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, requires the SEPARATION of the symbols for church and state. Note also that this is NOT Papacy riding the beast. Papacy was (Chapter 12) portrayed as the “man-child”…
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 information including the Reprints will be duly noted. It has always been my opinion that no one particular brother, and this includes the Pastor himself has ever been given all knowledge, all…
Revelation Chapter 16 Further Explanation of Symbols The Joshua account of the siege of Jericho contains other interesting symbolism’s. 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 represent the transit of the Christ class from the wilderness state toward the house of rest above. The seven priests who blew the trumpets correspond to the seven individual messengers to the Church (Rev. 1:20), but…
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 went before them; but the rear-ward [the rear-ward, the unarmed host—the people] came after the ark of the Lord, the priests going on, and blowing with the…
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 hail.” During the anarchy the masses will not fully realize what is happening—what the judgment is all about —although they will know that the events are without parallel…
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 upon the men [that is, the worshipers of the beast and its image—Verse 2] a great hail out of heaven.” Water frequently represents truth. The truth (Verse 21)…
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 religious structure fell, killing the Philistine leadership or lords and many others (Judg. 16:21–30). The destruction of the house of worship precipitated the downfall of the Philistine nation, which had harassed the Jewish…
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 parts: (1) the city or capital, (2) the nation, and (3) the empire. All three were called Babylon but from different standpoints. The composite whole was the…
Revelation Chapter 16 (As taken from “The Book of Revelation“) Verse 17: And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, it is done. Verse 18: And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. The seventh-plague angel message, yet…
Revelation Chapter 16 VERSES 17-21 “And the seventh (angel) poured out his bowl upon the air; and there came forth a great voice out of the temple, from the throne, saying, it is done: and there were lightning’s, and voices, and thunders; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since there were men upon the earth, so great an earthquake, so mighty…” VERSE 19 — AND THE GREAT CITY: — Babylon the Great with all of its…