新約聖經 和合本

啟示錄 第十七章

  

Revelation - Chapter 17

Compile starting 18th December 2002.

  1. Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came to me and said, "Come, and I will show you how the famous prostitute is to be punished, that great city that is built near many rivers.

  2. The kings of the earth practiced sexual immorality with her, and the people of the world became drunk from drinking the wine of her immorality." (This can only be America as it is the greatest promoter of pornography, sodomy, lesbianism, adultery, lewdness etc. America is also forcing other countries to adopt American democracy and Hollywood culture as basis for the whole world.)

  3. The Spirit took control of me, and the angel carried me to a desert. There I saw a woman sitting on a red beast that had names insulting to God written all over it; the beast had seven heads and ten horns.

  4. The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and covered with gold ornaments, precious stones, and pearls. In her hand she held a gold cup full of obscene and filthy things, the result of her immorality.

  5. On her forehead was written a name that has a secret meaning: "Great Babylon, the mother of all prostitutes and perverts in the world."

  6. And I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God's people and the blood of those who were killed because they had been loyal to Jesus. When I saw her, I was completely amazed.

  7. "Why are you amazed?" the angel asked me. "I will tell you the secret meaning of the woman and of the beast that carries her, the beast with seven heads and ten horns.

  8. That beast was once alive, but lives no longer; it is about to come up from the abyss and will go off to be destroyed. The people living on earth whose name have not been written before the creation of the world in the book of the living, will all be amazed as they look at the beast. It was once alive; now it no longer lives, but it will reappear. (This is talking about FATE.)

  9. This calls for wisdom and understanding. The seven heads are seven hills, on which the woman sits. They are also seven kings: (Use logic whether woman can sit on 7 hills in one go?)

  10. five of them have fallen, one still rules, and the other one has not yet come; when he comes, he must rule only a little while.

  11. And the beast that was once alive, but lives no longer, is itself an eight king who is one of the seven and is going off to be destroyed. (The beast here is also refer to the mark on our forehead that has to be sealed. Sealing is also called first death. Seal the mark on our forehead is to kill the beast--Death.)

  12. The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet begin to rule, but who will be given authority to rule as kings for one hour with the beast.

  13. These ten all have the same purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.

  14. They will fight against the Lamb; but the Lamb, together with his called, chosen, and faithfully followers, will defeat them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings." (Lamb is Jesus Christ, our Spiritual Self.)

  15. The angel also said to me, "The waters you saw, on which the prostitute sits, are nations, people, races, and languages. (Where are the waters come from? John saw the woman in the desert sitting on a red beast, no where was written about the water except the great city near many rivers.)

  16. The ten horns you saw and the beast will hate the prostitute; they will take away everything she has and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and destroy her with fire. (Here it is misleading as if the red beast and the woman are against each other. Whether this is talking about Iraq and the surrounding Muslim countries fighting against America and Britain I do not know. May be this is true because the vision is in the desert.)

  17. For God has placed in their hearts the will to carry out his purpose by acting together and giving to the beast their power to rule until God's words come true. (Many people are blind to support America in promoting democracy because of its sexual immorality that is hateful to God. The table will be turned when the 1260 days are up, in August 2003. I must have made a mistake here. It should be another date which I am not disclosing.)

  18. The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth." (Woman symbolizes the Statue of Liberty, American democracy icon. The great city therefore is New York.)

King James Version

17:1    And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
17:2    With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
17:3    So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
17:4    And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
17:5    And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
17:6    And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
17:7    And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
17:8    The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
17:9    And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
17:10    And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
17:11    And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
17:12    And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
17:13    These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
17:14    These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
17:15    And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
17:16    And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
17:17    For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
17:18    And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

This chapter has to be read carefully because of many misleading parts. It is best if you draw the images out so you don't get lost.

Verse 5 has missing word. See Chinese version. Sound like Omega!

Verse 12, In Chinese version, 10 horns are 10 kings without kingdom, but for a short while they will have same authority with the beast, similar like kings. Are they referring to Muslim fundamentalists in the 10 countries?

Verse 16 might be referring to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Iraq is surrounded by Iran Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and Turkey. Total including Iraq is 7, the 7 heads on the red beast. Is this saying America is going into a quagmire in the Middle-east? Is this the end of mighty America? 10 horns could be 10 Muslim groups or countries. Egypt, Lebanon and Afghanistan or Pakistan or Yemen might be the other 3 countries. See also Daniel chapter 8 verse 7. Goat bashes a ram to the ground. Goat is America, while ram is Iraq or Arabs.

Jeremiah chapter 9 verses 25, 26 - The Lord says, "The time is coming when I will punish the people of Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and the desert people, who have their hair cut short! All these people are circumcised, but have not kept the covenant it symbolizes. None of these people and none of the people of Israel have kept my covenant."

If Egypt and Israel etc are to be punished, the whole of Middle-east will be in big trouble. Also other Muslim countries will suffer because they are circumcised.

Verse 17 might refer to Saddam Hussein's time is ending soon.

Verses 8 and 11, Chinese words for "going off to be destroyed" are "sen lun" or another translation is Perdition. See 2 Thessalonians C2. So "going to be destroyed" can refer to Sealing the Mark on our forehead whereby Death is killed. So our Spiritual Soul is free to return to the source - VOID.

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