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Senior Sunday School 4 : Book of Revelation : Lesson 51

Text: Revelation 17:12-16
14 September 2025

SSS 4 14 September 2025
Text: Revelation 17

12 “The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast.

13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast.

14 These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.”

15 Then he said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.

16 And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire.

17 For God has put it into their hearts to fulfil His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.

18 And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.”

Revelation 17:12-16

IDENTIFICATION OF THE TEN KINGS

12 “The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast.

13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast.

Revelation 17:12-13

1. The ten horns

a) Ten kings
b) No kingdom
c) They received authority as kings from the beast
d) Their authority is short-lived (“one hour”)

2. One mind of the ten kings

a) They will accede their authority to the beast
b) Their authority came from the beast

WAR WITH THE LAMB

These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.”

Revelation 17:14

1. The ten kings will make war with the Lamb

2. They will be defeated by the Lamb

3. The Lamb identified

a) The Lord of lords
b) The King of kings
c) His army
“They are called, chosen, and faithful.”
Rev 17:14

THE ENEMIES OF THE LAMB

15 Then he said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.

16 And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire.

17 For God has put it into their hearts to fulfil His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.

18 And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.”

Revelation 17:15-18

1. The waters represent

“Peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues”

Rev 17:15

2. The ten horns

a) They represent kingdoms
b) They will turn against the harlot (representing corrupt religion)
c) They will attack the religious system with hatred

3. Fulfilling God’s purpose

“To be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled”

Rev 17:17

a) The great city (Babylon)
b) The religious capital of the corrupt religious system