THE LADY IN RED (32 OF 39)
Scripture: REVELATION 17:1-18
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The lady in red (32 of 39)
James Merritt
Revelation 17
Introduction
1. Have you ever heard of the "wicked witch of the west?" we are going to be taking a look at the "wicked witch of the world." there is something indeed fascinating about women, especially mysterious women. John was fascinated by this woman for he says in v.6 "when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement."
2. Revelation is a book where women are indeed prominent. There are three women of importance in the book of the revelation.in revelation 12:1 the nation of Israel is represented by a woman. In revelation 19:7-8 the church is called the bride of the lord Jesus Christ. Here we read about the lady in red. I call her "the scarlet harlot." she is the mistress of Satan who represents the devil's apostate church in the last days.
3. What we see here is the figure, the future, and the ultimate failure of religion. Now notice I did not say the church. There is a difference between god's true church and the devil's false religion. The church has a future as bright as the promises of god. But religion is doomed to wind up on the scrap heap of life.
4. There are two central figures in this chapter. There is the Babylonian mother: and the Babylonian monster. This Babylonian mother, this scarlet harlot, represents the one-world religion. That is coming upon the earth. This Babylonian monster represents the one- world government that is coming upon the earth. The mother represents the coming universal church. The monster represents the coming universal state. This church and this state are going to become one. There is going to be a marriage of church and state unlike anything ever seen before in history.
5. One preacher entitled this chapter "beauty and the beast." at first this woman does indeed appear to be beautiful, but she is really ugly. There is a tremendous difference between ugliness and beauty.
Beauty is skin deep ugly goes to the bone. Beauty simply fades away but ugl ...
James Merritt
Revelation 17
Introduction
1. Have you ever heard of the "wicked witch of the west?" we are going to be taking a look at the "wicked witch of the world." there is something indeed fascinating about women, especially mysterious women. John was fascinated by this woman for he says in v.6 "when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement."
2. Revelation is a book where women are indeed prominent. There are three women of importance in the book of the revelation.in revelation 12:1 the nation of Israel is represented by a woman. In revelation 19:7-8 the church is called the bride of the lord Jesus Christ. Here we read about the lady in red. I call her "the scarlet harlot." she is the mistress of Satan who represents the devil's apostate church in the last days.
3. What we see here is the figure, the future, and the ultimate failure of religion. Now notice I did not say the church. There is a difference between god's true church and the devil's false religion. The church has a future as bright as the promises of god. But religion is doomed to wind up on the scrap heap of life.
4. There are two central figures in this chapter. There is the Babylonian mother: and the Babylonian monster. This Babylonian mother, this scarlet harlot, represents the one-world religion. That is coming upon the earth. This Babylonian monster represents the one- world government that is coming upon the earth. The mother represents the coming universal church. The monster represents the coming universal state. This church and this state are going to become one. There is going to be a marriage of church and state unlike anything ever seen before in history.
5. One preacher entitled this chapter "beauty and the beast." at first this woman does indeed appear to be beautiful, but she is really ugly. There is a tremendous difference between ugliness and beauty.
Beauty is skin deep ugly goes to the bone. Beauty simply fades away but ugl ...
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