Most Bible believers who take Bible prophecy literally are aware that Revelation 17 talks about a woman riding a Beast. The Beast depicted is the end of the age luciferian world system existing just prior to the second coming of Jesus. The woman that rides the Beast is a religious system that claims to speak for God on earth but actually does the bidding of Satan. Fornication occurs as this religious system directs the kings of the earth to carry out the luciferian agenda.
The Revelation Harlot historically has been identified with Roman Catholicism. She was identified in the days when Roman Catholicism was directing the kings and killing people who would not submit to her authority. Even so, today many Protestants and even many evangelicals also claim the church is building the kingdom of God on earth. They take the prophetic scriptures and allegorically twist them to please themselves just like the Roman Catholics. They push worldly unbiblical social justice programs and accommodate people loving lawlessness to advance their false kingdom building efforts. The Harlot and her protesting daughter will reunite in these last days for the greatest kingdom building effort since creation.
The woman can be identified through her actions. According to Revelation 17 the woman fornicates with the kings of the earth and the blood of the saints can be found in her. Roman Catholicism has uniquely done that. She led Europe for many centuries and even flaunted the blasphemous “Holy Roman Empire” name. Today the Roman Church has embassies in 114 nations and hosts 86 nations at the Vatican. There is a representation of the Holy See at Luxembourg (EU) and the Holy See has an observer seat at the UN. This “Holy See” is full of such blasphemes names. She also claims to be the kingdom of God on earth. The Roman Catholic Church obviously is the woman being described in Revelation 17.
Even so, the Revelation Harlot birthed a daughter named Protestantism. The protesters came out of the Harlot, but bad blood without godly spirit soon led to fornication with the world. Mother like daughter. They will have a reunion at the end of the age and persecute the Revelation fifth seal saints.
Erroneous Eschatology produces false teaching about the mission of the Church on earth. The Church’s role in this age is to preach the gospel of salvation to those dead in their sins. The Church does not establish the Kingdom of God on earth. God removes unbelievers during the great tribulation and only after that does Jesus establish His Kingdom on earth.
Those that see no literal fulfillment of Bible prophecy believe they will reform a world that cannot be reformed until Satan is bound. Fleshly minded people are being misled into thinking that humanism, social justice and egalitarianism leads to utopia. Such concepts do not come from the Bible. They come from satanic cultural Marxism. Equal outcome is impossible in a hierarchical creation that awards free will creatures who choose good over evil. Cultural Marxism breaks the commandments of God. Nevertheless, many calling themselves Christians are being complicit with such lawlessness in the guise of love.
Roman Catholicism and liberal Christianity have had the luciferian humanist socialist worldview for quite some time. However, Evangelical Christians used to have a biblical worldview. That is now changing as mega pastors and media Evangelicals replace the biblical worldview with the false worldview of building the kingdom on earth through social justice programs. Some are replacing the gospel of individual salvation through faith in Jesus with the gospel of collective salvation through human effort.
The makings of the Harlot that is fornicating with the luciferian system is happening in real time. People are indoctrinated continually. Even Bible colleges and seminaries are replacing the gospel with doctrines of men and demons. Students go in believing in the religion of their parents but come out believing in Marxianity. The electronic media is full of Kingdom Now prosperity teaching and the books in Christian bookstores also mostly appeal to the flesh. As the heretics twist scripture and downplay doctrine, fewer people are finding understanding.
Nations once influenced by the Bible are being deceived. Europe is ripe for the Antichrist because she replaced biblical teaching with humanist lucferian philosophies. Influential evangelicals all over the world are drinking the Kool-Aid of cultural Marxists. One prime example is deceptively named The Gospel Coalition.
Children in America are being indoctrinated with Marxist philosophies from the time they are put in preschool. The gospel of Jesus is being shut out and is laughed at. The door for individual evangelism is rapidly closing. Anyone with understanding should see where this is heading, but who has understanding anymore? Most everyone is clueless because the truth is not taught anymore and those being programmed by the world only know what they have been told. How can a nation fall so far so fast? Marx provided the answer. Just remove God. God’s truth is actively being replaced with the thinking of reprobates minds.
