THE GREAT WHORE - HER INFLUENCE UNVEILED

The Nature of Her Influence vs. 2

"With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication."

 

• Political Powers have had to join with her for the sake of their own existence. They have committed fornication with her.
• Peoples of the Earth have imbibed so heavily of the wine of her fornication that they are intoxicated and no longer in control of them­selves.

The Power of Her Influence vs. 3

"Sit upon the scarlet colored beast."

• The place of her power is the spiritual desert provided by the devil. All truth and life are divested and gone. The substitutes of Satan are in their place.
• The position of her power is marked by the seat on the beast. The beast tolerates the woman who rides him.
• This beast is full of names of blasphemy. This beast has seven heads, a career of empire. This beast has ten horns, or ten end time kings. This beast is headed up in one man, the Antichrist.

The Wealth of Her Influence vs. 4

"Decked with gold and precious"

• Purple, the royalty and kingliness of her influence. She has sought the highest places and has consorted with kings.
• Scarlet, the attractiveness of her influence. She has sought to draw admirers without respect to holiness, and so the world has followed after her.
• Jewels, the wealth that has poured into her coffers from all sources, from rich and poor alike, through superstitious fear, etc.
• Cup, what she has to offer. These are abomina­tions and filthiness. She has nothing pure and wholesome.

The Mystery of Her Influence vs. 5

"Mystery, Babylon the great."

• Secrecy has always been associated with reli­gion, and especially with false religion. This is one way the millions have been lured into it. Once inside they have not been able to extricate themselves. In this respect, true Christianity stands in contrast with all false religion.
• Greatness of this system is marked by the fact that it overwhelms all the peoples of the earth and finally centers in the capital of the universal kingdom, Babylon.
• Motherhood is the dominant feature of this system. Under the guise of good, this false system has mothered the whole brood of abomina­tions and wickednesses that have swarmed through the earth.

The Results of Her Influence vs. 6

"Drunken with the blood of."

• The Blood of the Saints probably refers to Old Testament saints. This means that this reli­gious system reaches back to the very beginning.
• The Blood of Martyrs probably refers to New Testament saints and others. Her direful influence reaches on into the future.
• This amazes John and he wonders. The reason is that religion persecutes religion and is its greatest enemy. The answer is that Satan manufactured religion to turn men aside from the truth. He has used false religious systems through the centuries to persecute the true saints of God.