Revelation Chapter 17

Rev 17:1 And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven vials, and they talked with me, saying to me, “Come here; and I will show to you the judgment of the Great Whore that sits upon the many waters.~

Rev 17:2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed prostitution, and the inhabitants of the earth have intoxicated themselves with the wine of her fornication.

Rev 17:3 And he brought me by the Spirit unto a desolate place: and I saw a Woman seated on a Red Beast, full entirely of the names of blasphemies; and it had Seven Heads and Ten Horns.

Rev 17:4 And the Woman was covered in purple and red, and adorned with golden ornaments and precious stones and pearls, and she was holding a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.

Rev 17:5 And upon her forehead the names were written “Secret Babylon, The Great, The Mother of Whores and the Abominations of the Earth.”

Rev 17:6 And I could see that the woman was DRUNK with the blood of the Saints, even the blood of the Witnesses of Jesus: and when I saw her, I was shocked in great amazement!

Rev 17:7 And the angel said to me, “Why are you shocked with amazement? I will tell you the Secret of the Woman and the Beast that carries her, that has Seven Heads and Ten Horns.

Rev 17:8 The Beast that you saw was, and is now not; but it will ascend out of the bottomless pit and then go into perdition: And those that dwell upon the earth that do marvel; will be those whose names are NOT written in the Book of Life from the inception of the World; when they SEE the beast that was and was not, yet now is.

Rev 17:9 It is this, that is for the mind that has wisdom: The Seven HEADS are SEVEN hills on which the woman sits.

Rev 17:10 And there are SEVEN KINGS: Five have fallen and one will come from the other, and has not yet come; and when he comes, he will remain for a short time.

Rev 17:11 And the Beast that it was and now is not, indeed IT returns from the 8th and will be from the 7th and then will depart unto perdition.

Rev 17:12 The Ten Horns that you saw are 10 Kings that are given NO kingdom, but receive the power as Kings for a small space of time with the Beast.

Rev 17:13 THESE, have ONE MIND, and have given over their strength and power to the Beast.

Rev 17:14 It is THESE that make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb overcomes them, Because He is the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings: and those that are WITH HIM are called and Chosen and Faithful.

Rev 17:15 And he said to me, “The Waters that you saw, where the Whore sits, are the peoples and multitudes, and nationalities and languages”

Rev 17:16 And the Ten Horns that you saw on the Beast, THESE, pursue with hatred the Whore, and will make her desolate and naked, and shall devour her flesh and burn her with fire.

Rev 17:17 For God has put it in their hearts to fulfill His WILL, and will use that ONENESS of their MINDS in which they have gaven their kingdoms to the Beast; until the Words of God are fulfilled.

Rev 17:18 And the Woman that you saw is the Great City that holds the kingships over the kings of the Earth.

The end of Chapter 17.

Notes:

The seven kings of Rome, or eight if we include Titus Tatius, is as follows: Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Marcius, Tarquinius Priscus, Servius Tullius, Tarquinius Superbus.

I highly suggest a history lesson on the Roman Empire..