(Again as in chapter 12, 13, 14 and 18 we can find hints in this chapter pointing to the origin and model of our worldwide civilization: Britain. Her own ruling class and copycat political and business leaders throughout the world damage their countries through unreasonable greed and destroy the present political, social and economic system.)

(The woman represents a maritime power: "Britannia rules the waves".)

(very rich people, stockbrokers, bankers)

(The banks of the City of London earn in excess of £20 Billion each year abroad alone, a sum, which can easily abolish poverty in "Third World" Countries, see 18:3.)

(materialistic people)

(impressed and became money addicts)

(The British ideology of greed, known as "liberalism", see 13:3, 14:8, 18:3, 19:2.)

(See 1:10, 4:2, 21:10.)

(The symbolic woman Britannia is usually shown sitting on The Lion of England, e.g. on a 50 pence coin; red is the colour of fire symbolizing destructiveness, see also 13:2.)

(The English language is full of blasphemous names: Set(h) is the Egyptian devil. Words like up-set, jet-set, Summer-set and Door-set are derived from there, see 13:1.)

(The beast is described in symbolic language: Seven is the number of magic, head symbolizes intellectual culture and ideology. Seven heads means that the English culture is closely connected to occultism, particularly black magic, see 13:1 and 18:2.)

(Ten is the number of perfection, horn is the symbol of power, ten horns means perfect power, see 12:3, 13:1 and 17:12.)

(Purple and scarlet is as close to the main colours blue and red of the British flag as can be expected in such a vision. Many other countries have adopted flags with the colours red, white and blue, which is a Freemason symbol, see 18:16.)

(This emphasizes the importance of wealth for the British inspired way of life.)

(The cup is the traditional symbol for the element of water meaning emotions. Gold symbolizes earthen wealth.)

(Emotional damage caused by greed.)

(previously unexplained)

(The British Empire was founded on the mass murder of innocent nature-loving races
like the American "Indians", see 13:7.)

(In the 16th and 17th century many people in England were executed for religious reasons, see 18:24, 19:2.)

(Now refers to our time when the prophecies of the Revelation are fulfilled and can finally be understood and not to the time when they were written down, see 1:3, 1:19.)

(A new secret Empire of the Lion has been created: borders, nations, the military and governments have lost their importance in the global economy; money is the weapon in worldwide buying and bribing campaigns. In Britain the Lion and Unicorn sign of the State is also the sign of the banker family Rothschild who own about half the country and 99% of its politicians. Governments have become powerless puppets of an international aristocracy of bankers and business executives, see 11:7, 17:11.)

(Our political and business leaders have become so addicted to God Mammon that they are blind for the simple fact that making the rich richer and the poor poorer are tendencies which cannot be sustained indefinitely. They saw the branch they are sitting on, see verses 16 and 17.)

(Business people, "normal" people who find our way of life, where money can buy everything, lack of money kills and greed destroys the earth, quite attractive, see 13:8, 20:15, 22:11.)

(Approve of the destructive policies of greed promoted by the Anglo-Americans since the time of Thatcher/Reagan.)

(Follow the British example throughout the world realizing that through her banks and their Thatcher/Blair policies Britain has once again assumed a leading part in world history.)

(The Lion symbolizing the British Empire)

(Rome was built on seven hills, a clear reference not to the ancient Roman Empire but to its modern successor.)

(This may refer to the European Union founded by the Treaty of Rome, to the "G 7" group of industrial nations and the Jewish-Anglo-American world Empire of finance and big business in general. Viewed from a distance of some thousand years they continue ancient Roman tradition of destructive ruthlessness until the end of this age.)

(Important historical empires. There is a place called "Seven Kings" in East London.)

(the Greek, Roman, Spanish, 1^st British, Soviet Empires)

(the American Empire)

(A future empire, perhaps the European Union.)

(The European Union has created a Europe for Eurocrats, Banks and multinational corporations and not for the people with countries competing for the lowest wages and taxes. Britain got away with attracting jobs from other countries by competing on unfair terms, which lead to unemployment and decreasing wages elsewhere. Therefore Nationalists are now gaining political influence, which will bring an end to the European Union, see verse 16.)

(The new Money Empire of the Lion, the secret world-empire of bankers and other "fat cats", where the British controlled Freemasons and the Red Cross play an influential role behind the scenes, see 17:8.)

(Horn is the symbol of power, ten the number of perfection, ten horns here means the international aristocracy of millionaires and billionaires who exercise power as perfectly as Great Britain did in the times of the British Empire, see 12:3, 13:1, 17:3.)

(rulers of the world)

(Forming the new hidden Money Empire of the Lion, with the Lion representing ruthless greed.)

(The morals and political principles of Jesus and other Biblical prophets forced into power by the International White Horse Movement, see 11:15, 19:7, 19:11.)

(The policies according to Jesus will prevail, promoted by the Rider on the White Horse, see 6:2, 11:15, 19:7 and 19:11 ff.)

(See 19:16.)

(This confirms that the Prostitute originally represents a world-empire and "Britannia" perfectly fits the description. Nowadays however the Prostitute represents our greedy, destructive "Western" Civilization, which controls every single country on this planet including Russia and China, see 13:7.)

(In Britain and other industrialized countries the ruling class of the new Money Empire of the Lion will not look after their own countries very well.)

(The political system of Britain and other developed countries will be destroyed by the ruthless greed of its own ruling class. It is a historic experience to see the old advanced social security systems in Europe destroyed by the policies of Reagan/Clinton and Thatcher/Blair which are based on brutal greed and destructive corruption, see verse 8 to 10.)

(spread poverty in nations previously enjoying a high standard of living)

(exploit the people to the limit, see Isaiah 47:6)

(promote a rise in violent crime through their policies)

(make Britain and other developed countries ready for a revolution)

(the Lion and the destructive attitudes it represents)

(predictions in the Bible)

(London)

(Bankers. The following chapter continues this theme.)