My
Sheep Hear My Voice- Rev. 17:3
Before
Jesus was crucified He told the disciples to watch and pray,
something so simple, but they let their physical bodies take over and
they fell back asleep. In these last hours of time you need to hear
His voice. When He tells you something, it is very important, but
most ignore my voice or just discuss it and go on with what they were
doing. You will see many things start to happen shortly and if you do
not hear and obey His voice,... it will mean death for some of
you....Jesus has only your best interest in mind. Christ knows you
heart, and if you are truly His you will hear His voice. He awakes
many of you at 3am on the dot, but most will roll over and go back to
sleep. There are a few who will get up and pray. Your day is filled
with so many things and Jesus is the last thing many of you give your
time to. But Christ needs to talk to you,... to fellowship with you
and only when you are still and quite (3am) can you hear Him,... the
rest of your day is so busy you do not have time for Him,... but you
need to make time, for time is short and the Lord has instructions
for you.
Revelation
17
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. Rev. 17:3
in
the spirit... Compare 1:10, 4:2; 21:10). The Holy Spirit transports
John into the wilderness (a deserted, lonely and desolate wasteland),
perhaps to give him a better understanding of the vision.
a
woman sit... The harlot (of verse 1), Babylon.scarlet colored beast... The Antichrist (compare 13:14, 14:9; 16:10), who for a time will support and use the false religious system to effect world unity. Then he will assume political control (compare verse 16). Scarlet is the color of luxury, splendor and royalty.
full of names...: Because of his self-deification (compare 13:1; Dan. 7:25; 11:36; 2 Thess. 2:4).
having seven heads... This pictures the extent of Antichrist’s political alliances (see verses 9-12; 13:1).
This wilderness here, I believe, means the world. This "scarlet colored beast" shows evil world power.
Since this woman sits upon this beast, it means that her power comes from this evil beast (in Revelation 18:2), as It supports her. This woman, it appears, has decided to trust the powers of this world over God's power.
Seven denotes spiritually complete, ten denotes world government, and horns denote power.
You can easily see, since she is on top of this thing, she guides it, but receives her support from the beast. The word "scarlet" can be very good or very evil. In this case, it is very evil. This great evil (blasphemy), that this woman (apostate church), has committed is spiritual adultery (the watering down or changing of the Word).
John
was then taken in the Spirit (or better, “in [his] spirit,” i.e.,
in a vision, not bodily; cf. Rev. 1:10; 4:2) to a desert where he saw
the woman herself. She was sitting on a scarlet beast that was
covered with blasphemous names. The beast had 7 heads and 10 horns.
The beast is an obvious reference to the world government (Rev.
13:1). The 10 horns are later defined (Rev. 17:12) as 10 kings who
had “not yet received a kingdom.” The 7 heads seem to refer to
prominent rulers of the yet-future Roman Empire.
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