Woman Will Ride The Beast To a Fiery End
In The End The Beast Will Not Be Her Friend
And Beast’s Ten Horns Will issue a Loud Amen
Stomping ashes where her churches have Been
For Heresy God upon Her Judgment Finally Sends
And on Protestant Churches Lured Back to Her Den
Rome was the woman when John wrote with the Pen
Woman reigns there now as the great deceiver of Men!
August 2, 2008
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Revelation 17:1-6 – 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: [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. [3] So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. [4] And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: [5] And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. [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.
The “many waters” on which the “whore” (Satan’s bride) sits are identified as “peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.” This great religious prostitute from the truth is identified and geographically located in Revelation 17:18 as “that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. In John’s day that city was Rome. Today, the most widespread religious organization in the world has its tentacles spread across the earth from its headquarters in Rome.
The kings of all the earth have had continuous dealings with the great Vatican government
of Rome down through the ages. The history of the Catholic Church has long been one of political involvement in the affairs of nations and kings. Many nations and kings have been intoxicated with her religious wine that dulls the conscience of lost souls.
In verse three John sees the “woman” setting on the back of a “scarlet colored beast.” This is the same beast described in previous chapters as having “seven heads and ten horns” – It is the resurrected seventh Islamic Kingdom, and its seventh head is the Antichrist. But here, in Chapter 18, he has a new color – he is “scarlet colored.” Why has he changed colors between Revelation 13 and 17
? Because, when we saw the first head in Revelation 13:1, he had not been “wounded to death” – he was still alive – he was still a non-resurrected man. But now, here in Revelation 17:3 we seem him as counterfeiting Christ in shedding his blood.
He claims his wound by a sword was the shedding of his blood for his religious world followers, but that he had now risen from the dead to be their eternal king. He is the blood colored Lamb of Satan.
Satan is going to counterfeit the real Christ so well that only those who really know the truth will recognize his counterfeit. I worship the blood stained Lamb of God – They will worship the scarlet colored Antichrist of Satan.
Verses four and five are perfect illustrations of all the wealth, pomp, power, ritual, and ceremony associated with the Catholic Church and world religion today. Verse six requires little comment – hundreds of volumes have been amassed by countless writers attesting to horrible killing and torture of true believers by the Catholic Church before and during the Reformation. One day she will answer for all long trail of blood of the saints.
The “woman” represents the great apostasy from worship in spirit and in truth.
The “woman” is the bride of Satan whose destruction is reported by John in Revelation 17:15-18.
Revelation 17:15-18 – 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.
The ten horns are ten Arab kings who will soon come against Israel led by the Antichrist, who is the eleventh horn on Daniel’s fourth beast.
Daniel 7:24-28 – And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. [25] And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and
times and the dividing of time.
The ten Arab kings will accept the Antichrist as their leader “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.” The Prophet Mohammad loudly proclaimed he was God’s prophet, and he was supposedly called by the angel Gabriel.
Today some 500 million followers of Allah are scattered across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and southeastern Europe, and they believe that
Allah is God. Allah is a word compounded of the article “al” and the word “ilah,” which means “the God.” I believe the Catholic faith will accept the Antichrist as the “O Theos” (the God), and the Islamic faith will accept him as Allah (the God). Most of the many faiths would love to have a flesh and blood man to lead them, one who had returned from the dead. Many different faiths across the earth have multiple gods – some sects in India have hundreds of gods – but each sect always has one god who is more powerful than all the others. All the religions, both small and great, will believe that the beast is that one most powerful god in their worship system.
Unfortunately for the “woman,” the Arabs have always hated religious Christianity, and near
the end of the tribulation period they will vent their full religious zeal on the religious woman of Rome. John attests to the woman’s final destruction by the sons of Allah in verse sixteen – “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.”
Begin excerpt from CBS News
Syria’s Grand Mufti Invites Pope To Syria
VATICAN CITY, Aug. 1, 2008
(AP) Syria’s grand mufti, the country’s top Sunni Muslim religious authority, says he would like to meet Pope Benedict XVI and persuade him to visit Syria.
The mufti, Sheik Ahmad Badereddine Hassoun, made the comments in Damascus, according to the Italian news agency Apcom and other reports Friday.
“I would like to invite the Holy Father to visit our country, following in the footsteps of St. Paul,” Hassoun was quoted by Apcom as saying. “I am available for a meeting at the Vatican.
I would like to see him one on one to plan the visit together.”
Benedict’s predecessor, Pope John Paul II, made a groundbreaking visit to the Ummayad Mosque in Damascus in May 2001.
Benedict has been vacationing in the Italian Alps.
The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the invitation attests to the current “serene climate” in Syria and “good relations” with the country.
Benedict has been trying to improve ties with Islam since giving a speech in Germany in 2006 that angered many in the Muslim world.
In the Regensburg University speech, Benedict cited a medieval text that characterized some of the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad as “evil and inhuman,” particularly “his command to spread by the sword the faith.”
The pope later said he was “deeply sorry” about the reactions his remarks sparked and stressed that they did not reflect his own opinion.
Hassoun, a moderate cleric, said the case was closed.
“There is a dialogue, and between religions and intellectuals there are always discussions,” he said, according to Apcom. “One can fight with one’s wife, but then the love grows.
Hassoun is among a group of 138 Muslim scholars that has called for greater dialogue between Christians and Muslims.
Benedict XVI met with Syria’s vice president in September to discuss the situation of Christians in Syria and the role Damascus should play in bringing peace to the Middle East.
The pope has urged Syria to use its influence in the region to help resolve conflicts and counter terrorism.
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