REVELATION   •  Victory in Jesus   •  LESSON  18 (August 26) Revelation 17: The Judgment  of the  Great ProstituteBy its use of "Then," Revelation 

assumes we remember the context of what is happening in this revelation. Take a moment to remind yourself: what is going  on?Take the time to carefully read Revelation  17 as a whole and reflect on what you've  read:)i"  The great prostitute who is seated on many waters• With whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and with the wine of whose sexual immorality the dwellers on earth have become   drunk• Arrayed in purple and scarlet and adorned with gold, jewels, and pearls, she holds a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality• "Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations" is written on her forehead•  She is drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs of Jesus• "The woman ...is the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth." What does this great prostitute represent?)i" The great prostitute is sitting on a scarlet beast with seven heads and ten horns; it is full of blasphemous names• The beast was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pit and go to destruction• The dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast•  The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated; they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he does come he must remain only a little while• The ten horns are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast• They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them What does this scarlet beast represent?}.,,   The waters, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages In your own words, what is being communicated in Revelation 17? What is the overall  message?

150902 Wed Rev 18 - Fallen is Babylon the Great! - Leeson 19

On Wednesday evenings throughout the Spring and Summer, Jason Hardin is leading an adult Bible class called Revelation: Victory in Jesus. Our schedule is as follows:    Apr 8 - “Babylon” in Scripture    Apr 15 - Life in the Era of the Roman Empire    Apr 29 - Connecting the Books of Daniel and Revelation    May 6 - The Nature of Apocalyptic Literature    May 13 - Apocalyptic Literature in the Old Testament    May 20 - Revelation’s Impact on First-Century Christians    May 27 - Rev 1: John’s Vision of the Glorified Christ    June 3 - Rev 2: To the Churches in Ephesus and Smyrna    June 10 - Rev 2: To the Churches in Pergamum and Thyatira    June 17 - Rev 3: To the Churches in Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea    June 24 - Rev 4-5: Worthy is the Lamb Who was Slain    July 1 - Rev 6-7: Salvation Belongs to Our God!    July 8 - Rev 8-9: Woe to Those Who Dwell on the Earth    July 22 - Rev 10-11: The Time for Wrath and Reward    July 29 - Rev 12: The Pregnant Woman and the Great Dragon    Aug 5 - Rev 13: The Beast of the Sea and Beast of the Earth    Aug 12 - Rev 14-16: A Call for the Endurance of the Saints    Aug 19 - Rev 17: The Judgment of the Great Prostitute    Aug 26 - Rev 18: Fallen is Babylon the Great!    Sept 2 - Rev 19: The Marriage Supper of the Lamb