Revelation 17
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Chapter 17 - The Harlot: Babylon The Great Babylon’ s Characteristics, vv. 1-6 Babylon’ s Relationship To The Sea Beast, vv. 7-14 Babylon’ s Unmistakable Identity, vv. 15-18 Begin to see the judgment pictured in reverse order as enemy introduced. Ch. 17 = The Fall of Babylon (v.1 “the great whore”) #Revelation 11:8 * where our Lord was crucified #Jeremiah 2:20; 3:9; 4:30; 4:30; 51:4, 7 * (Literal Babylon) “great whore” = the fornication is figurative of religious unfaithfulness “Waters” is explained in v. 155 as “peoples, mulitudes, and nations…”
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#Jeremiah 51:7 * the dress of a harlot
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’ Mystery" is not part of the name, and shouldn’ t be capaitalized as in the KJV, but see the NASV, here. The name is a mystery name (i.e. hidden, or symbolic). The mysterious name “Babylon…” secret, symbolic for .
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#Matthew 23:35; Luke 11:47-51; 21:20-22 “drunken with the blood of the saints” See , TOPIC #3 #Acts 8:1 *Paul one of many sececutors #Acts 9:29; 12:1-3; 22:4,20; 26:10-11; 1 Thessalonians 2:15 Stephen, James brother of John, Peter, Paul (Acts 22), James “great admiration” = great wonder, amazement, not approving what was done!
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The MYSTERY to be explained to John.
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The BEAST that the woman was riding on, ie Rome, and as personified by Nero. She was, and is not (by the time of this judgment, Nero will have killed himself) Rome looked like she would die from her civil wars but did not. #13:3 * one of the heads (in context probably Julius Caesar in 13:3) but here likely Nero, or Rome in general.
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Kings and Kingdoms are called Mountains. #Daniel 2:45
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Dating Revelation: KEY VERSE: Rev. 17:10,1. Julius Caesar 48 BC - 31 BC 2. Augustus 31 BC - AD 14 3. Tiberius AD 14 - AD 37 Five are fallen 4. Caliguia AD 37 - AD 41 5. Claudius AD 41 - AD 54
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- Nero AD 54 - AD 68 “one is"7. Vespasian AD 69 - AD 79 “not yet come”
- Titus AD 79 - AD 81 “the eight is of the seventh” (Vespasian was the general Nero sent to squelch the Jewish Rebellion. After Nero’ s suicide, he returned to Rome and became Emperor and left his son Titus as commander to continue the conquest of the Jews and Jerusalem.)
Revelation 17:12
The ten divisions or provinces (dioceses) of the Roman Empire. May stand for “all” the kingdoms subjected to Rome. That they ARE kingdoms, see 17:17 As though God made all these Gentile nations subject to Rome so they would be strong enough to fulfill this judgment against Jerusalem and be a “worldly” (all nations) judgment against the Jews.
Revelation 17:16
The gentiles nations in the Roman Empire hated Jerusalem and the Jews and joined with Rome in her destruction. #Matthew 23:37-38; Luke 21:22; 23:28-31 “desolate, naked, burn” = fig language of the destruction of Jerusalem.
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God uses even wicked natins to do his will. Ten horns = we see here each was a kingdom “words be fulfilled” = the words prophesied about this, Matthew 24, Mark 13 Luke 22
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God uses even wicked natins to do his will. Ten horns = we see here each was a kingdom “words be fulfilled” = the words prophesied about this, Matthew 24, Mark 13 Luke 22