From Rabbi Jack...
Revelation 17:2 "with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication."
Revelation 18:3 "For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury."
Who is this woman being described in these verses?
The Greek word used for fornication in these passages can also be understood as, harlotry, prostitution or adultery. I do not know how many times I have read these Scriptures and thought it was talking about an actual woman, or a country, the Vatican, or an economic system. It was not until recently that I learned she is a spirit and a demonic one at that. I came to that conclusion because God always associated prostitution/adultery/harlotry with idolatry and the worshipping of false gods (see Deuteronomy 31:16).
In Scripture, the Temple High Priest who ministered before God, is described as being dressed in purple, scarlet, white, blue and gold. Purple is the color of royalty; scarlet is the color of sacrifice; white is the color of righteousness; blue is the color of heavenly origin and gold symbolizes kingship. Every one of these colors combined, point to and are associated with Messiah Yeshua, who the High Priest represented.
Revelation 18:4 "The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries."
The woman in this passage is described as wearing purple for royalty, and scarlet for sacrifice. Missing, however, are white for purity and blue for heavenly origin. Also notice that the gold, precious stones and pearls she is wearing, in contrast to the High Priest's robes, were for glittering and an obvious ostentatious display of wealth.
In the difference between the High Priest's robes and the way the woman is dressed we can recognize what John is telling us about this woman, in fact, it is blatantly in our faces today.
The kings of the earth who are described as prostituting themselves with the woman, are describing our political world leaders (kings), who are turning to idolatry and false gods, something we are witnessing here and now. What we are seeing today coming from our world leaders is the turning away from God and His Word and a turning toward, secular, liberal humanism, the likes of Sodom and Gamora. Throughout the world liberal governments are being elected and are passing laws legislating God out of our society and committing fornication with this demon of secularism and money, acquiring for themselves wealth and power. This woman is the spirit of the anti-Christ and in Revelation 17:7 we see her riding on the back of Satan.
Revelation 17:7 "But the angel said to me, "Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns."
I hope we realize that we are living out the Book of Revelation right now. What John spoke about is no longer the future, it is the present!
Hi Ellen here…
Are you holding anything back? Have you surrendered all to Yeshua? Are you transparent before the Lord? You see, it is better to answer YES to all the above because we cannot hide anything from the Lord. He knows all, sees all, hears all and even knows our thoughts and feelings! I heard a very reputable preacher once say that there is an angel stationed just to monitor our thoughts 24\7…Lord help us and please take our thoughts captive to Messiah Yeshua!
I am sure you are all reading the Scriptures every day and see where Yeshua would publicly ridicule the Pharisees for their thoughts that were contrary to His teaching, rebuking them. Are you holding anything back from those in authority or from blessing your believing family. Do You remember what happened to Ananias and Sapphira? In Acts 5.1-10 we see where God demands complete honesty even in our giving. Ananias and his wife Sapphira sold a piece of property and with his wife's knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a portion to the apostles. Kefa asked why Ananias had let Satan in so that he lied and we all know what happened next! I am not only talking about giving in a monetary sense but also who we are in the Lord. Yes, Ananias and Sapphira dropped dead right there on the spot but what about us holding on to our unconfessed sins and unlawful deeds and dying a slow death, a slow agonizing tormenting spiritual death. Our Father in heaven knows everything about us and is waiting on us to repent so He can once again lovingly embrace us. Life or death? It is our choice.
Yours in Messiah Yeshua, "…while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Messiah Yeshua." (Titus 2:13)
Rabbi Jack & Ellen
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