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Is The “Woman Who Rides The Beast” the United States? (A teaching by Pastor Ray)
Noted below is a teaching from Pastor Ray on the topics of The Whore Of Babylon/The Woman That Rides The Beast. Study notes are presented below the text (below).
This teaching is presented by Restoration Church. Restoration Church is one year old. Pastor Ray serves as pastor–he is a Church Planter with the Northwest Baptist Convention in the Pacific Northwest. Your prayers and support are appreciated.
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Study on The Woman Who Rides The Beast / The Whore Of Babylon
REVELAION CHAPTER 13
The Beast #1 (The Antichrist)
The dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. 2 The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority. 3 One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast. 4 People worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, “Who is like the beast? Who can wage war against it?” 5 The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise its authority for forty-two months…. 7 It was given power to wage war against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. 8 All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world. 9 Whoever has ears, let them hear. 10 “If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they will go. If anyone is to be killed[ with the sword, with the sword they will be killed.” This calls for … faithfulness on the part of God’s people.
Beast #2
11 Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. 12 It exercised the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. 13 And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people. 14 Because of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived the inhabitants of earth….16 It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, 17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name. 18 This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666.
REVELATION CHAPTER 17
The Woman on the Beast
One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits by many waters. 2 With her the kings of the earth committed adultery, and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries.” 3 … I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. 4 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries. 5 The name written on her forehead was a mystery: babylon the great the mother of prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth.
6 I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly astonished. 7 Then the angel said to me: “Why are you astonished? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman…8 The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and yet will come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast, because it once was, now is not, and yet will come. 9 “This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits. 10 They are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for only a little while. 11 The beast who once was, and now is not, is an eighth king. He belongs to the seven and is going to his destruction. 12 “The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour will receive authority as kings along with the beast…. 14 They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them… 15 Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages. 16 The beast and the ten horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. 17 For God has put it into their hearts to accomplish his purpose…. 18 The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”
What the text reveals about the Antichrist and the Beast:
- There will be an Antichrist
- The Antichrist will be empowered by Satan
- The Antichrist will apparently have a fatal wound to the head, but will recover
- The Antichrist will be supported in his work by ‘the Beast’
- The woman is not the Beast or the Antichrist
- The Antichrist and Beast will oversee a kind of empire represented by 10 horns, which come out of one or more of the empires Daniel prophetically noted in his visions (Babylon, Persia/Media, Greece or Rome)
What the text reveals about the woman:
- The woman is unfaithful to God, and is in partnership with Satan
- The woman is rich, powerful and full of sin
- The woman leads (or possibly forces) others to sin
- The woman influences (or possibly controls) many people, many nations, and ‘sits on many waters’
- The woman is responsible for the ‘blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus’
- The woman is called ‘mystery Babylon’
- The woman will be hated by the empire of the Beast
- The woman will be attacked and destroyed by the empire of the Beast—the world will mourn
What else does the Bible say about mystery Babylon/this woman?
- She would be noted for its architecture, buildings and skyline (Isaiah 13:22)
- She is the lone super power of the world (Isaiah 47:5,8)
- She will be respected and envied around the world, and yet at the same time, hated by the world. (Isaiah 18:2)
- She has a unique and remarkable beginning (Isaiah 18:2)
- She will be QUEEN AMONG THE NATIONS (Isa 47:5,7; Rev 17,18; Isa 13:6)
- She will be called a lady, and has the symbol of the Lady (Isa 47:7-9)
- She will be a land quartered by mighty rivers (Isa 18:2)
- She destroys her own land, with pollution and waste (Isa 14:20, 18:2, 7)
- She will be a REPUBLIC or a DEMOCRACY, it is ruled by many counsels (Isa 47:13)
- Her governmental system will break down (Isa 47:13)
- She will be a nation of religious confusion (Isa 47:12-13)
- She will be a VIRGIN NATION, her lands untouched by major war (Isa 47:1)
- Her enemies lie on the opposite side of the world, over the poles (Isa 13:5)
- She will think her people are God’s elect and eternal (Isa 47:7-8)
- She will dwell/act carelessly before the Lord (Isa 47:8)
- She will be proud, haughty, and does not consider her end (Isa 47:7-8)
- She will be the youngest and greatest of the end time nations (Jer 50:12)
- She will the most powerful nation in the world (Isa 47, Jer 50, 51, Rev 18)
- The strength of her armies will make her the HAMMER OF THE WHOLE EARTH (Jer 50:23; Rev 18:23)
- She will be a land rich in minerals (Jer. 51:13) and agriculture (Jer 50:16,26-27,51; Rev 18)
- She will be a leading exporting/ importing nation in the world (Jer 51:13, 51; Rev 18)
- She will sit upon MANY WATERS (Jer 51:13)
- She will be a SINGULAR NATION founded upon OUT OF MANY, ONE (Isa 13, 47, Jer 50, 51, Hab 1)
- She will turn upon its heritage and destroys it all in the end (Jer 50:11-12)
- Her Christian leaders will lead their flock astray (Jer 50:6; implied Rev 18:2)
- She will establish of detention centers for Jews and Christians (Jer 50:7, 33; 51:35, 49; Rev 17:6; 18:24)
- She has a mother nation that remains in existence from her birth to death (Jer 50: 12)
- Her mother has the symbol of the LION (Dan7:4; Eze 38:13; Jer 51:38; Psalms 17:12)
- She will turn against its own people and imprison/slays them (Jer 50:7,33; 51:35; 39; Dan 7:25; Rev 13:7;17:6; 18:24)
- She will trade with many via ships all year round (Rev 18:17-18)
Who is the woman—the Whore Of Babylon/Mystery Babylon?
