By revealing the
Harlot Church the Lord manifests satan’s intentions, and His own purposes. The
Harlot Church is supported by the same sea of people as those which
formed the sea from which the Beast emerged, and she rides the Beast in her
position as the church of unfaithful believers.
The seven heads of the Beast are seven hills on which the harlot sits.
Those spiritual authorities which embody the mind of satan are completed in the
number seven and become the foundation for the harlot church. We read that they
are also seven kings who reign in succession, five having fallen, one who
reigned during John’s time, and one that is to come for a brief reign. The Beast
is like these kings and is the eighth.
The ten horns are the mouth pieces for the Beast, and are
kings that physically reign on this earth. They have kingdoms under their
influence which serve their purposes for “one hour”, or at one time. The ten
kings purpose to give their authority and power to the Beast, bringing their
subservients under the influence of false Christianity. However, they
unwittingly fulfill God’s purposes instead, giving the Beast the power to
manifest as the arch enemy of God.
All the insidious work satan has done of polluting Christianity will be brought to the light in one powerful collection of falsehood and impurity at this time: the harlot church led by the ten kings. Satan’s purpose is to turn men against the Lord Jesus Christ. He influences the ten kings to war against Christ, yet he is unsuccessful. “The Lamb will overcome them because He is Lord of lords and King of kings – and with Him will be His called, chosen and faithful followers.” (Rev 17:14) We see that the war is a battle for authority. Jesus has been given rightful authority, and His true believers stand with Him against those who are false.
God’s purpose in having one body of falsehood and false authority is so that He might show the inhabitants of the earth His justice. The harlot church will ride the Beast, which the ten kings serve and empower with their own authority, until God’s words are fulfilled. We learn about the issue God has with the false church in Revelation 18 when the harlot speaks these words; “I sit as a queen: I am not a widow and I will never mourn.” (Rev 18:7). This statement indicates that the false church believes she is married to the King and will never be cut off. Yet God has spoken against such beliefs of entitlement to the early Christians. “If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, do not boast over those branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. You will say then, ‘Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.’ Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid. For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you either.” (Rom 11:17-21) It is God’s justice that He removes the arrogant harlot church from her position, leaving a pure body of believers, His Bride. This fulfills His word and ends the time in which the ten kings give their authority to the harlot.
The harlot church feels entitled to her position, heeding not the counsel to be afraid, stand by faith, and realize that her place with God is conditional. The harlot church believes it is she who supports Christianity, and therefore she has taken authority over the gifts and callings of men, as we will see in the next chapter of Revelation.
All the insidious work satan has done of polluting Christianity will be brought to the light in one powerful collection of falsehood and impurity at this time: the harlot church led by the ten kings. Satan’s purpose is to turn men against the Lord Jesus Christ. He influences the ten kings to war against Christ, yet he is unsuccessful. “The Lamb will overcome them because He is Lord of lords and King of kings – and with Him will be His called, chosen and faithful followers.” (Rev 17:14) We see that the war is a battle for authority. Jesus has been given rightful authority, and His true believers stand with Him against those who are false.
God’s purpose in having one body of falsehood and false authority is so that He might show the inhabitants of the earth His justice. The harlot church will ride the Beast, which the ten kings serve and empower with their own authority, until God’s words are fulfilled. We learn about the issue God has with the false church in Revelation 18 when the harlot speaks these words; “I sit as a queen: I am not a widow and I will never mourn.” (Rev 18:7). This statement indicates that the false church believes she is married to the King and will never be cut off. Yet God has spoken against such beliefs of entitlement to the early Christians. “If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, do not boast over those branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. You will say then, ‘Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.’ Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid. For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you either.” (Rom 11:17-21) It is God’s justice that He removes the arrogant harlot church from her position, leaving a pure body of believers, His Bride. This fulfills His word and ends the time in which the ten kings give their authority to the harlot.
The harlot church feels entitled to her position, heeding not the counsel to be afraid, stand by faith, and realize that her place with God is conditional. The harlot church believes it is she who supports Christianity, and therefore she has taken authority over the gifts and callings of men, as we will see in the next chapter of Revelation.
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