NOTE:  Appears chapters 17, 18, and 19 deal with the same issue, the ending of satan's world kingdom referred to as Babylon.  As an actual city, it would have been presided over by the Antichrist or beast.  From chapter 19 he wasn't in it when it was destroyed.  Chapter 18 will describe the world reaction …

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NOTE:  John is presented a vision in 1-6, then is told what the vision represents in 7-18.  Commentaries have such different ideas.  Going to put down what stands out to me. Revelation 17:1  "...the judgment of the great harlot..." Bible refers to worship of anyone or anything other than God as harlotry.  I think the …

Continue reading Bible Study Notes on Revelation 17 – 20170728

Revelation 16:1  "...voice from the temple saying to the seven angels..." Again from the temple.  Direct commands, direct control. 1  "...the wrath of God on the earth" Concluding acts of vengeance on the people of earth, at least those who are rebelling against Him.  It's just a taste of what is in store if they …

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Revelation 15:1  "...great and marvelous...in them the wrath of God is complete" Great and marvelous as part of the overall majesty of what John was seeing, and because the wrath of God is complete with them.  Only natural to want things to be right, for wrongs to be corrected, but when our hearts become like …

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Revelation 14:1  "...with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father’s name written on their foreheads" Probably the same group mentioned in chapter 7 revisited. 3  "...no one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed..." Only they could understand the song as they were the ones who experienced …

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Revelation 13:1  "...I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns..." Parallel to Daniel 7.  Daniel saw four beasts arising, each representing a ruling power.  The fourth one was the one in control when Christ returns, the last days.  The Antichrist will come from this power. 2  "...beast...was …

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Revelation 12:1  "...woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars" Short summary of the persecution of Israel which produced the Messiah.  Woman, the nation of Israel, bringing light into the world, and twelve stars to represent the twelve tribes. 3  "...fiery red dragon …

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