Commonly held positions:
- Jerusalem
- Babylon
- Rome
- The Catholic Church
- Mecca/Saudi Arabia
- Constantinople/Turkey/Ottoman Empire
- The United States
You are misinformed. The prophesy of Revelation is fulfilled, and was fulfilled at the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. The whore of Babylon, and the woman who sat upon the beast are the same: they were Jerusalem! The beast was the Roman empire of the first century A.D., and THE antichrist of Revelation was Nero. Click my name, and read my posts for the full information: The Whore of Babylon, The Beast of Revelation, The 70 weeks of Dan. Chap. 9, and all of the posts on It’s Not The End of The World, Parts I – X, as well as There Are No End Times.
You have been misinformed ,for one thing john was taken to show us what happens before ,during and after the lords day, aka the millennium
No you have been misinformed too, revelation is a night sky storyboard of the constellations.
http://youtu.be/ViuNs6LL8Lk
Looks like John of Patmos had a few beach parties on them clear warm Greek nights!
Gina;
That was the first fulfillment of Revelation’s whore of Babylon. We are about to experience the second and greater fulfillment with the destruction of the whore of Babylon of our time, apostate/pagan Christendom and all of it’s sects/denominations. It’s about to happen in full force. Obama is trying to convince the U.N. to get started.
Daniel tells us there will be 4 end time beast (kingdoms) and they will all be there to the end so past kingdoms do not count.
Daniel 7:11-12New International Version (NIV)
11 “Then I continued to watch because of the boastful words the horn was speaking. I kept looking until the beast was slain and its body destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire. 12 (The other beasts had been stripped of their authority, but were allowed to live for a period of time.)
The first is a Lion(U.K.) who has it’s eagle wings ripped off (U.S.A.) in 1776 ripped itself from the U.K.
The third is a 4 headed leopard with 4 wings (2 sets of wings represent 2 countries) so in all it is a 6 country coalition. These 4 Leopard heads represent the Benelux Union which is a politico-economic union of three neighbouring states in central-western Europe: Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg who have the leopard on their flags and the main leopard head is France. The other 2 countries with the wings represent Italy (Roman Legions with their Eagle Wings and Germany with their Eagle Wings). These countries formed the EEC which became the EU.
The second is the USSR which even to this day is called the Bear.
The 4th Beast in Daniel consumes the whole world and this is the United Nations which Revelation gives details of.
Revelation tells us this Beast has 7 Heads and 10 Horns and the Dragon waited for it to form from the sea of people so the Dragon(China) is part of this Beast.
Revelation tells us that there are 10 temporary kings and if we look at the security council of the United Nations it indeed has 10 temporary kings and the 7 heads are the permanent members of the security council which are the U.K.,P.R. China, USSR and the 4 headed beast represented by France who was the instigator of the EEC which became E.U. and their is one permanent member left, the U.S who rides the Beast. The United Nations building is located in New York city, where the Woman the Statue of Liberty stands.
REVELATIONS- the original fear porn.
Nice, thank you.
The whore of Babylon is, of course, the Catholic Church that has been and is whoring with all kings of the Earth.
‘she will be called mystery babylon’ because she will be controlled secretly by the mystery religions. ie. demon worship. everything else you wrote is clear and easily understood to be referring to and proves it is USA you are talking about – the fact that you have to posit your article , or whoever wrote it as a question proves americans are in denial and will remain that way up until the end.
“Out of Russia shall come the hope of the world”
Edgar Cayce
the above comments are also proof of this last point.
The woman is the catholic church.
America is the two-horned lamb like beast that enforces the mark.
The USA been around 250 years. How long has Rome been around? Her refers to the virgin bride or the great shore. Who are the daughters of the great whose. Nobody mentions the denominationd that really didn’t break sway completely. The anglel testifin of Jesus. Come out of her my people. How can 300 million leave the US.Also the mystery of God is Christ in you. The Babylon mystery is the Anti Spirit in you. What do you worship? The Babylon gold that passed into the. Catholic Church. Go in one and look around.
“The woman riding the beast” is all religions, especially all sects/denominations of Christendom, the apostate pagan religions. They “fornicate” with governments, politicians, and involve themselves in war. All things strictly forbidden in the Christian Greek scriptures (New Testament).