We are deep into the discovery of all that man's imagination builds to dissuade him from living a righteous life. The very obstacles used by him on himself while retaining a lower level opinion of his true state and condition of mind that has taken on this condition. It is these that drive mental institutions and hospitals and physiologists around the world. This is also the reason that there have have been wars since time began and upon which history exists and bears witness.
Revelation 17:15-18 "And he saith unto me, "The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth." (KJV)
Revelation 17:15-18 "And the angel said to me, "The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages. And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire, for God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. And the woman that you saw is the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth." (ESV)
Revelation 17:15-18 "The same Messenger who addressed me earlier to come and see the judgment of that notorious prostitute - the one who sat enthroned upon the many trade routes of the waters, both the rivers and seas - proceeded to explain to me that the waters I saw represent the entire spectrum of people-groupings and tribal identities with their unique language-specific dialect preferences. (These are the very masses of humanity that were redeemed by the blood of the Lamb as referenced earlier in the book, every sphere of society were there and effected - laoi kai ochloi eisin kai ethne kai glossai - Rev. 10:11, And he said to me, "Necessity is laid upon you to now disclose with new insight the prophetic word again - this prophecy's time has come and is now relevant and you will declare it before many peoples and different nations and their kings in their specific mother tongue language." - This list of people occurs seven times in Revelation with a like grouping of words for all humanity, of all races and nations; - Rev. 5:9, 7:9, 10:11, 11:9, 13:7, 14:6 and here in 17:15.
See Ezekiel 43:2, And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the east; And the sound of His coming was like the sound of many waters; And the earth shone with His glory. Then in Mat. 24:31, And He will send out His Shepherd-Messengers with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His blueprint likeness from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. The word, eklegomai, traditional associated with the idea of election, has two components, ek, a preposition that indicates source or origin and legomai, is from lego, to speak, meaning to communicate ideas, - the Lamb is the logos, the language and conversation of GOD; Humanity is His audience thus, the original blueprint-word, the logos; see John 1:1-3 and 12. Mat. 22:14, Then many are called, [kaleo] but few are "chosen," eklegomai, thus, The masses are defined by My name while few yet realize their origin in Me!") In realizing their defeat by the Lamb, the ten horns which you saw on the Beast will turn against the prostitute with furious hatred and will strip her of all her decorations, expose her nakedness, consume her flesh and burn her body. (Again, John sees a counterfeit drama to the slaying of the Lamb of GOD; Here, the figurehead of the religious corrupt systems, the great whore, is sacrificed and her flesh is eaten by her previous colleagues, clients and supporters. This reminds us of Jesus' conversation about eating His flesh and drinking of His blood as a reminder in the Last Supper.) This happened according to GOD'S strategic plan as he gave them a mind to be united against the woman and to give their kingdom to the beast until his word would be fulfilled. (See Col. 2:15, In Him (taking on humanity's judgment and) dying humanity's death, he defused every possible claim of accusation against the human race and thus made a public (Mat. 27:51b-54; Dan. 12:2, 9:24, Hosea 6:2-3, 13:14, Isaiah 25:8, 26:19; John 5:25-29, 1Cor. 15:20) spectacle of every rule and authority in GOD'S brilliant triumph, demonstrated in Him. The voice of the cross will never be silenced! (The horror of the Cross is Now the eternal trophy of GOD'S triumph over sin! The cross stripped religion of its authority to manipulate humanity with guilt and slavery. Every accusation lost its leverage to blackmail the human race with condemnation and shame! The word, apekduomai, is translated from apo, away from, and ekdup, to be stripped of clothing; The religious facade that disguised the Law of works as a means of defining a person's life, was openly defeated. The same word is used in Col. 3:9. The dominance of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil [poneros, hard work and labor] was ended. The word, deikmatizo, means to exhibit in public. See the commentary below of the words arche, rule and exousia, authority. The word, parresia, comes from pas, all and rheo, outspokenness, pouring forth speech.
"He stripped all the spiritual tyrants in the universe of their sham authority at the Cross and marched them naked through the streets of Jerusalem.") The woman you saw is the great city which dominated the kings of the earth. (The Prostitute city-society of Babylon stands in contrast to the bride of Christ as the New Jerusalem.
Just like Babylon is not a city in the symbolic language of Revelation, it is a "fallen," distorted-mindset-society; So the New Jerusalem is not a city but the redeemed society of humanity! The Bride of Christ!) (The Mirror, with editing.)
Now we come to the authors extended notes on this chapter and they titled as follows: "The Lamb's Book of Life - Humanity's Redeemed Identity, End Times, The triumph of the Lamb, and Babylon has Fallen." We shall share these as we have in the past, in sections where required. Until our next visit may the LORD increase our understanding of Him.
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