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She will be a false religion centered in (vv.9,18)
The seven heads are seven hills (oros) on which the woman sits. – Revelation 17:9-10 (NIV)
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill (oros) cannot be hidden; – Matthew 5:14 (NASB)
Thyatira: (thuateira) Thya(tira) or tiara (Revelation 2:18-25)
Earlier, this town called Simmeramis: The Queen of Heaven (ISBE)
The Son of God…says this… I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. (Statues) “And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent. “Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds. “Now to you I say, and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this doctrine, who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say, I will put on you no other burden. “But hold fast what you have till I come. – Revelation 2:20-22,24-25
This will be what is left of the organization after the believers are Raptured
Harlot or Prostitute often used as idiom for (v.1)
The LORD said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: “Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot. – Jeremiah 3:6 (NKJV)
Many Waters & Kings: (vv.1-2) (v.15)
She is riding The Beast (v.3)
She is and (v.4)
Located in Rome but mystically (v.5)
“The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to spite Me. – Jeremiah 7:18 (NASB95)
Not just responsible but on their blood (v.6)
Explanation: (vv.7-18)
She is riding on a specific location: (v.9)
“This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits. They are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for a little while.
– Revelation 17:9-11 (NIV)
Hills/Mountains but also Kings
The first five have fallen in the (before John wrote)
(vv.10-11) Remember this is from John’s perspective
Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome
One is (currently) in John’s time:
One “has not yet come”
In the
(v.11) The Beast will be the , but will also be one of the first (he will emerge out of the 7th)
(v.12) The ten kingdoms are in the
Preview of Armageddon (vv.13-14)