THE HARLOT - THE BEAST - 7 HEADS and 10 HORNS
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The Harlot – The Beast - 7 Heads and 10 Horns
I know this is a difficult subject and a 'tough read'. So, I will begin and end with...
"SO, WHAT"?
The Bible calls this a mystery for good reason. (NOTE: - At this point, the 7 Seal Judgements are finished and the Church is with Christ, before the Throne of God in heaven) But, in Revelation 17, we read, starting in Revelation 17,
Verse 1, Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters,
verse 2. "with whom the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of her immorality.”
verse 3. "And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.
verse 4. "The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality,
verse 5. "and on her forehead a name was written, a mystery,
verse 9 "Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits,
verse 10. "and they are seven kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while.
verse 11. "The beast which was and is not, is himself also an eighth and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction.
verse 12. "The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour.
verse 13. "These have one purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.
verse 14. "These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful."
verse 15. "And he said to me, "The waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
verse 16. "And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire."
“SO, WHAT” does this have to do with you or with me?
While scholars may debate some of the fine details of this particular vision, the main points of application seem abundantly clear:
#1. We are crossing the threshold of a Global Transformation - and it does not look good for most people.
#2. By all indicators, God's prophecy of the End of Days is well under way.
#3. The Bible says events will turn cataclysmic - very soon.
#4. Culture is not neutral. You will have to choose sides by your actions. Talk won't work.
#5. Satan is boldly walking through the front door of a worldwide governmental
alignment, even as I write this.
#6. The devil is encroaching through the backdoor of seduction, idolatry, technology, perverse entertainment and has crept into the church. He is now in the church, deceiving many.
#7. The majority of the Church is either compromised, asleep, ignorant or afraid to engage the enemy.
#8. A remnant is rising at the Voice of God.
#9. God is calling and it is time you and I mobilize and do the Works Jesus has commanded.
#10. Doing nothing, except being nice and "going to church", assures you of nothing!
To begin with, there are four great signs and events which mark the rise of the Antichrist and the False Prophet, the deception of millions, leading to the End of The Age. These events will affect every single person on this planet. Be informed in order to get ready.
There is much debate and discussion about the identity of
"BABYLON THE GREAT MOTHER OF HARLOTS" - Ezekiel 38.
"THE ABOMINATION OF THE EARTH" - Daniel 7, and Daniel 9.
THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON – Revelation 16.
"THE BEAST WITH SEVEN HEADS AND TEN HORNS" - Revelation 17.
(Links to resources used for this page are Enduring Word Bible Commentary and Zion's Hope Videos Parts1,2 & 3 (I suggest watching all three videos, in order, but, video Part-2 may be of particular interest)
To be clear, this discussion is interesting and is helpful, but generally it has nothing to do with our salvation in Christ. However, knowledge coupled with action will be vital in your preparation, as followers and disciples of Jesus for His return. We are to be about His Work in these Last Days.
First, some of the most popular speculations about the Great Harlot are:
The Great Harlot could be Rome (the reemergence of Rome as a power),
Or, that even New York City, USA, could be the Great Harlot.
One view suggest that the Apostle Peter uses the word “Babylon” as a symbolic way of referring to the new world culture at war with the covenant community. The Whore of Babylon is the spirit of seductive culture, actively engaged in the deception and destruction of God’s people. That she rides upon “the beast” means she is propped up by the forces of anti-Christian government.
Just like the beast, who was, and is not and is about to rise, the “Whore” keeps on rising from the dead! A particular brand of her seductive charm may fall into the dust and be buried by the sands of time, but just you wait! Before you know it, she will rise again in another place, known by another name but waging the same destructive war against God’s covenant people.
Be watchful. What we are discussing are signs, first, of the beginning of the final 7 years of the Great Tribulation, also known as the Great and Terrible Day of the Lord or the Last Days, and secondly, the final three and one-half years. We will know that the time is near by the changing of the ‘seasons’, which is occurring now. (By the way, this is an extremely slow moving storm of cosmic proportions).