Religious leaders tell us we all must be inclusive because everyone worships the same God. That is false. No one can know God and deny the Son He sent. Jesus is the visible image of God. Those denying Jesus but claiming to worship God worship a false God.
The cultural Marxist progressives like to claim that people quoting the word of God are phobic people promoting intolerance and hate. Religious people who are being indoctrinated into these leftists philosophies will join with the Marxists to persecute God’s people.
Wolves in sheep’s clothing tell people to embrace lawless people practicing wickedness. They say love requires it. However, love is not what they claim it to be. True love is displayed by keeping God’s laws perfectly. Their worldly love will drive them to persecute those following the law and the prophets. They walk in the ways of Saul not Paul.
The fifth seal persecution by the worldly Harlot is not very far off. This persecution happens right after a great world upheaval (prior seals). When the fifth seal is opened, people in the false world church start killing others thinking that they are doing God a favor. They will believe those not obeying the Vatican’s decrees are hindering peace and safety and the building of the kingdom on earth. For that Kingdom they will advance a false Messiah.
We should already see the writing on the wall. Leaders claiming to come in the name of Christ are replacing the gospel of individual salvation with the false gospel of collective salvation. They think the Church wins the world to Christ as she restores paradise lost. That obviously is not happening, won’t happen, and is not taught in scripture. Satan is not bound. Evil must first be dealt with. This presumptuous worldly harlot will not get her desires. She will reap the wrath of the Devil when he is cast down. He will not share his moment of fame with any harlot claiming to speak for him.
There are not many people talking about the increasing apostasy in institutional Christendom. If you wish to keep up with the details about the who, what, and where in the maturing Revelation Harlot, I recommend Worldview Weekend run by Brannon Howse. Beside his website, he also has teachings on YouTube and Roku and hosts an annual conference at the Lake of the Ozarks.
2 Timothy 4:3-4
3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
It has to be so close to the end or the beginning I’m ready.
Solid commentary Don, as usual.
In my studies, I have come to see the Harlot as a feminized fallen angel who has been charged with Satan with overseeing all of the various false religions which he has fostered upon the earth (which collectively is shown as a beast with SEVEN heads).
The Roman Catholic church, is in so many ways is failing to build the Kingdom of God on earth (yes, there is an EMBASSY of the Kingdom of God on the earth – we born again Christians are its staff – including some as Ambassadors). However, the RCC is certainly not over ALL of Satan’s efforts to deceive mankind. For one thing, there are only a little over a billion RCCs worldwide.
I see the Harlot as that fallen angel over seeing the SEVEN mountains – seven headed beast, etc. as: (1) ethno (including folk) religions at 676 million; (2) Hinduism at 982 million; (3) Buddhism at 510 million; (4) Agnostics (non-religious) at 684 million; (5) Atheist at 136 million [these first five are the five that had “fallen” as of the writing of Revelation 17]; (6) Cultural Christians (all non born again Christians)- the one that was at that time (people in the church rejecting the true Christ as their Lord & Savior) – at 1.2 billion people (lots of RCC,lots of Orthodox, lots of Protestants, lots of Anglicans, lots of “modern” Christians)- I get this as 1/2 of confessors world wide based on Jesus’ teachings about 1 or 2 in His Mount Olivet Discourse; and (7) the one that would only be around a while (compared to the others – actually since 610 AD) – Islam at 1.6 billion. (These numbers are from a few years back but relatively accurate today.)
So, my theory/understanding shows over 98% of the people who are against Jesus of Nazareth as being the Messiah of the world being accounted for within the 7 headed beast / the 7 mountains.
Of course, the anti-Christ is in the late stages of launching his “8th mountain” of his false kingdom – which will, as Revelation shows, launch wars against the 7 other false mountains (of false religion) because he will be fighting the most orthodox of those false religions who will not submit to his “newly announced godhood” (most will).
The world is on the edge of the very end of our age. Things are unraveling rapidly. Keep up the good work of sounding the alarm my brother in Christ!
