THE GREAT WHORE - HER JUDGMENT

The Outline of Chapter 17:

1. The victim of the judgment. 1-6
2. The visitor of the judgment. 7-15
3. The visitation of judgment. 16-18

The Victim of Judgment: The Great Whore vs. 1-6

"And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 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. So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration."

Key verse 1: "The judgment of the great whore."

While this is the judgment of a religious system, the judgment is localized in a city (1, 18).

This whore should not be identified as the Catholic system alone. It is all false religions now under one great system. This undoubtedly are the religious systems that are highly organized and use methods to easily swallow other false religions.

Verse 1 is the introduction to the vision. One of the seven angels with the seven vials invites John to go and view the judgment of the great whore.

The Scope of Her Influence vs. 1
"that sitteth on many waters."

It is obvious, after a comparison with verse 15, that the scope of her influence is universal. Religion is universal.