Mystery Babylon & Seventeen Kings of Revelation 17

Revelation 17

 ¹And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

 ²With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

 ³So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

 ⁴And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

 ⁵And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

 ⁶And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

 ⁷And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

 ⁸The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

 ⁹And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

 ¹⁰And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

 ¹¹And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

 ¹²And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

 ¹³These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

 ¹⁴These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

 ¹⁵And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

 ¹⁶And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

 ¹⁷For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

 ¹⁸And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

There are seventeen nations on the Euro currency. Seven are pictured in Revelation 17:9 as "mountains" while still having seven kings.  see The Seven Mountains  http://endtimetruth11thhour.blogspot.com/2011/01/endtimetruth.html

While there are seven earthly Kings, these are "principalities" as well. The seven rule over all seventeen. The "eighth" will be the "little horn." He leads the Ten who have power for a short time and they destroy The Whore ( The Great City) This is both the world financial system and the false religions.


The ten kings can refer to the ten WEU nations of recommendation 666 http://endtimetruth11thhour.blogspot.com/2011/11/european-unions-recommendation-666.html


We see here a fulfillment of Jezebel as a type of the Whore. The dogs ate her flesh and she was thrown from her window by her own "eunuchs"  http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%209&version=KJV


Rev 18 tells of the Fall of Mystery Babylon as that Great City throughout history..."The Great City" is symbolic of The World! "Love not the world nor the things of the world".


All of her trappings and gold and jewels etc... denote her seductions and sorcery.


Revelation 19 wraps up the victory over the Beast and false prophet as they are cast into the lake of fire.


How this is applies to what specific nations is not important for we know that "we wrestle not against flesh and blood"...but against Satan and his dark kingdom.