Revelation 17:7 Explained in Context

Read It With

• Revelation 17:7-18

Read Revelation 17:7 with 17:7-18. This verse promises angelic interpretation of woman and beast. The complete unit's controlling movement is: The angel identifies waters as peoples, heads as mountains and kings, horns as short-lived allied rulers, the beast as doomed, and the woman as the ruling city; the coalition finally destroys her under divine purpose.

Why This Verse Appears Here

The preceding movement establishes: Revelation 17:1-6 established this prior movement: An angel shows John a richly adorned prostitute riding the beast, named mystery Babylon and drunk with the blood of saints and Jesus' witnesses. This unit then contributes: The angel identifies waters as peoples, heads as mountains and kings, horns as short-lived allied rulers, the beast as doomed, and the woman as the ruling city; the coalition finally destroys her under divine purpose. The following movement develops: Revelation 18:1-8 continues the book through this next movement: A glory-bearing angel announces fallen Babylon as a haunt, names her intoxicating political economy, and a heavenly voice calls God's people out before sudden plagues answer her self-glory. At Revelation 17:7, this verse promises angelic interpretation of woman and beast.