception,
and
brings forth multitudes of idolaters (those who worship Satan as Jesus)
and
abominations in all the world.
That's what Rev. 17:5
says!
It is really quite simple,
isn't it?
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.
Remember now who
this woman is from the last verse of this chapter:
Rev. 17:18 "And the woman
which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of
the earth."
It is where the son of
perdition sits in the temple, in Jerusalem.
Note: Did you
know that our Father chose Jerusalem to become the Headquarters of the
Universe? You can read of it in Ezekiel 16 where He "took to wife" that
location, and in Rev. 21 we see the New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven
to that location.
Is it any wonder that
Satan has so attacked this great city
and has chosen it for
his headquarters when he comes here with an "in your face" attitude?
It is true that the
great city, Jerusalem,
has been filled with
the blood of saints and the blood of martyrs down through the ages.
But
the context of this chapter 17 is the judgment time of the great whore,
when
Satan and his angels will sit in the temple of that great city,
exercising
world domination both religiously and politically
and
shall kill the two witnesses as we learned in chapter 11.
Then shall there be great
rejoicing and merrymaking.
Rev.
11:7
And when they
shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the
bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and
kill them.
[8] And their
dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually
is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
[10] And they
that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and
shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them
that dwelt on the earth.
And when John saw
the woman he marveled with great wonder!
He was astounded!
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.
"Relax
John", said the angel,
"I'll
tell you the mystery of both the woman and the beast that carries that
babe."
[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 beast was present
on earth before.
Of
course he was in the 1st earth age
but
he was also present in the garden of Eden and at the time of Christ.
But he is not present
(here in person) now.
We've
covered many times already that he shall be cast from heaven (Rev. 12:7-9),
which
is to say released from the bottomless pit.
And he shall eventually
go into the lake of fire
and PERISH with the rest
of the elements (2 Pet. 3:12),
i.e. evil rudiments,
when our Father, the consuming fire (Heb. 12:29) comes.
And in verse 8 we also
read for the "umpteenth time"
that if you are not one
of God's elect,
if your name is not written
in the book of life from the foundation of the world,
then you are going to
love this beast!
We continue now with who the beast is:
Rev.
17:9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom.
The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
It's going to take
just a little wisdom and common sense
to understand this verse
about the beast.
We know from Rev 12 &
13 who the 7 heads, the 7 mountains are.
Mountains are symbolic
of governments and nations.
They are the 7 dominions,
meaning the complete or whole dominion of the world,
the one world political
system,
whom the beast controls
from that great city of Jerusalem.
Note: Many people
would like to say that this means the "great city" is San Francisco or
Rome or some other city that is built on 7 literal mountains. But first
of all, the woman isn't even the subject. It's the beast and his political
system. The angel doesn't change the subject to the woman until verse 18.
That is why this verse
is prefaced with "here is the mind which has wisdom".
Wisdom comes from knowing
God's Word, all of it.
If you do then this verse
and this chapter is a "no brainer".
If you don't, you'll probably
get out a topographical map
and look for cities built
on mountains.
It's your choice.
[10]
And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is
not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
Again, wisdom is
required here.
The subject is still the
beast and these 7 kings
have nothing to do with
the 10 kings which we will get to in verse 12.
The subject hasn't changed.
These 7 kings are all one and the same person.
Let's read verse 11 first
and we'll explain.
[11]
And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the
seven, and goeth into perdition.
The 7 kings are sequential
roles that Satan has played (a) 1-5,
that are past (fallen)
i.e.
down through the ages
even from the first earth age where he was the dragon,
in the garden of Eden
as the serpent, at the time of Job as the accuser,
and at the time of Christ
as the tempter,
(b)
6, currently where he is alive and in heaven organizing his troops
while being physically
restrained from earth, (c) 7,
when he is cast out of
heaven
and he comes here again
as antichrist this time
and "must continue a
short space"
until Christ returns
and Michael tosses him in the abyss,
and (d)
8,
he is released for the final time at the end of the Millennium
and eventually goes into
perdition, i.e. is cast into the lake of fire.
Now,
verse 11 makes it really simple.
Again, what is the subject?
We are talking about the
beast that was and is not.
The beast is who?
Satan!
In as much as he will
also have an 8th role at the end of the Millennium,
he is of the seven, ALL
SEVEN,
because he was 1-5 and
is now 6 and shall be 7,
i.e. he is all seven
kings.
So just as the 8th is
of the 7,
the 7th is of the 6,
and the 6th is of the
5.
The
7 kings are the same king in series of reigns not 7 contemporary kings.
Here come the 10 kings who are contemporary kings:
[12]
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received
no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
One hour is the hour
of temptation (Rev. 3:10).
It
is the 5 month reign of the spurious messiah,
the
time of the locusts of Rev. 9
and
Apollyon, Satan, their king.
[13]
These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
[14] These shall
make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord
of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and
chosen, and faithful.
What
are you called?
If
you are with Him in this generation then you
(1)
were called,
(2)
were chosen before the foundation of this earth age, and
(3)
are faithful unto and through the final hour!
Rev.
17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore
sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
"Waters"
= "the peoples of the world".
If
you miss this symbol you'll drown in uncertainty while trying to understand
Revelation.
[16]
And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the
whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh,
and burn her with fire.
Don't
let this verse be confusing or seem contradictory.
It
is not.
Just
remember that in Rev. 9
all
those who do not have the seal of God in their forehead are consumed away
and made desolate.
It
is God's plan to use Satan and his kings to fulfill His will.
[17]
For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree,
and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be
fulfilled.
Yes,
God even calls the locust army "His army",
for
it exists only by His permission. God is in
complete control.
He
always has been,
He
always will be.
[18]
And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over
the kings of the earth.
We
documented in the previous study that this great city is Jerusalem,
where
also our Lord was crucified.
In
our next study we will get an even closer view of the Great Fall of the
Great Babylon of the end times.
It
is most fascinating indeed!
To study the Bible is the noblest of all pursuits;
to understand it, the highest of all goals.
We pray that with the guidance of the Holy
Spirit, you accomplish both.
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