1. R l ti 17 – Th M t i
Revelation The Mysterious Wh
Whore

2. REVELATION 17 1 2 “A d th
17:1, 2: “And there came one of th seven
f the
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: With whom the kings of
the earth have committed fornication and the
fornication,
inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the
wine of her fornication.”

3. A Woman in Bible Prophecy = a Church
p y
And I have put my words in thy mouth, and
I have covered thee in the shadow of mine
hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay
the foundations of the earth, and say unto
Zion, Thou art my people. Isaiah 51:16
I have likened the daughter of Zion to a
comely and delicate woman. Jeremiah 6:2

4. What is a Whore in Bible Prophecy?
Leviticus19:29 “Do not prostitute thy daughter, to
cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to
whoredom, and the l d become full of wickedness.”
h d d h land b f ll f i k d ”
Ezekiel 16:28 “Thou hast played the whore also with
Thou
the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou
hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not
p y , y
be satisfied.”
“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 ”
fornication.”
(vs. 2)

5. Revelation 17:3
“So he carried me
away in the spirit
into the wilderness:
and I sa a woman
saw oman
sit upon a scarlet
coloured beast, full
of names of
blasphemy, having
seven heads and ten
horns.”

6. Why
Wh did J h see th Ch h of R
John the Church f Rome
in the wilderness?
“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.”

7. Into the Wilderness….
Recall that in Revelation 12, God’s
church fled into the wilderness
REVELATION 12:6 –
“And the woman fled
And
into the wilderness,
where she hath a
place prepared of
God, that they should
feed her there a
thousand two hundred
and th
d threescore d
days.”
”

8. Why Did She Go Into the Wilderness?
REVELATION 12:13 - “And when the
dragon saw that he was cast unto
the earth, he persecuted the woman
which brought forth the man child.”
Vs. 14 - “And to the woman were
given two wings of a great eagle,
eagle
that she might fly into the
wilderness,
wilderness into her place where
place,
she is nourished for a time, and
times, and half a time, from the face
, ,
of the serpent.”

9. Why
Wh did J h see th Ch h of R
John the Church f Rome
in the wilderness?
“So he carried me away in the
spirit into the wilderness: and I
i it i t th ild d
saw a woman sit upon a scarlet
coloured beast, f ll of names
full f
of blasphemy, having seven
y
heads and ten horns.”

10. WHAT IS
BLASPHEMY?

11. 1. REJECTION OF THE HOLY GHOST
(READ MATTHEW 12:24-31)
“Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of
Wherefore
sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto
men: but the blasphemy against the Holy
p y g y
Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And
whosoever speaketh a word against the Son
of man, i shall be forgiven him: but
f it h ll b f i hi b
whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost,
it shall not be forgiven him neither in this
him,
world, neither in the world to come.”
(vs. 31
(vs 31, 32)

12. WHAT IS BLASPHEMY?
OFFICIAL LIST OF TITLES
The official list of titles of the Pope, in the
order in which they are given in the Annuario
Pontifico i
P tifi is: Bi h
Bishop of R f Rome, Vi Vicar of f
Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of
the Apostles Supreme Pontiff of the Universal
Apostles,
Church, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and
Metropolitan of Roman Province Sovereign
Province,
of the State of Vatican City, Servant of
Servants of God” (Annuario Pontificio, published annually by
Libreria Editrice Vaticana, p. 23* ISBN of th 2009 edition: 978 88
Lib i Edit i V ti 23*. f the diti 978-88-
209-8191-4.)

13. THE TRUE VICAR OF GOD IS
THE HOLY GHOST!
John 15 26 But h the
J h 15:26 B t when th
Comforter is come, whom I will
send unto you from the Father,
nto o Father
even the Spirit of truth, which
proceedeth from the Father, He
Father
shall testify of me:

14. 2. A MAN WHO CLAIMS TO FORGIVE
SINS (READ MATTHEW 9:2-3 &
Luke 5:21)
“And when He saw their faith, He said
unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven
thee. And the scribes and the Pharisees
began to reason, saying, Who is this
which speaketh blasphemies? Who can
forgive sins, but God alone?” (Luke
5:20, 21)

15. “…the council [of Trent] expressly states that Christ
p y
left priests, His own vicars, as judges (praesides et
judices), unto whom all the mortal crimes into which
the faithful may have fallen should be revealed in
order that, in accordance with the power of the keys,
they may pronounce the sentence of f if forgiveness or
retention of sins" (Sess. XIV, c. v)