Keep a watchful eye on these 10 nations as they align together against, and then for an invasion of Israel.
Gog, a.k.a., Rosh (Russia) and
Rosh (Russia)
Magog (Russia)
Gomer (Eastern Europe-Southern Russia),
Put (Libya),
Cush (Ethiopia),
Persia (Iran)
Meshech (Southern Russia, *Ukraine and possibly the Republic of Georgia)
Tubal (an area in central Turkey),
Beth-Togarmah (Georgia, Chechnya, Turkey/Armenia)
When they are aligned and armed against Israel, the End of Days Clock is only seconds from God’s intervention in the defense of Israel and the destruction of Israel’s enemies, the dragon and the beast.
COMMENTARY and VIEW by David Rosenthal at Zion’s Hope: The 10 Nation Confederation, (THE HEADS), of the BEAST from Ezekiel 38, of Daniel 7,9 and Revelation 17:
Nation #1. Gog: A Reubenite, son of Shemaiah, the prophetic prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and Magog. Gog is identified as a descendant of the prophet Joel, and in Ezekiel 38–39, he is the chief prince of the tribes of Meshech and Tubal in the land of Magog, the mountainous region between Cappadocia and Media.
Nation #2. Magog: The 2nd son of Japheth, grandson of Noah, and progenitor of several tribes northward from Israel; the mountainous region between Cappadocia and Media and habitation of the descendants of Magog, son of Japheth and grandson of Noah
Nation #3. Rosh: “the Prince of Rosh” is Asiatic Russia receives confirmation from the Imperial Dictionary. “Evidence exists of an ancient people called Rosh, or Rhos, supposed to be the original stem from which the Russia or modern Russians have derived their race and name.” The scholar, Bishop Lowther says: “Rosh, taken as a proper name, in Ezekiel, signifies the inhabitants of Scythia, from whom modern Russians derived their name. We must conclude therefore, that Ezekiel’s “episode of Gog’s invasion” (A. B. Davidson) points irrefutably and undeniably to the Russians.
Nation #4. Meschach: Was a Chaldean. The Chaldeans inhabited the coastal area near the Persian Gulf. About 630 Nabopolassar became king of the Chaldeans and in 626 he forced the Assyrians out of Uruk and crowned himself king of Babylonia. Modern day Turkey.
Nation #5. Tubal: a region in east Asia Minor, perhaps nearly equal to Cappadocia
Nation #6. Persia: Iran
Nation #7. Cush (Ethiopia): located on either side or both sides of the Red Sea. As such, "Cush" is alternately identified in scripture with the Kingdom of Kush or ancient Ethiopia.
Nation #8. Put (Libya): Ancient Libya. In this sense, Libya was the whole known African continent to the west of the Nile Valley and extended south of Egypt. Herodotus described the inhabitants of Libya as two peoples: The Libyans in northern Africa and the Ethiopians in the south.
Nation #9. Gomer: (was the wife of the prophet Hosea (8th century BC), mentioned in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Hosea (1:3). Hosea 1:2 refers to her alternatively as a "promiscuous woman" (NIV), a "harlot" (NASB), and a "whore" (KJV) but Hosea is told to marry her according to Divine appointment. She is also described as the daughter of Diblaim.) The Hebrew name Gomer refers to the Cimmerians, who dwelt in what is now southern Russia, "beyond the Caucusus", and attacked Assyria in the late 7th century BC.
Nation #10. Beth-Togarmah: Togarmah is a city mentioned in Assyrian and Hittite texts. It was north of Carchemish on an Assyrian trade route. It may be related to modern Gurun between the Halys and Euphrates Rivers.
These are the 10 Nation Confederation to watch, (THE HEADS), of the BEAST Ezekiel 38, of Daniel 7,9 and Revelation 17. All are Islamic, the Center of which is MECCA.
(For more detail,Watch video #2).
