She had Blasphemous names on her, she had a cup full of abominations and filthiness. Now look back at Dan. 5, John got this from Dan. 5, where the Mene, Mene, Tekel handwriting on the wall stated Babylon had fallen. Here John is saying False Religion will finally be Judged !! But God uses the Beast and his 10 horns (Europe) to kill her off (judge her). In their world there is no place for Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Jupiter or Zeus worship, only a desire for Beast Worship now exists, thus the Harlot is thrown overboard, or judged in Rev. 17. Meanwhile, when Jesus returns he will judge Beast Worshipers himself. Now does this chapter in Daniel make more sense? It was a double prophecy of sorts. John used it for Rev. 17s Harlotry.
Dan. 5:2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. 3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. 4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
Daniel is sent for and interprets:
Dan. 5:24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written. 25 And this is the writing that was written, Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin. 26 This is the interpretation of the thing: Mene; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
Notice another revelation here, there are NO CROWNS on this Scarlet Colored Beast (Apollyon) and that is because its a different Beast from the Red Dragon of Rev. 12 who has CROWNS on the 7 Heads because as Satan told Jesus in Luke 4, all of these kingdoms are mine to give you, if you will just bow down and worship me. Then in Rev. 13 the Little Horn/Man Beast/A.C. has CROWNS on the 10 horns (Europe) because he rules over them. Apollyon has NO CROWNS because he is not a human king, nor is he over Satan on this earth in the spirit realm, however he is an 8th in that he is a king over the Bottomless Pit and he is of the 7 in that Satan appointed him over the Mediterranean Sea Region, thus he was over Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia (he was the one who resisted Michael in Dan. 10 for 21 days), Greece and Rome, then God placed him in the Bottomless Pit for the duration of the Church Age, he will be released at the 1st Woe and will thus be over the Anti-Christ, thus he will have been OF THE SEVEN.............but he is also an 8th King. (God loves His riddles). He is a King over the bottomless pit only.
So, we now know that the Harlot of Rev. 17 is FALSE RELIGION. So, who is Babylon in Rev. 18? Well, they go hand in hand until the Last Beast kills her off, so Babylon is the Government side of this two headed coin which God sees as a defilement. They worshiped not God, nor do they abide by God's rules nor laws !! We can see who God calls Babylon the Great in Rev. 16:19, at the 7th Vial. It's EASY PEASY when we know it, because we see it, because God via the Holy Spirit has been allowed to TEACH US !!
Rev. 16:19 And the great city was divided(Jerusalem/Earthquake/2nd Coming) 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.
So, Jesus lands on Mt. Zion, wipes out the wicked, and God calls them Babylon the Great, well who were they? BOOM, the 6th Vial tells us, TRUST ME, it says the Kings of the WHOLE WORLD are gathered to fight the Almighty God. But why? BABEL, means confused, so who fights against their own loving Creator? Men who have been duped by Satan, of course. Thus God sees Babylon the Great as Satan's Dark Kingdom on this earth where he confuses mankind into following his ways over God's ways !! It is that simple, that is why when Babylon Falls, Satan is locked up in the pit for 1000 years.
Now lets interpret Rev. 18, Babylon getting judged is this whole evil and confused world being judged by God over a 42 month period of time. We can see this in verse 2, Babylon (WHOLE WORLD) has become a habitation of devils. Well, who is cast down to earth for 1260 days to chase the Woman (Israel) in Rev. 12? Satan and his Demons !! Who is released from the Bottomless Pit at the 1st Woe? Apollyon and his Demon hordes, now see why Babylon is the WHOLE WORLD? In verse 4 where God tells His people to come out of her that she does not partake in Babylon's sin, nor RECEIVE of her PLAGUES, we can now see, this is God telling Israel to flee Judea, into the Petra/Bozrah area where God will protect her Himself for 1260 days, where no plagues will harm her !! Its just happening in real time in Rev. 7, where the 144,000 is CODE for 3.5-5 million Jews who repents just before the DOTL as Zech. 13:8-9 and 14:1 shows us, as does Malachi 4:5-6. They then flee Judea when they see the AoD. So, they repent at the 1335, see the AoD at the 1290 and flee, then Jerusalem gets conquered at the 1260.
The Rest of Rev. 18 is prose about this evil world getting judged over a 42 month period of time. In verse 8 we see she gets judged in ONE DAY then in verse 10 we see she gets judged in ONE HOUR, well both are CODE for 1260 days. The Day of the Lord (God's Wrath) lasts for 1260 days. Then in Rev. 17:12 we see the 10 kings rule with the Beast for ONE HOUR and we know the Beast rules for 1260 days or 42 months, see how the bible will interpret itself if we let it? Now watch how God says the Bridegroom nor Bride can be found in Babylon anymore (in the wicked world getting judged).
Rev. 18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee(Church, we are the Light of the world); and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. {{ They loved money more than God. }}
24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
Rev. 17 is ALL FALSE RELIGION being Judged. (The Harlot)
Rev. 18 is this Wicked and Confused (Babel) world being Judged. (Babylon the Great)
It is easy peasy when we let God teach us, when we try tom force interpretations, or listen to men, it is not easy peasy. I understand every chapter in the book of Revelation, and the exact Chronological Order that it is in. Rev. 1 is Jesus in all his Glory (the things you have seen) Rev. 2 and 3 is the Church Age (the things WHICH ARE). Everything after Rev. 3 beginning with Rev. 4:1 is the HEREAFTER or after the Church Age period.
Rev. 4 and 5 is the Church in Heaven before Jesus opens the Seals. Rev. 6 is Jesus opening the Seals, which are just Prophetic Utterings of the coming Trumpet Judgments. Rev. 7 is the 3.5-5 million Jews who repent at the 1335, fleeing at the 1290, which happens just before the DOTL (1260 events). Rev. 8 starts the Wrath of God via an Asteroid (I see it as Apophis). Rev. 9 is the 5th and 6th Trumpets which are Woes number 1 and 2. Then we must skip to Rev. 16 (15 and 16 actually go together, we can see this by reading Rev. 8, the Trumps are readied, then blown in the same chapter. Here, they divided 15 and 16 but the Vials are readied in Heaven in Rev. 15, then poured out on earth in Rev. 16, IMHO, it should not be divided since Rev. 8 was not divided) where God's Wrath continues with the 7th Trump, which brings the 3rd Woe, which is the 7 Vials. This ENDS God's Wrath, Jesus shows up in Rev. 16:19 to defeat Babylon the Great !! Every other chapter is a Parenthetical Citation chapter, save 20, 21 and 22 which are real time chapters.
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