| David Jay Jordan 7 World Kingdoms of Man To make prophecy a little easier to understand, you should know what countries the Lord has brought into power so far, and where we are headed. For as yet the 10 Nations that sign the Covenant are not yet in power. because when you understand this basic of history, then many parts of Daniel and Revelation and the Lord's End-Time will be clearer and you see how all these prophecies fit together cohesively. Daniel 2 Daniel 7 Daniel 8 Revelation 13 Adam to Moses (Statue) (Beasts) 1 - Egypt 2 - Assyria 3 - Babylon Head Lion 4 - Medo-Persia Breast Bear Ram 5 - Greece Belly Leopard He-Goat 6 - Rome Legs Beast " " " 7 - 10 Covenant 10 Toes 10 Horns Beast with 7 Heads Nations & 10 Crowns (Leopard, Bear, Lion, Dragon) 8 - Anti-Christ Little Horn 8th Beast from Sea False Prophet Lamb ******************************************************** So with this basic background let's attempt to interpret REVELATION 17, with my comments in parenthesis ...... (..) Rev 17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. Rev 17:6 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. (This shows why the Lord is so angry with her, because she has killed all his people from righteous Abel through the Old Testament, Stephen in New Testament and thru to us in the End-Time. So although Babylon may be personified into one nation, America before its fall to the power of the AC, the Babylon continues on in the AC cities as well, because the city system, the financial materialistic faith is the Whore. SEE Babylon the Whore) Rev 17:7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. (The Whore in the End-time and the Beast are two different entities...both evil) Rev 17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. (The Beast goes into perdition, there is your first clue. Who gets sent into hell forever, you quessed it Satan, otherwise called the Serpent or the Devil. he is the Beast, and he possesses the Anti-Christ) Rev 17:9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. (The seven heads are the seven world governments listed above, for the financial system has always sat on them and controlled them ... from Egypt to the upcoming 10 nations that sign the Covenant of Daniel) Rev 17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. (Hmmmmm ... This seems mysterious, but not really because at the time John the Revelator got this prophecy, they were living in the 6th Kingdom, the Roman Empire in the first century A.D. . This meant five kings or kingdoms had fallen , and one is...meaning the Roman Empire. And the Last kingdom is not yet come because the 7th Kingdom of the 10 Kings has not yet been formed via the Covenant of Daniel) Rev 17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. (O.K. so the final Beast, the final eighth kingdom is of the seventh. It comes from the seventh Kingdom which was composed of the Covenant Confederation of TEN, but seeing the Beast destroyed three of these nations, the other 7 gave all their remaining power to the conquering Beast. SEE Daniel 7 as the AC, the final beast is different than the 10 Kings and is called 'the Little Horn) Rev 17:12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. (Yes, very true, because in Roman times these Ten were not around, for they are the Ten countries that sign the Daniel Peace Covenant SEE Daniel 9) Rev 17:13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. (Why, because simply put, the Beast or Anti-Christ has destroyed three kingdoms, and so seeing 'no one can fight the beast and his power, <Rev 13: 4> the other seven give up their power to Him in subservience. Daniel 7 ) Rev 17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. (Yes the Anti-Christ declares war on us Revelation 12, and we flee and fight against him in defense of our Encampment, but only the Lord himself defeats the Beast and his earthly armies at the Battle of Armegeddon when we return with our Deliverer. For we shall be with him and riding white horses, if we have chosen the Chosen One ... JESUS In My Opinion from History and the Lord's Prophecy David Jay Jordan |