LIST from Ezekiel 38 – Original regional names and current national names:
#1 & #2. (#1 and #2 from Previous List). Gog - Gog and Magog appear in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran as individuals, tribes, or lands. In Ezekiel 38, Gog is an individual and Magog is his land; in Genesis 10, Magog is a man and eponymous ancestor of a nation, but no Gog is mentioned; and centuries later Jewish tradition changed Ezekiel's "Gog from Magog" into "Gog and Magog".
The Gog prophecy is meant to be fulfilled at the approach of what is called the "end of days", but not necessarily the end of the world. Jewish eschatology viewed Gog and Magog as enemies to be defeated by the Messiah, which would usher in the age of the Messiah. Christianity's interpretation is more starkly apocalyptic: making Gog and Magog, here indicating nations rather than individuals, allies of Satan against God at the end of the millennium, as described in the Book of Revelation. (From Wikipedia).
#3 & #4. (#4 and #5). Meshech, Tubal: Meshech (also spelled Meshek) and Tubal were sons of Japheth, one of the three sons of Noah who survived the flood with him (Genesis 10:1–2). Meshech (whose name means “long, tall, or drawn out by force”) is the sixth son of Japheth. The land of Meshech is closely associated with that of Tubal, especially in a prophecy of Ezekiel. The region of Meshech is often identified as being north of the Black Sea (southern Russia and Ukraine and possibly the Republic of Georgia), and Tubal as an area in central Turkey.
The land of Meshech is used in Psalm 120:5 as a generic reference to barbarous regions where “those who hate peace” live (verse 6). The lands where Meshech’s and Tubal’s descendants settled figure significantly in some prophecies of Ezekiel, and it is in that book where they are mentioned most. In the prophecy of Ezekiel 38, Meshech and Tubal are ruled by Gog, a prince over those territories: “The word of the LORD came to me: ‘Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him and say, “Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal”’” (Ezekiel 38:1–3). Ezekiel repeats God’s words of judgment against the descendants of the two sons of Japheth when he prophesies that God will defeat them in a war against Israel (Ezekiel 39:1–5).
Many biblical scholars equate the land of Gog in Ezekiel’s prophecies with Russia, who will attack Israel “from the far north” (Ezekiel 38:15). Meshech and Tubal could be two of the “many nations” joining Russia in their invasion of Israel (verse 6).
The advance of the alliance involving Meshech and Tubal will be like “a cloud covering the land” (Ezekiel 38:9). Some commentators believe this war, often called the Battle of Gog and Magog, will be one of the events leading up to the end-times’ tribulation. Others believe it will occur close to the midpoint of the tribulation, since Israel will feel secure at the time, “dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates” (verse 11).
God will defeat this powerful alliance (Ezekiel 38:22) to reveal His greatness to all the world (verse 23) and restore the people of Israel to a right relationship with Himself (Ezekiel 39:21–29). Meshech and Tubal, despite the strength of their numbers and help of their allies, will fall. (GotQuestions.org)
#5. (#7). Cush: The Kingdom of Kush; Assyrian: was an ancient kingdom in Nubia, centered along the Nile Valley in what is now northern Sudan and southern Egypt.
#6. (#8). Put - Phut or Put is the third son of Ham (one of the sons of Noah), in the biblical Table of Nations (Genesis 10:6; 1 Chronicles 1:8). The name Put (or Phut) is used in the Bible for Ancient Libya, but a few scholars proposed the Land of Punt known from Ancient Egyptian annals.
#7. (#9). Gomer: The Hebrew name Gomer refers to the Cimmerians, who dwelt in what is now southern Russia, "beyond the Caucusus", and attacked Assyria in the late 7th century BC.
#8. (#10). Beth-togarmah: Togarmah is a figure in the "table of nations" in Genesis 10, the list of descendants of Noah that represents the peoples known to the ancient Hebrews. Togarmah is among the descendants of Japheth and is thought to represent some people located in Anatolia. Medieval sources claimed that Togarmah was the legendary ancestor of several peoples of the Caucasus -including Armenians and Georgians.
