Revelation 17 Notes

Revelation 17

Revelation 17:1-Judgement of the great whore

Women-
-A corrupt woman= corrupt church
-A pure woman= pure church

Revelation 17:2-Spiritual adultery
-not JUST Catholicism is being talked about. Even Protestantism is being controlled

Papacy-Political powers of the world have combined with the false Papal system
-In that process the world has received these false doctrines
.-The Papacy believes that once they have control of the world then Jesus will come back
-It will join with the politic powers to dominate

Revelation 17:3-The Church was in the wilderness for a thousand two hundred and threescore days (1260 prophetic days) Rev_12:6 which went from 538 to 1798
-When John who wrote this chapter he was carried away into wilderness- the end of this period
-The Papacy ruled from 538 to 1798
-This is the second half of the 2520 for Israel (Pagan Rome is the first half)
-The Church was being trampled on first by Paganism then by Papalism
-The Scarlet Coloured Beast represents the kingdoms of the Earth

Powers-Two basic powers exist, Satan and God
-They are parallel because Satan has fake versions of the truth
- Satan puts many falsehoods in Christianity

Revelation 17:4-5-Woman shows wealth of the Papacy
-This shows the Papacy's outward deception and display which hides an inward corruption
-60 million Christians were killed by the Catholic church during the inquisition

Revelation 17

It has been a while since we have had a study so we will now resume our place in Revelation, the seven-teenth chapter. I will once again be posting up our study notes so you can follow our studies even without attending. Let the study begin!