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"I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast"

Text: Revelation 17:3

CARRIED IN THE SPIRIT

The Apostle John had many spiritually profound experiences. These are difficult to imagine, let alone explain. John was carried in the Spirit into the wilderness to see the vision God had revealed to him.

“So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness.
And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast
which was full of names of blasphemy,
having seven heads and ten horns.
The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet,
and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls,
having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations
and the filthiness of her fornication.”
Revelation 17:3-4

1. A spiritual journey.

a) John was carried away into the Wilderness.

b) This was done “in the Spirit”.

c) This was an experience that is hard to fully comprehend.

2. A scarlet beast.

a) The names of the scarlet beast.

i) It had many names of blasphemy.

ii) It was blasphemous through and through.

b) The power of the scarlet beast.

i) It had seven heads.

ii) It had 10 horns.

iii) They were representative of its power and might.

3. A woman sitting on the scarlet beast.

a) In comparison, the woman was frail compared to the scarlet beast.

b) Yet, she enjoyed a special relationship with the beast.

c) She did not control the beast.

d) She was a mere tool of the scarlet beast.

4. The raiment of the woman.

a) She wore scarlet and purple.

b) She was adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls.

c) She carried a golden cup.

i) It was full of abominations.

ii) It was filthy with abominations.