Babylon The Great Riding The Beast

Revelation 17

The Scarlet Woman and the Scarlet Beast
And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven (bowls) vials, and talked with me, saying , Come hither, I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth on 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 coloured beast,  full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.  And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, 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.

The Meaning of the Woman and the Beast
And the angel said to 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 the ten horns.   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.  And here is the mind which hath wisdom.  The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sitteth.  And there are  seven kings  five are fallen, one is, and the other is not yet come;  and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.  And the beast that was, and is not, even he is  the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.  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.   These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.  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.  And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.  And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.  For God hath put it in their hearts to fulfill His will,  and to agree , and  give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.  And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth."