The Harlot Rides a Beast - The Antichrist's System is Revealed
Revelation Chapter 17
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The European Parliament Stamp
Revelation chapter 17 gives us the perfect sign to recognize the Antichrist's system... "A woman rides a beast" or you might interpret it as "A harlot rides a beast." This is the clearest sign given to us on how to recognize the Antichrist's System. On this page, "The Harlot Rides a Beast - The Antichrist's System is Revealed," I reveal to you the Antichrist's System that is now active on the earth.
To understand Revelation chapter 17, concerning the Beast or the Antichrist's System, there are some symbols that you will need to understand.
- Lamb = Jesus Christ
- Beast = Antichrist's system. This beast has ten horns and carries the harlot.
- Seven heads of the beast = Seven hills upon whom the harlot sits.
- Ten horns = Ten kings that reign with the Antichrist. They are from ten different nations. They have not previously had a kingdom until they reign with the Antichrist in his kingdom.
- Harlot that rides the Beast = The great city that reigns over all the kings of the earth. She is also the 1st part of the Antichrist's system. They are a religious group who commit many fornications (sins and abominations) against God with every nation. When religious groups, in the Old Testament, turned their backs on God and worshipped other gods, He called them a harlot. I DO NOT believe the harlot is Israel, for various Scriptural reasons, but the harlot that fulfills Revelation chapter 17, claims to be a Christian organization, yet her deeds are deceitfully wicked. Thus, the angel, in the Book of Revelation chapter 17, calls them a harlot.
- The waters where the harlot sits = every nation. The harlot controls kings and peoples from every nation.
- The golden cup = one of the harlot's major symbols she uses in promoting her organization.
- Purple and scarlet (red) = the color of the clothing the harlot wears.
- Gold, precious stones and pearls = the harlot is rich because she wears much gold, precious stones and pearls. This also gives us the harlot's pagan belief o prayer beads which can be made of the same things.
- Mother of harlots = the harlot will be the Mother of many religious organizations that have branched off from her or are offshoots from her.
- Mystery = part of harlot's title revealing that the harlot will be involved with mysteries in her religion similarly of how the mysteries were used in Babylon during the time of Babylon the Great.
I give you the whole Biblical text of Revelation chapter 17 now as I will be referring to it often in this study.
Revelation 17:1-18: NKJ
1. Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked
with me, saying to me, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great
harlot who sits on many waters,
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.''
3. So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a
woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy,
having seven heads and ten horns.
4. The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold
and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of
abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.
5. And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6. And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the
blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great
amazement.
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.
8. "The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the
bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth
will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the
foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not,
and yet is.
9. "Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven
mountains on which the woman sits.
10. There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other
has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time.
11. "And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and
is of the seven, and is going to perdition.
12. "And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no
kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with
the beast.
13. "These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority
to the beast.
14. "These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them,
for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him
are called, chosen, and faithful.''
15. And he said to me, "The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits,
are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.
16. "And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the
harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with
fire.
17. "For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose, to be
of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of
God are fulfilled.
18. "And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the
kings of the earth.''
Make sure you read my web page on "Revelation Chapter 17 - The Harlot is Revealed" so that you will understand who the harlot is who rides the beast.
Here are the clues that Revelation gives us concerning the Antichrist's System:
- The beast is full of blasphemous names. (verse 3)
- The Antichrist's System will originate with ten kings or ten nations. (Kings can also represent nations.) (verses 3 and 12)
- The original ten kings will not have had a kingdom until this organization is created. (verse 12)
- The ten kings will give their power and authority over to the Antichrist (the beast). (verse 13)
- The goal of the Antichrist's System is to make war with the saints of God and eventually with Jesus Christ Himself at the end of the seven-year reign of the Antichrist. (Part of this is found here in verse 14. Other Bible verses describe the rest.)
- The ten kings are of one mind. (verses 13 and 17)
- Eventually the ten kings will turn against what I believe is the religious part of the Harlot System to destroy at least the religious part of it. (verse 16)
- The Harlot Rides the Beast with ten horns - The two organizations, or systems as I call them, will join together to become the Antichrist's Kingdom ("The Harlot Riding a Beast" will be the symbol of the Antichrist's System. This symbol is being used right now by the Antichrist's Organization.)
The Antichrist's organization, made up of ten kings, will combine with the Harlot organization or Harlot System, and they both will make up the Antichrist's System. These two organizations have joined forces already.
Revelation 17 verse 3 tells us that the beast (the Antichrist's system) "was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns." From the Book of Daniel and Revelation 17 verse 12, we understand that the ten horns of the beast are ten kings that reign with the beast. The interesting thing from the Book of Daniel is that the Antichrist's organization will begin before the Antichrist comes onto the scene. The little horn comes up among the ten horns and begins to rule them all.
So, Revelation 17 verse 12 tells us that we are looking for an organization that began with "ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast." The one hour is figurative for the duration of the Antichrist's reign, which is a total of seven years. So, the ten kings begin an organization and those ten kings never have had a kingdom until they create a ten-league nation organization.
One organization, and one organization only, fits all of these clues. The Harlot Rides a Beast - The Antichrist's System is Revealed as being the European Parliament.
The European Parliament originated in 1979 with ten nations: Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, and Britain (UK).
The European Parliament came out with their own stamps. I show it again here to show you how it fulfills the prophecies in the Book of Revelation about the harlot rides the beast. The Beast is standing on seven hills (depicting Vatican City or Rome).
European Parliament Stamp
One of the European Parliament's mottos is "Europe: Many tongues one voice." This rings true to the revived Tower of Babel. At the Tower of Babel, Genesis chapter 11, the world had one language and one speech. The problem was that they were in unison in overthrowing God by building a tower that they thought would reach heaven. God confounded their languages into the different languages of the nations so that they would stop revolting against God.
Now, the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, is built like the unfinished Tower of Babel.
European Parliament Building - Strasbourg, France
Compare this building with the Tower of Babel painting by Pieter Bruegel.
The Tower of Babel - Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The European Parliament building in Strasbourg, France was designed after the Amphitheater in Rome. Notice the similarities of the old Roman Amphitheater with the European Parliament building.
Roman Amphitheater
The harlot rides the beast has now spread into the banking systems of Europe. Notice the Euro from Greece that depicts the European Parliament symbol.
2 Euro Coin from Greece - 2002
The European Parliament, in my opinion, is the Antichrist's system. On my web page "Revelation Chapter 17 - The Harlot System is Revealed," I detail why I believe the Catholic pope and church is the Biblical Harlot revealed to us from Revelation chapter 17. The harlot, the Catholic pope, is already a member of this organization. They have already joined forces that fulfill the prophecy from Revelation chapter 17 that says "... And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy..."
The woman riding the beast is also a representation of Europa and the Bull of mythology. Click here to read about the significance of Europa and the Bull and the Antichrist's Organization. The human woman was taken across a river to the Island of Greece and raped. Mythology is one of Satan's tools he devised to getting people to believe in other gods besides the True God of all creation, heaven and earth.
Also on the European Parliament stamp is little angel looking character that is Cupid. The woman, in that case is also Aphrodite. Notice the cloth behind her head looks like a sea shell in shape. This is the symbol of Aphrodite. These are also mythological characters that are an abomination unto God. The dolphin in the foreground of the stamp is also a symbol of Aphrodite. She was born form the ocean and the dolphin is one of her symbols.
It was very characteristic of Renaissance painters of Europe to depict Aphrodite with either a sea shell behind her head or a cloth that looked like a sea shell. This depiction of Aphrodite, then, is easily recognized in many paintings of Mary the mother of Jesus that has Aphrodite's symbol behind her head.
The Catholic church often times portrays Mary the mother of Jesus with the symbol of Aphrodite. It is an abomination unto God that they do this. They associate Mary with Aphrodite and many other false goddesses.
So, this association of the European Parliament depicting the evil mythological stories of Europa and the Bull along with Aphrodite and Cupid, fulfills the Biblical description that the beast "was full of names of blasphemy."
The woman rides the beast is the exact description of the Antichrist system from Revelation chapter 17.
Revelation 17:1-3: NKJ
1. Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked
with me, saying to me, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great
harlot who sits on many waters,
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.''
3. So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a
woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy,
having seven heads and ten horns.
The woman and the beast is the symbol God gave us to recognize Antichrist's system. That the woman rides the beast is symbolic that they will join forces and reign in the same time period.
As I have stated previously, the ten horns is a representation of the ten kings or nations that the Antichrist's system will start with. The image of the woman riding the beast, then, does not have to have a ten horned beast as part of the image.
Notice that the harlot rides a scarlet or red beast. The European Parliament created more than one of these stamps depicting the woman riding the beast. One of which is red or scarlet in color. They also have a blue one. I don't know how many more colors these stamps come in. I am only aware of these two. Here are the European Parliament Stamps from 1984.
1984 European Parliament Stamps
God, in His wisdom, gave us in the Book of Revelation chapter 17 the symbol to watch for to recognize the Antichrist's system: The Harlot who Rides the Beast. That symbol is being shown to us right before our eyes as the European Parliament displays proudly in front of her European Parliament buildings, as a mural inside of their Parliament building and on their coins and stamps, as I have shown you most of these.
The warning is to have nothing to do with the Catholic church or the European Parliament. Both are fulfilling God's Word concerning the Antichrist's system that is now in place and active.
See my Proofs pages for the proof of these things - here.
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