My
Sheep Hear My Voice- Rev. 17:7
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
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” Rev. 17:7
Wherefore
didst thou...
Question 9. Last question in Revelation.
beast
that carrieth... The
beast carries her, so she must be something separate from the beast
itself. One is political; the other apostate religious.
hath
the seven...
The beast has the 7 heads and 10 horns. He is not any one of the
heads or horns. He symbolizes something (Rev. 17:11), and the heads
and horns symbolize something else (Rev. 17:12-17). To have a true
understanding of the beast one must think of him as being different
from both the heads and horns.
Mystery
of the... Not that Babylon is a false system of religion, because
that is already known, but that the beast will fully support the
harlot and together exert vast influence over the whole earth for a
time.
The
Vision of the Beast - Five details describing the beast are given:- Blasphemous names (verse 3);
- Controls seven heads (verse 3);
- And ten horns (verse 3);
- The prostitute rides it (verse 7);
- The beast was, and is not, and will come up out of the bottomless pit (Abyss), and go to his destruction (verse 11).
The careful Bible student will immediately recognize this beast even before examining the angel's interpretation. In the first place, it is similar to the beast (of Rev. 13), and doubtless represents what all beasts used symbolically represent: either a king or a kingdom that opposes God's will.
When John sees the great prostitute, he is "greatly astonished?" Actually, some parts of this vision should have been familiar to John, for it is obviously the same beast as that described (in chapter 13).
The angel introduces his explanation with the words, "This calls for a mind with wisdom" (verse 9), which indicate that only someone with the wisdom of God (found in the Word of God), can understand this vision.
The
angel explained the meaning of the woman and of the beast she was
riding. The beast… will come up out of the Abyss, the home of Satan
(Rev. 11:7) and the place from which demons come (Rev. 9:1-2, 9:11).
This indicates that the power behind the ruler is satanic (cf. Rev.
13:4) and that Satan and the man he controls are closely identified.
Their power is one.