16. 3. A MAN WHO MAKES HIMSELF
GOD (John 10:33)
“The Jews answered him, saying, For
a good work we stone thee not; but
for blasphemy; and because that
thou, being a man, makest thyself
God.” (John 10:33)

17. "The pope is of so great dignity and so
exalted that he is not a mere man, but as it
were God, and the vicar of God...” Lucius
Ferraris, in "Prompta Bibliotheca Canonica, Juridica, Moralis, Theologica,
Ascetica, Polemica, Rubristica, Historica", Volume V, article on "Papa,
, , , , , p ,
Article II", titled "Concerning the extent of Papal dignity, authority, or
dominion and infallibility", #1, 5, 13-15, 18, published in Petit-Montrouge
(Paris) by J. P. Migne, 1858 edition
"The Pope and God are the same, so he
has ll
h all power in Heaven and earth." Pope Pius
i H d th
V, quoted in Barclay, Chapter XXVII, p. 218, "Cities Petrus Bertanous".

18. 4. A MAN WHO CLAIMS TO BE
CHRIST (Matthew 26:62-65)
“But Jesus held his peace. And the high
But peace
priest answered and said unto him, I
adjure thee by the living God, that thou
tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son
of God. Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast
,
said: …Then the high priest rent his
clothes, saying, He hath spoken
blasphemy; what further need have we of
witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his
blasphemy.” (vs 62 65)
blasphemy ” (vs. 62-65)

19. "The Pope takes the place of Jesus Christ on
earth...by divine right the Pope has supreme
i i i
and full power in faith, in morals over each
and every pastor and hi fl k H i th t
d t d his flock. He is the true
vicar, the head of the entire church, the
father and teacher of all Christians He is the
Christians.
infallible ruler, the founder of dogmas, the
author of and the judge of councils; the
universal ruler of truth, the arbiter of the
wo d, e supreme
world, the sup e e judge o heaven and
of e ve d
earth, the judge of all, being judged by no
one, God himself on earth." Quoted in the
Q
New York Catechism

20. Why
Wh did J h see th Ch h of R
John the Church f Rome
in the wilderness?
“So he carried me away in the
spirit into the wilderness: and I
i it i t th ild d
saw a woman sit upon a scarlet
coloured beast, f ll of names
full f
y
of blasphemy, having seven
heads and ten horns.”

21. Why is this beast full of blasphemy?
Ezekiel 9:9, 10 “Then said he unto me, The
iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is
exceeding great, and the land is full of blood,
and the city full of perverseness: for they say,
The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the
LORD seeth not. And as for me also, mine eye
shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I
h ll t ith ill h it b t
will recompense their way upon their head.”
Genesis 15:16 “But in the fourth generation
they shall come hither again: for the iniquity
of the Amorites is not yet full.”

22. Have We Seen this Beast Before?
Revelation 17:3 – “I saw a woman sit upon a
scarlet coloured beast, full of names of
blasphemy, having seven heads and ten
p y, g
horns.”
Revelation 13:1 – “And I stood upon the sand of
the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea,
having seven heads and ten horns, and upon
his horns ten crowns and upon his heads the
crowns,
name of blasphemy.”
Revelation 12:3 – “And there appeared another
And
wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon,
having seven heads and ten horns, and seven
crowns upon his heads ”
heads.

23. Some Important Details
Revelation 17:4 - 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:
Revelation 17:5 - And upon her forehead was a name
written, MYSTERY
written MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT THE MOTHER
GREAT,
OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Revelation 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.
Revelation 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 se en
her, hich seven
heads and ten horns.

24. Some Important Details
Revelation 17:4 –”…arrayed in purple and
” arrayed
scarlet colour, and decked with gold and
precious stones and pearls,…
pearls
Exodus 28: - [4] And these are the garments which
they shall make; a breastplate and an ephod, and a
breastplate, ephod
robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and
they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother,
and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the
priest's office. [5] And they shall take gold, and blue,
and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. [6] And they
shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple,
of scarlet, and fi twined linen, with cunning work.
f l t d fine t i d li ith i k

25. Some Important Details
Revelation’s Woman is Missing Blue
NUMBERS 15:38-39 - Speak unto the children
p
of Israel, and bid them that they make them
fringes in the borders of their garments
throughout their generations, and that they
put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of
blue: And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that
fringe
ye may look upon it, and remember all the
commandments of the LORD, and do them;
and that ye seek not after your own heart and
your own eyes, after which ye use to go a
whoring

26. Revelation 17:5 - And upon her forehead
was a name written MYSTERY
written, MYSTERY,
BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER
OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS
OF THE EARTH.

