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Day 121

"These will hate the harlot"

Text: Revelation 17:16

INTERNAL STRIFE

The teaching angel revealed to the Apostle John that the followers of the Beast would one day turn against the harlot, Babylon. Their coalition was fragile and fractures would occur.

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

a) This was a reference to the people who worshipped the Beast.

b) They were identified as:

i) Peoples

ii) Multitudes

iii) Nations

iv) Tongues (languages)

2. The Ten Horns

a) These kings would hate the harlot.

b) They resent her.

c) They will hurt the harlot terribly.

i) They will make her desolate and naked.

ii) They will eat her flesh.

iii) They will burn her with fire.

3. God’s sovereign purpose

a) God’s purpose and Will would be fulfilled.

b) The Ten Horns would have one mind.

c) They would serve the Beast but not the harlot.

d) They would yield their resources to the Beast.

4. The words of God.

a) These are prophetic words.

b) Every word of God would be fulfilled.

5. The great capital of Babylon.

a) No matter how glorious it may be.

b) Though that city lorded its authority over the nations it would be destroyed.

c) The Ten Horns would turn against the harlot and cause it to be humiliated and destroyed ultimately.