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For example:Īnd all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. This was not new information to John in Revelation 17 because he wrote the exact same description of the beast in Revelation 13 using identical language. Take for example the part of this verse that says that those that “dwell on the earth”, or the earth dwellers, which is kind of a technical term for those that are unsaved, as it clarifies here by adding that “their names are not written in the book of life,” These earth dwellers will worship the beast that was and is not and yet is. In fact, I intend to show that almost no new information is given by the angel in this verse, The new information from the angel about this beast will come after this verse, but verse 8 here almost serves as a very long re-introduction to the antichrist beast of Revelation 13 using titles and descriptions of him already clearly established. This is not coincidental, nor is it the only time in our verse, Revelation 17:8, that there is an explicit reference to Revelation 13 (about the antichrist beast.) The beast in that chapter also has seven heads, ten horns, and has “names of blasphemy” This is the same description given to the beast four chapters earlier in Revelation chapter 13, which is about the antichrist. Here we also pick up the additional information that this seven headed ten horned beast was also scarlet and was “full of names of blasphemy”
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…scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. Let’s also go back to the beginning of this particular vision in Rev 17, so we can see the full description John gives to this seven headed ten horned beast: So the angel begins to talk to John about the seven headed 10 horned beast that it mentioned in the previous verse. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
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I emphasize that these two are distinct because some folks, when studying the passages we will be talking about today forget this distinction, and failing to see that can cause and incorrect understanding of this prophecy. Mystery Babylon which the angel will later say is a city, is riding the seven headed ten horned beast, which is the antichrist, this seven headed, ten horned beast will later turn on her and kill her. It is so important to keep in mind that there are two distinct characters in this vision, the woman known as Mystery Babylon and the seven headed, ten horned beast that she rides. I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. We find examples of this in Daniel, Zechariah and several times in the book of Revelation. There are many examples in scripture of a prophet seeing a vision that they did not fully understand until an angel interprets the vision for them. The angel is going to tell John what it is he has been seeing so far. 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.