Episode 308: With a sword in his mouth

Revelation 17-19

A drunken whore sits on a seven-headed beast

17 ¹ One of the seven angels that had the seven vials said to me,

Come over here. I'll show you the great whore that sits on many waters.

² The kings of the earth have fornicated with her, and everyone is drunk with the wine of her fornication.

³ The angel carried me into the wilderness where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored beast with seven heads and ten horns, full of blasphemous names.

⁴ The woman had a golden cup in her hand, filled with the abominations and filthiness of her fornication.

⁵ On her forehead was written,

MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

⁶ I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and martyrs.

And I wondered with great admiration.

⁷ The angels said to me,

Why did you marvel? I'll tell you about the woman you saw.

The beast's ten horns eat the naked whore (and burn the leftovers)

¹² The ten horns are ten kings who will fight with the beast against the lamb.

¹⁴ But the lamb will defeat them. The lamb's followers are called, chosen, and faithful.

¹⁶ The beast's ten horns will hate the whore, make her naked, eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

¹⁷ God made their hearts fulfill his will and give their kingdoms to the beast.

Babylon has fallen (it's now the home of devils and hateful birds)

18 ¹ I saw another angel come down from heaven, who said,

² Babylon the great has fallen. It's become the home of every devil, foul spirit, and unclean and hateful bird.

³ All nations have drunk the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have fornicated with her.

Leave Babylon (God will send plagues, famine, and fire upon it)

⁴ I heard another voice from heaven say,

Leave Babylon. ⁸ God will send plagues and famine and burn her with fire.

⁹ The kings who fornicated with her will be sad when they see her burning.

¹⁹ They'll cry and throw dust on their heads.

²⁰ Heaven and the holy apostles and prophets will rejoice when they see what God has done.

Hallelujah! God has judged the great whore

19 ¹ I heard voices in heaven saying,

Hallelujah!

² The great whore who corrupted the world with her fornication has been judged by God.

³ Again they said, "Hallelujah!", and smoke rose forever.

⁴ And the 24 elders and four beasts worshiped God, saying, “Amen. Hallelujah!”

The lamb gets married

⁷ The lamb is getting married. His wife is preparing herself.

⁸ She's allowed to wear a wedding dress made from clean white linen.

The king of kings slaughters people (with the sword that comes out of his mouth)

¹¹ I saw heaven open, and someone called "Faithful and True" was sitting on a white horse to judge and make war.

¹² His eyes were flames of fire, and on his head were many crowns.

He had a name written on him that no one knew but himself.

¹³ His clothes were dipped in blood, and his name is called "The Word of God."

¹⁴ The armies of heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in clean, white linen.

¹⁵ A sharp sword stuck out of his mouth, with which he will smite the nations.

He'll rule them with an iron rod, and he'll tread the winepress of the wrath of God.

¹⁶ The name "KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS" is written on his thigh.

¹⁷ I saw an angel who said to all the fowls,

Come and eat the great supper of the great God.

¹⁸ Eat the flesh of kings, captains, and mighty men.

Eat the flesh of horses and their riders.

Eat the flesh of all men, slaves and free, great and small.

²⁰ The beast and false prophet were cast alive into the lake of fire and brimstone.

²¹ The survivors were killed with the sword that came out of the mouth of him who sat on the horse. And their flesh was eaten by the fowls.