27. “Let no man deceive you by any means: for [that
day shall not come], except there come a f i
falling
away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the
son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth
himself above all that is called God, or that is
worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the
pp ;
temple of God, showing himself that he is
God…For the mystery of iniquity doth already
work: only he who now letteth [will let], until he
be taken out of the way. And then shall that
Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall
revealed
consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall
destroy with the brightness of his coming… (2
coming…”
Thessalonians 2: 3-8)

28. Revelation 17:5 - And upon her forehead
was a name written MYSTERY,
written, MYSTERY
BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER
OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS
OF THE EARTH.

29. The term Babylon is derived from Babel,
and signifies confusion. It is employed in
Scripture to designate the various forms of
false or apostate religion. In Revelation 17,
Babylon is represented as a woman, a figure
which is used in the Bible as the symbol of a
church, a virtuous woman representing a
pure church, a vile woman an apostate
church. {GC88 380.3}

30. Revelation 17:5 -
And upon her
forehead was a
name written,
MYSTERY,
MYSTERY
BABYLON THE
GREAT,
GREAT THE
MOTHER OF
HARLOTS AND
ABOMINATIONS
OF THE EARTH.

31. “…Sunday is a
y
child of the papacy,
exalted by the
Christian world
above the sacred
day of God's rest.
In no case are
God's people to pay
it homage…”
(CCh p. 318)

32. Babylon is said to be "the mother
of harlots." By her daughters
y g
must be symbolized churches
that cling to her doctrines and
traditions, and f ll
t diti d follow h example
her l
of sacrificing the truth and the
approval of God in order to form an
God,
unlawful alliance with the world. The
Great Controversy, p 382 383
Controversy p. 382,

33. Who is The Beast?
Remember Beast = Kingdom (
g (Daniel 7:23)
)
Beast = Satan (Revelation 12: 3, 9)
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,
her which hath the
seven heads and
ten horns (vs 7)

34. Who is The Beast?
What are these 7 heads & 10 horns

35. Who is The Beast?
What are these 7 heads & 10 horns
“And here is the
mind which hath
wisdom. The seven
heads are seven
mountains, on
which the woman
sitteth.” Revelation
17:9
HEADS = MOUNTAINS

36. “And I will render unto Babylon and to all the
inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have
done in Zion in your sight saith the LORD Behold
sight, LORD. Behold,
I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the
LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will
stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee
down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt
mountain.” Jeremiah 51:24
MOUNTAIN/HEAD = WORLD KINGDOM

37. Five are Fallen
Revelation 17:9-10 (American Standard
17:9 10
Version): Here is the mind that hath
wisdom. The seven heads are seven
mountains, on which the woman sitteth: and
they are seven kings; the five are fallen, the
one is, the other is not yet come; and when
he cometh, he must continue a little while

38. Five Are Fallen
All our prophecies find their foundation in the image of Daniel 2
1. Babylon Fallen
2. Medo-Persia Fallen
3.
3 Greece Fallen
4. Pagan Rome Fallen
5.
5 Papal Rome F ll Fallen
6. ? One is – (1798)
7.
7 ? One i
O is not yet come
t t

39. Five Are Fallen
All our prophecies find their foundation in the image of Daniel 2
5. Papal Rome Fallen
6. America One is – (1798)
7.
7 ? One is not yet come

40. REVELATION 17:8—The beast that thou
sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out
was
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.
et is
REVELATION 17:11—And the beast that was,
and is not, even he is the eighth and is of the
not eighth,
seven, and goeth into perdition.
REVELATION 13 3 A d I saw one of his
13:3—And f hi
heads as it were wounded to death; and his
deadly wound was healed: and all the world
wondered after the beast.
d d ft th b t

41. REVELATION 17:11—And the
17:11 And
beast that was, and is not,
even he is the eighth, and is of
the seven, and goeth into
perdition.
Let no man deceive you by any means:
for [that day h ll t
f [th t d shall not come], except th
] t there
come a falling away first, and that man of
sin be revealed, the SON OF
PERDITION; 2 Thessalonians 2:3