Hi Fount,
There is no such thing as feminized angels. The Roman Catholic Chruch will gain power again after the signs and wonders occur. The Harlot is not religion, agnostics and atheists that do not claim to know the God of scripture. Some of those that you mentioned never knew God so they could not be into harlotry. The scripture is pretty clear that the seven heads or mountains are 7 world kingdoms. They are not world religious and neither is the eighth identified as the Beast Kingdom.
Don, you hit it out of the parkway on this one and its “NOT” just that the RCC has been persecuting millions ( and killing*) since its inception in the 300’s AD , its also that its unholy Priests and Popes have : raped and taken the innocence of millions of little one’s throughout its 1600+ year existence too ! I state this fact because too many are naive and seem to believe that all the ‘sexual abuse’ perpetrated on thousands of mostly male boys by RCC Priests is something only confined to this 21st Century, they never stop to think that in reality its been going on for some 1600+ years !
Hi Joe,
Good point about the pedophilia. The easy excess to boys might be the main reason altar boys exist.
Hello Don: You wrote that the fifth seal persecution is “not very far off.” Excuse me if my questions have already been covered. In your view; have the first and second begun? If not; then they must be even closer. (Than the fifth.) If they are yet to be broken; Any thoughts on world conditions that will lead us into the breaking of the first in the series? I recall that you recently said that all of God’s judgments may play out over a ten year period.
Hi Brian D,
Here is the way I see it. The first seal is broken about 10 years before the second coming. The Rapture is probably some time before that. Therefore, the next prophetic thing for the Church is the Rapture. The timing of that is always imminent.
I think the opening of the first seal is the start of the makings of the revived Roman Empire. It occurs shortly after the Rapture. The Vatican will play a large role in the revival as the Harlot of Revelation 17. Obviously the EU is not working out but that will not stop the luciferians. A new strong man will arise but probably not before the Rapture.
I can’t even imagine the godlessness that will prevail once true believers are removed. Even now I am suprised just how far western society in particular has fallen in just the last 10 years alone.
Another interesting article. It seems to me that once the Rapture occurs, the world will need an explanation. Who better to do that than the head of the “church” and or “visitors” from beyond? I think it’s interesting that we currently have a Socialist Jesuit in the papacy now.
Not that it really matters for us believers, but I wonder how they will explain the Rapture away? Climate change seems too poor of an excuse. Maybe they will say that the “visitors” had to remove the people because they were a cancer to the world? Maybe there will be so few removed that it won’t matter much? I also tend to believe that many people will indeed know what happened. Otherwise how else will so many come to Christ during the Tribulation?
Hi Steve,
I think the explanation for the Rapture will be those people needed to removed because they were hindering humankind’s evolutionary leap forwarded into Christ consciousness.
After the Rapture many will come to believe because the gospel will be preached by the 2 witnesses, the 144,000 Israelite’s and the angel flying in the sky. All people will hear the gospel of the coming kingdom before the end comes. Those that accept it will be saved, those that believe the Antichrist lies will take his mark and be damned.
Announcement at global security confab unveils Syringe-injectable ID MICROCHIP Posted November 21, 2003. VERICHIP (RFID) IMPLANTABLE targeting Inmates & Security Guards. Who knows where they are at now with it. next?Last but least. Are we seeing the Falling away. And perhaps see the signing of the Peace treaty between Israel & the Palistenians,sorry about the spelling,& revealing of the antichrist right before Jesus calls us Home! Blessings to all of you & Don who gives us hope and inspires us!Thank you for all you do! Will make note of the Websites if this makes it to you. Sincerely, Linda
Don,
It is quite interesting where you surmise that even the so-called protestant evangelicals will side with those persecuting the true believers. I have been saying for years that those in the NAR/Kingdom Now churches are apostate; but to no avail. The apostasy just goes from worse to worse. And let’s not kid ourselves; upwards of 90% (anecdotally, yes) of those under the banner of protestant evangelicals have swallowed whole hog the NAR/Kingdom Now – and worse “movement”. Evidence? Just sample the self-centered “praise and worship” music that is rampant in these churches, and the 10-15 minute TED Talk “sermons”, the embracing of alternative “lifestyles”, the siding with the social justice Marxists, etc. It is not a stretch nor hyperbole that even these who claim Jesus (falsely I may add) will demand a silencing (or worse) of the true believers. When I and others have spoken out against them and their humanist philosophy, we are shouted down and labeled legalist, blasphemer, or worse. This shouting down is from the “pastors”! They say they are all about love, but they are in reality filled with hate. I have ideas from where all this stems, but, bottom line, it all boils down to pride. Sadder days are ahead, I’m afraid. Anyway, keep up the good work. Yours…
hey don,
im not sure what to think of this article, what would your honest opinion be on this rabbi?
