Revelation 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. 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. 9 And
here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on
which the woman sitteth.
The beast that ascends from the
bottomless pit carries the woman. If this represents the Roman Empire and then
Church it is supported by Satan, controlled by the Beast. The word for mountain
is elsewhere also used for mount and hill.
Revelation 17:10 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. 11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he
is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. 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. 13 These have one
mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
This is almost impossible to
figure out as there have been dozens of Roman Emperors and dozens of Popes
since the time of John and many communist dictators in the last century. When
these events occur five of these kings are dead, one is ruling, and there is
another to come for a brief period. The beast comes from the seven kings, and
is the eighth king, emperor, dictator, or pope before he goes to the Lake of
Fire. The ten horns, or kings, will rule under the authority of the beast for a
short, short time, all in agreement to be in subjection to this eighth king,
the beast that ascended from the bottomless pit, Abaddon.
Revelation 17:14 ¶ 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. 15 And he saith unto me,
The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and
multitudes, and nations, and tongues. 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. 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. 18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great
city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
2Thessalonians 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
Here is a classic metaphor for waters being a type of peoples. We can
now go back and perhaps see the word sea as
a mass of humanity and pay particular attention to earth as a metaphor in the following verses.
Revelation 13:1 And I stood upon
the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads
and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of
blasphemy.
Revelation 13:11 And I beheld
another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and
he spake as a dragon.
The beast’s ten kings turn on the
city that ruled over them, perhaps the Roman Church, and the true nature of the
beast is brought out. We need to discuss again, which city, rules over the
kings of the earth and if it is Rome, why would Rome be considered as ruling
over the earth when its influence is diminishing, it seems?
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