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” …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. 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.
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