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Good point Don thanks.
Hi Alex,
Jews are dead in their sins, if they had any insight they would believe in the Messiah that was revealed to them.
yeah i agree don,that rabbi is waiting for the antichrist i think but he thinks its the real messiah even though hes blind and cannot see the truth.
It’s amazing to see very intelligent Jews like Ben Shapiro deny Jesus was the messiah of the scriptures. I don’t know how they can misinterpret blatant references to Jesus as God in the OT. As said before they are looking for a political leader to save them and it will be the antichrist.
Hi Jim,
Most American Jews have never read the Old Testament.
yea i agree ben shapiro is one smart dude but when it comes to religion and jesus he is simply clueless.
Don people just don’t read the Bible anymore. They take whatever some priest tells them as the Gospel and go right along. All of these rules that must be followed, and sins that priests must forgive or hell awaits is utter nonsense. It’s not in the Bible! Why can’t they just read for themselves?
Hi Steve,
They do not read the Bible for themselves because they have no Holy Spirit witnessing to them that the Bible is the word of God. In other words, they are not believers in the biblical Jesus because they know nothing about the gospel about Him. They just have religion about a Jesus of their own making. Islam also has that kind of Jesus. Substitutes save no one.
“Their worldly love will drive them to persecute those following the law and the prophets”
It sounds like you are saying that we are under the law and prophets but we are under the the LAW of Grace according to Paul and Paul has whole chapters discussing the difference between Mose’s Law of Isreal and Prohepts and Christ Law of Grace which is so much better.
I think what you are communicating is that this Church will kill anyone preaching the Law of Grace and the coming kingdom of Jesus Christ and not those preaching the old law of Mose.
Food for thought.
Christ Law of Grace and his coming kingdom is AWESOME
Hi Jeremy,
Law of grace?? Grace is not a law, it is unmerited favor given to those believing God and accepting His gift. The Church is under the Law of Faith according to Paul not the law of grace. Even so, the world will still be judged according to God’s law. The law existed before laws where given to Israel to follow.
People will live under the law in the Kingdom of the Messiah because the law of God will be written in their hearts. The contemporary world will refuse the kingdom of God offered by the two prophets and the 144,000 because they will refuse to be under God’s law. That is why the whole world rejoices when the prophets are killed by the Antichrist and it is why he is called the lawless one.
Dear Don, Still keeping up with your Articles I receive & the Bible. Referring to Prophecy & End Times I believe we are living in that I have read lately or related too. Have you or anyone seen on the News about the (RFID)chip recently that is inserted under the skin an Older Article titled RFID: Radio Frequency Identification, a key part of the global surveillance society and technology advancement. REV 13:16-18 about the Mark of the Beast? & CASPIAN, Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion & Numbering that I did not know about. Seen the name CASPIAN but did not know what it meant. A bunch of Articles all in one. The latest one I saw on Brian Brady, Whitehall Editor Published: 13 January 2008 & RFID, Ralph Nader. RFID Implants? or Spychips? Big Brother? I just wondered if anyone has seen it or heard the latest News on it. Thanks for all you do, Linda
Hi Linda,
RFID technology is all very old news. Just about everything inventoried now has a RFID chip.
OK, Thanks for that. I will definitely take note of it. God Bless! & keep looking up!