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Revelation Chapter 17 VERSE 8 continued “The beast that thou saw WAS, and IS NOT; and IS ABOUT TO COME up out of the abyss…” Point # 2: The PARTIAL beast (of Verses 8, 11-13, 16, 17) is THUS SAID to be “of the seven,” but NOT ONE of the seven.” (We should not look for a definition of this...

Revelation Chapter 17 Now a second look at our subject from another perspective, one which when rightfully grasps seems just as plausible as the first. VERSE 8 continued “The beast that thou saw WAS, and IS NOT; and IS ABOUT TO COME up out of the abyss…” “All students of Revelation know the...

Revelation Chapter 17 VERSE 8 continued “The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast...

Revelation Chapter 17 Now what we are about to present with regards to Verse 8 are two completely different takes on the subject both of which nevertheless have their merits, and both of which could very possibly reign true in the end, the first as presented by Brother Frank Shallieu is one...

Revelation Chapter 17 VERSE 6 AND 7 continued “I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement. But the angel said to me, “Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the...

Revelation Chapter 17 VERSES 6 AND 7 “I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement. But the angel said to me, “Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast...

Revelation Chapter 17 VERSES 4 AND 5 continued “The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication, and on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON...

Revelation Chapter 17 VERSES 4 AND 5 “The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication, and on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE...

Revelation Chapter 17 VERSE 3 “So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.” AND HE CARRIED ME AWAY: Brother Russell was the first to understand clearly the...

Revelation Chapter 17 VERSE 2 -- WITH WHOM THE KINGS OF THE EARTH COMMITTED IMMORALITY: This is her primary sin. The Christian Church is espoused to Christ to be wedded to Him at His return. This woman thought that the interval before that return would be more profitable to her if she lured...

Revelation Chapter 17 VERSES 1 AND 2 “Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the...

Revelation Chapter 17 PARTS OF THE BEAST It is immediately noticeable in this chapter that Babylon is portrayed as a harlot SITTING ON a beast. In Chapter 13, church and state were all amalgamated into the beast. The story of the fall of Babylon and of the destruction of the beast, however...

Revelation Chapter 17 In this study we will as usual be consulting our two primary sources on the book of Revelation, viz., the “New Albany Notes on Revelation” (abbreviated here as N.A.N.O.R.) along with excerpts from Brother Frank Shallieu’s work “The Keys to Revelation”, any other sources of...

Revelation Chapter 16 Further Explanation of Symbols The Joshua account of the siege of Jericho contains other interesting symbolisms. In one sense, the ark symbolizes God’s presence amidst His people, but in another sense the journeying ark and the priests carrying and accompanying it...

Revelation Chapter 16 Joshua and the Conquest of Jericho “And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord. And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men...

Revelation Chapter 16 Verse 21 continued “And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.” “Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the...

Revelation Chapter 16 Verse 21: And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great. Rendered from the Greek, this passage should read: “There fell...

Revelation Chapter 16 Samson and the Temple of Dagon The story of Samson, in regard to the destruction of the Temple of Dagon (a typical representation of mystical Babylon), illustrates how the religious systems uphold the social and civil order. When Samson pulled down the pillars, the...

Revelation Chapter 16 Verse 19: And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. The literal kingdom of Babylon was composed of three...