These are the 10 Nation Confederation (THE HEADS) of the BEAST Ezekiel 38, of Daniel 7,9 and Revelation 17. All are Islamic, the Center of which is MECCA
From Ezekiel 38, 39:
Gog, a.k.a., Rosh (Russia) and
Rosh (Russia)
Magog (Russia)
Gomer (Eastern Europe-Southern Russia),
Put (Libya),
Cush (Ethiopia),
Persia (Iran)
Meshech (Southern Russia, *Ukraine and possibly the Republic of Georgia)
Tubal (an area in central Turkey),
Beth-Togarmah (Georgia, Chechnya, Turkey/Armenia)
Revised Map of Eastern Europe
From Ezekiel 38, 39:
Gog, (Russia) and
Rosh, (Russia) and
Magog (Russia)
Gomer (Eastern Europe-Southern Russia),
Put (Libya),
Cush (Ethiopia),
Persia (Iran)
Meshech (Southern Russia, *Ukraine and possibly the Republic of Georgia)
Tubal (an area in central Turkey),
Beth-Togarmah (Georgia, Chechnya, Turkey/Armenia)
These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast: Whatever their exact identity, their actions are clear. They join with the Antichrist in the war against Christ, in the battle alluded to in the sixth and seventh bowls (Revelation 16:12-21).
The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits: The harlot presides over peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues. This tells us that the harlot’s influence is worldwide, through her connection to the beast. This will be a truly one-world religion.
The interpretation of the harlot focuses on her relation to the beast: she is utterly connected to the beast and his government. If this sounds unthinkable, remember that throughout history, religion – not true Christianity – has often been the willing servant and supporter of tyrants.
I know this is a difficult subject and a 'tough read'. So, I have begun with and I will end with...
"SO, WHAT"?
While scholars may debate some of the fine details of this particular vision, the main points of application seem abundantly clear:
#1. We are crossing the threshold of a Global Transformation - and it does not look good for most people.
#2. By all indicators, God's prophecy of the End of Days is well under way.
#3. The Bible says events will turn cataclysmic - very soon.
#4. Culture is not neutral. You will have to choose sides by your actions. Talk won't work.
#5. Satan is boldly walking through the front door of a worldwide governmental
alignment, even as I write this.
#6. The devil is encroaching through the backdoor of seduction, idolatry, technology, perverse entertainment and has crept into the church. He is now in the church, deceiving many.
#7. The majority of the Church is either compromised, asleep, ignorant or afraid to engage the enemy.
#8. A remnant is rising at the Voice of God.
#9. God is calling and it is time you and I mobilize and do the Works Jesus has commanded.
#10. Doing nothing, except being nice and "going to church", assures you of nothing!
CONCLUSIONS?
FIRST: The final 7 years of the Great Tribulation, also known as the Great and Terrible Day of the Lord or the Last Days are near. We know this by the change of ‘season’. (By the way, this is an extremely slow moving storm of cosmic proportions).
SECOND: Watch these 10 nations.
Gog, a.k.a., Rosh (Russia) and
Rosh (Russia)
Magog (Russia)
Gomer (Eastern Europe-Southern Russia),
Put (Libya),
Cush (Ethiopia),
Persia (Iran)
Meshech (Southern Russia, *Ukraine and possibly the Republic of Georgia)
Tubal (an area in central Turkey),
Beth-Togarmah (Georgia, Chechnya, Turkey/Armenia)
When they are aligned and armed against Israel, the End of Days Clock is only seconds from God’s intervention in the defense of Israel and the destruction of Israel’s enemies, the dragon and the beast. (Christians will have been taken from the earth 3.5 years prior, and will already be before His Throne, singing Hallelujahs to the King.
Get Ready. Stay Ready. The struggle is great but the victory is greater!
Your Brother and Friend,
Mike Young
Additional Reading:
What are the 70 of Sevens (Daniel’s 70 Weeks)