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REVELATION • Victory in Jesus • LESSON 18 (August 26) Revelation 17: The Judgment of the Great ProstituteBy its use of "Then," Revelation 17:1assumes we remember the context of what is happening in this revelation. Take a moment to remind yourself: what is going on?Take the time to carefully read Revelation 17 as a whole and reflect on what you've read:)i" The great prostitute who is seated on many waters• With whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and with the wine of whose sexual immorality the dwellers on earth have become drunk• Arrayed in purple and scarlet and adorned with gold, jewels, and pearls, she holds a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality• "Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations" is written on her forehead• She is drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs of Jesus• "The woman ...is the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth." What does this great prostitute represent?)i" The great prostitute is sitting on a scarlet beast with seven heads and ten horns; it is full of blasphemous names• The beast was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pit and go to destruction• The dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast• The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated; they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he does come he must remain only a little while• The ten horns are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast• They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them What does this scarlet beast represent?}.,, The waters, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages In your own words, what is being communicated in Revelation 17? What is the overall message?