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Revelation 17
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| 17:1
And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and
talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the
judgment of the great
whore that sitteth upon many waters: |
 (17:1-7)
"The great whore that sitteth upon many waters"
The great whore has "committed fornication" with all the kings on earth.
Everyone else is "drunk with the wine of her fornication." She sits on a scarlet
colored beast with the usual 7 heads and 10 horns. She carries a cup full of the
"filthiness of her abominations" and has a big sign on her forehead saying:
"Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the
Earth." You'll know her when you see her.
BOM: 1 Nephi 14:11
 God Tortures a Whore
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| 17:2
With whom the kings of
the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have
been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
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| 17:3
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a
scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads
and ten horns.
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And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with
gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and
filthiness of her fornication:
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| 17:5
And upon her forehead
was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND
ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. |
(17:5) "The Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the Earth."
BOM: 1 Nephi 14:10
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| 17:6
And I saw the woman drunken
with the blood of the saints, and with the
blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great
admiration. |
(17:6) "And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the
blood of the martyrs."
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| 17:7
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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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. |
 (17:8) "The beast that was, and is not, and yet is."
The Watchtower says that "the beast that was, and is not, and yet is"
referred to in this verse is the United Nations. It was the League of Nations which disappeared, only to
once again rise as the UN. (See Pay Attention to Daniel's Prophecy, p. 269)
(17:9-13) "And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven
mountains, on which the woman sitteth..."
This ia a mind on acid.
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| 17:9
And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven
mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
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| 17:10
And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is
not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. |
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And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the
seven, and goeth into perdition. |
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And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no
kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. |
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| 17:13
These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the
beast. |
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| 17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the
Lamb shall overcome them: for
he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are
called, and chosen, and faithful. |
 (17:14) "These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for ...
they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful."
Christians will fight in the war between Jesus and those allied with the beast.
(17:15) "And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore
sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues."
(17:16-17)
"They shall eat her flesh and burn her with fire."
(Are they going to eat her first and then burn her?)
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And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore
sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
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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.
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| 17:17 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.
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And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over
the kings of the earth.
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