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130 BABYLON THE GREAT WHORE The woman is arrayed in purple and scarlet and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls. This refers to the worldliness of this world power. Contrast this woman with the other woman of Revelation 12, the Church, who is clothed with the Sun and the moon under her feet. As we said earlier, the woman is the Church, clothed by the Sun of Righteousness, that is Christ, while the moon representing the things of the world is under her feet, despised. What a difference! The woman has a golden cup full of her abominations and fornications; she is drinking the sour wine of the love of the world and even offering the same drink to the people and the kings of the earth, inviting them and enticing them and teaching them the art of her fornication: love of the world which is enmity of God. Her name starts with the word “mystery” meaning code name, not her real name; a mystery that will be revealed to the faithful whenever the woman (the world power) appears on the world’s stage near the end of time. 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. And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. 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. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. (Rev 17:8-11) We dealt with the beast in a previous chapter, suffices to say that he is Antichrist. The seven heads are seven kings that we also dealt with previously, they are the previous “prototypes” that Satan erected before the real thing. Minor antichrists that Satan experimented with before perfecting the real thing. The five that are fallen are: Pharaoh king of Egypt, Sennacherib king of Assyria, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the kings of Medo-Persia, that kept Israel in captivity, and Antiochus Epiphanes the Greek king, who destroyed and desecrated the second temple, declared himself God, and butchered the Jews who refused to worship him. Each one of these persecuted the Church of the Old Testament, and was a little antichrist, particularly the last one.
BABYLON THE GREAT WHORE 131 The “one that is” is of course the Roman Emperor Nero who persecuted the Church of the New Testament. The “other that is not yet come” is the originator of a new politico-religious movement that was to come six centuries later. A movement that also persecuted the Church of the New Testament. THE TEN HORNS: 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. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. 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. 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. 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. (Rev 17:12-17) The ten horns have been dealt with previously. We are told that they are ten kings that will reign in the time of the beast (Antichrist). They will be allies of Antichrist putting their strength and power in his service. The author of these articles has a theory, that if we take these prophecies as probably speaking about our time (as all the Fathers did) then these are the European Union nations. They have one mind (the European parliament). They will enter into an alliance with Antichrist who will most certainly be in control of the Middle East and its oil, which is vital to these European nations. None of the Fathers speculated on the identity of these kings or kingdoms except Saint Hippolytus, who peculiarly calls them “ten democracies!” Being allied to Antichrist, they will participate with him in persecuting the Christians (referred to as making war with the Lamb). Even though they are in alliance with Antichrist, yet God will use them for the fulfilment of His will, that is to punish Babylon for her sins. THE FAITHFUL ARE WARNED TO FLEE BABYLON: And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of
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