42. And the ten horns which thou sawest are
ten ki , which have received no
kings
kingdom as yet; but receive power as
g y ; p
kings one hour with the beast. These have
on mind, and shall give their power and
strength unto the beast. Revelation 17:12, 13

43. “And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes,
part of potters clay and part of iron the
potters' clay, iron,
kingdom shall be divided; but there shall
be in
b i it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch
f th t th f th i f h
as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
…Daniel 2:41-43
Daniel 2:41 43

44. “And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes,
part of
f potters' clay, and part of i
tt ' l d f iron,
the kingdom shall be divided; but there
shall be in it of the strength of the iron,
forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed
f
with miry clay. …Daniel 2:41-43

45. And the ten horns which thou sawest are
ten ki , which have received no
kings
kingdom as yet; but receive power as
g y ; p
kings one hour with the beast. These have
on mind, and shall give their power and
strength unto the beast. Revelation 17:12, 13

46. The Number is
Th N b 10 i a symbol of a unity,
b l f it
across the world
Zechariah 8:23 “Thus saith the LORD of
hosts; In those d
h t I th days [it shall come t pass],
h ll to ]
that ten men shall take hold out of all
languages of the nations, even shall take
l f th ti h ll t k
hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew,
saying, We will go with you: for we have
i W ill ith f h
heard [that] God [is] with you.”

47. "These have one mind." There will be a
universal bond of union, one great
harmony, a confederacy of Satan's forces.
"And shall give their power and strength
unto the beast." Thus is manifested the
same arbitrary, oppressive power against
religious liberty, freedom to worship God
according to the dictates of conscience, as
was manifested by the papacy, when in the
past it persecuted those who dared to
refuse to conform with the religious rites
and ceremonies of Romanism. {Mar 187.3}

48. “History will be repeated. False religion will be
exalted. The first day of the week, a common
working day, possessing no sanctity whatever, will
be set up as was the image of Babylon. All nations
and tongues and peoples will be commanded to
worship this spurious sabbath. . . . The decree
enforcing the worship of this day is to go forth t
f i th hi f thi d i t f th to
all the world.”--7BC 976
“As America, the land of religious liberty, shall
unite with the papacy in forcing the conscience
p p y g
and compelling men to honor the false sabbath,
the people of every country on the globe will be
led to follow her example.”--6T 18 (1900).

49. The Sabbath question is to be the issue in the great
final conflict in which all the world will act a part
part.--
6T 352 (1900).
Foreign nations will follow the example of the
United States. Though she leads out, yet the same
crisis will come upon our people in all parts of the
world.--6T 395 (1900)

50. “History will be repeated. False religion will be
exalted. The first day of the week, a common
working day, possessing no sanctity whatever, will
be set up as was the image of Babylon. All nations
and tongues and peoples will be commanded to
worship this spurious sabbath. . . . The decree
enforcing the worship of this day is to go forth t
f i th hi f thi d i t f th to
all the world.”--7BC 976
“As America, the land of religious liberty, shall
unite with the papacy in forcing the conscience
p p y g
and compelling men to honor the false sabbath,
the people of every country on the globe will be
led to follow her example.”--6T 18 (1900).

51. “As we approach the last crisis, it is of vital
moment that harmony and unity exist
among the Lord's instrumentalities. The
world is filled with storm and war and
variance. Yet under one head--the papal
power--the people will unite to oppose God
i i G
in the person of His witnesses. What is it
that gives its kingdom to this power?
i i i i ?
Protestantism, a power which, while
professing to have the temper and spirit of
f i h h d i i f
a lamb and to be allied to Heaven, speaks
with the voice of a dragon. I i moved b a
ih h i f d It is d by
power from beneath. {Mar 187.2}

53. We “…are to stand as subjects of Christ's
kingdom, bearing the banner on which is
inscribed, "The commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus." They are to carry the burden of
a special work, a special message. We have a
personal responsibility, and this is to be revealed
before th h
b f the heavenly universe, b f
l i before angels, and
l d
before men. God does not call upon us to
enlarge our influence by mingling with society,
society
by linking up with men on political questions,
but by standing as individual p
y g parts of His g great
whole, with Christ as our head. Christ is our
Prince, and as His subjects we are to do the
work appointed us by God.” {FE 478.3}