 Chapter
17: The Judgment of the Great Harlot:
In the previous chapter, we see the wrath of God
being poured out on those who did not overcome Satan
and his beasts. Those who worshiped Satan's
beast or the image of the beast...and those who were
marked with the mark of the beast...saw the
beginning of their punishment. In the previous
chapter, we also see Satan preparing for battle.
Let's continue with Chapter 17:
 And
one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came
and spoke with me, saying, "Come here, I shall show
you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on
many waters, 2with whom the kings of the
earth committed acts of immorality, and those who
dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of
her immorality." 18"And the woman
whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over
the kings of the earth." Revelation 17:1-2 and 18.
Question:
At the beginning of chapter 17, one of the seven angels who
poured out the bowls of wrath came to John asking him to come to see the
judgment of the great harlot that sits upon many waters. According to
Revelation 17:18, the image of the harlot represents ____________. (fill
in the blank) |
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One of the seven angels came and spoke to me. This was one of the angels
that had the seven bowls. The angel said, "Come, and I will show you the
punishment that will be given to the famous prostitute. She is the one sitting
over many waters. 2The rulers of the earth sinned sexually with her. The people of the earth
became drunk from the wine of her sexual sin." 18The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth." (ERV)
And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven
bowls, and spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the judgment of
the great harlot that sitteth upon many waters; 2with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and they that dwell in
the earth were made drunken with the wine of her fornication. 18And the woman whom thou sawest is the great city, which reigneth over the
kings of the earth.
(ASV) 
And 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.
18And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the
kings of the earth. (KJV)