Revelations 17 and 18

Revelations 17
- One of the 7 angels came to John to show him the judgement of the great prostitute.
- She sits on many water and has committed sexual immorality with many kings.
- They have become drunk on her immorality like a drunk on wine.
- The Spirit took John into the wilderness where the woman was on a scarlet beast.
- Blasphemous names were written on the beast and it had seven heads and ten horns.
- She was dressed in scarlet and purple and adorned with jewels.
- She held a cup full of her immoralities and abominations.
- A name of mystery was written on her forehead, "Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations"
- John saw a woman drunk on the blood of the saint and martyrs of Jesus.
- John marveled at the woman and the angel asked him why.
- What does it mean the beast was and is not ( sounds like it counters God is was, is and is to come)?
- The beast is about to arise from the bottomless pit and reap destruction.
- Those not in the book of life will marvel at the beast.
- The 7 heads are 7 mountains, and also 7 kings (5 of which have already fallen, one is, and one will come later).
- That one will come and remain for only a short time.
- The beast is the 8th, but belongs to the 7 and is goes to destruction.
- The 10 horns are kings who have not yet received their royal power.
- They will receive power for 1 hour along with the beast.
- They are of one mind and will make war on the Lamb.
- The Lamb will conquer them and those with Him are called "chosen and faithful"
- The "waters" around the prostitute are the multitudes of people and languages.
- Why will the 10 kings and the beast hate the prostitute?
- They will make her naked and burn her with fire.
- God has planned that they be of one mind and hand their power over to the beast until His words are fulfilled.
- The woman = great city that has dominion over kings of earth.

Revelations 18
- John saw another angel who had great power whose glory made earth bright.
- The angel said Babylon has fallen and become a place for demons, unclean spirits and animals
- All nations have drunk her passion of sexual immorality.
- Kings and merchants have grown rich from being immoral with her.
- Another voice told his people to come away from her so they won't take part in her sins.
- God has remembered her sins and she will be paid back double
- For all her luxurious living she will have equal torment given to her.
- She boasts and for that reason she will see mourning and famine and death all in the same day.
- Those who were immoral with her will mourn at her burning.
- They will mourn her loss (She is Babylon)
- The merchants weep because no one now buys their cargo.
- Their cargo is many things; valuables, clothes, wood, bronze, scents, livestock, slaves and human souls (human lives).
- They will lose all of these splendors and delicacies.
- These merchants who gained wealth from her will stand far off and weep.
- All her wealth is taken away in a single hour.
- The seafarers stood far off and mourned too.
- Heaven will rejoice with the saints and prophets over God's judgment of her.
- The angel threw a huge stone into the sea and said that is the way Babylon will go too.
- It won't be found anymore; no light, no sounds, no voices, no marriages, will be found there because the nations were deceived by her sorceror and the fact that she killed the saints there.