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What, though, is “the false prophet” ? Revelation—Its Grand Climax At Hand!
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Who Is The Scarlet Colored Beast ? Based on Revelation 17

WHO IS ?

The Scarlet Colored Beast ?

The False Prophet ?

The King of The North ?

The Kings of The Entire Inhabited Earth ?

The Ten Horns ?

The Eighth King ?

What Does This Mean For Babylon The Great ?

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Revelation 12:3

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
 
3 Another sign was seen in heaven. Look! A great fiery-colored dragon, with seven heads and ten horns and on its heads seven diadems; that it is the “original serpent, the one called Devil and Satan, who is misleading the entire inhabited earth.”

The “wild beast” out of the sea is the Dragon’s visible political organization for governing mankind.

Revelation 13:1,2 Revelation 13:1, 2 (NW) speaks of “a wild beast ascending out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads.” This wild beast is Satan’s visible organization that rises up out of the seas of humanity alienated from God, and it is similar in appearance to the dragon, 

Rev. 13:11-15, This two-horned beast is the seventh world power, the Anglo-American world power, and it caused the nations of earth to form the “image to the wild beast,” the League of Nations and later the United Nations, and it made great claims as to what these international political organizations would accomplish in the way of establishing world peace.

Since these claims were never fulfilled, this two-horned beast that appeared lamblike but actually spoke for the dragon was proved to be a false prophet, and from then on Revelation speaks of it as “the false prophet,” at Re 16:13, Re 19:20 and Re 20:10.

 

SPOILER ALERT:

(The ten horns depict all the political powers that presently hold sway on the world scene and that support the image of the wild beast. These have one thought, so they give their power and authority to the wild beast. They will feel that it is in their nationalistic interests to turn upon the great harlot, and the threat to their sovereignty, “For God put it into their hearts to carry out his thought, even to carry out their one thought by giving their kingdom to the wild beast, until the words of God will have been accomplished.” (Revelation 17:17) ...

 

A review of: Revelation—Its Grand Climax At Hand! (JW.org)

Executing Babylon the Great

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IN FURTHER describing the scarlet-colored wild beast of Revelation 17:3, the angel tells John: “Here is where the intelligence that has wisdom comes in: The seven heads mean seven mountains, where the woman sits on top. And there are seven kings: five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet arrived, but when he does arrive he must remain a short while.” (Revelation 17:9, 10)

2 The seven heads of that ferocious beast stand for seven “mountains,” or seven “kings.” Both terms are used Scripturally to refer to governmental powers. (Jeremiah 51:24, 25; Daniel 2:34, 35, 44, 45)

In the Bible, six world powers are mentioned as having an impact on the affairs of God’s people: Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome. 

Of these, five had already come and gone by the time John received Revelation, whereas Rome was still very much a world power. This corresponds well with the words, “five have fallen, one is.” But what of “the other” that was due to come?

4 Rome’s Eastern Empire, centered at Constantinople, endured in a somewhat uneasy relationship with the Western Empire.

 

THE DEATH OF ROME and THE BIRTH OF BRITIAN

(The Legs of Iron) 

By the eighth century, however, much of the former territory of ancient Rome in North Africa, Spain, and Syria had come under the new empire of Islam and thus passed from the control of both Constantinople and Rome.

5 The city of Constantinople itself endured somewhat longer. It survived frequent attacks from Persians, Arabs, Bulgars, and Russians until in 1203 it finally fell​—not to Muslims but to Crusaders from the West.

Thus, although the city of Rome fell in 410 C.E., it took many more centuries for all traces of the political Roman Empire to pass from the world scene.

6 By the 15th century, however, some countries were building brand-new empires. While some of these new imperial powers were found in the territory of former colonies of Rome, their empires were not mere continuations of the Roman Empire. Portugal, Spain, France, and Holland all became seats of far-flung domains.

But the most successful was Britain, which came to preside over a huge empire on which ‘the sun never set.’ This empire spread at different times over much of North America, Africa, India, and Southeast Asia, as well as the expanse of the South Pacific.

 

THE BIRTH OF AMERICA and

THE ANGLO AMERICAN WORLD EMPIRE

Politically, some conflict between the new nation and the former motherland continued. Nevertheless, the first world war forced both countries to recognize their common interests and cemented a special relationship between them. Thus, a kind of dual world power came to exist, made up of the United States of America, now the world’s wealthiest nation, and Great Britain, seat of the world’s largest empire.

Here, then, is the seventh ‘head,’ or world power, that continues into the time of the end and in the territories of which the modern-day Witnesses of Jehovah first got established. Compared with the long reign of the sixth head, the seventh remains only “a short while,” until God’s Kingdom destroys all national entities.

Why Called an Eighth King?

8, 9. What does the angel call the symbolic scarlet-colored wild beast, and in what way does it spring from the seven?

8 The angel further explains to John: “And the wild beast that was but is not, it is also itself an eighth king, but springs from the seven, and it goes off into destruction.” (Revelation 17:11) 

The symbolic scarlet-colored wild beast “springs from” the seven heads; that is, it is born from, or owes its existence to, those heads of the original “wild beast

in 1919 the Anglo-American power was the ascendant head. The previous six heads had fallen, and the position of dominant world power had passed to this dual head and was now centered in it. This seventh head, as the current representative of the line of world powers, was the moving force in establishing the League of Nations and is still the major promoter and financial support of the United Nations. Thus, in symbol, the scarlet-colored wild beast​—the eighth king—​“springs from” the original seven heads. and gave it life.​—Revelation 13:1, 11, 14, 15.

9 Additionally, original members of the League of Nations included, along with Great Britain, governments that ruled in the seats of some of the previous heads, namely Greece, Iran (Persia), and Italy (Rome). Eventually, governments ruling the territory controlled by the previous six world powers came to be supportive members of the image of the wild beast. In this sense, too, it could be said that this scarlet-colored wild beast sprang from the seven world powers.

10. (a) How can it be said that the scarlet-colored wild beast “is also itself an eighth king”? (b) How did a leader of the former Soviet Union express support for the United Nations?

10 Notice that the scarlet-colored wild beast “is also itself an eighth king.” Thus, the United Nations today is designed to look like a world government. At times it has even acted like one, sending armies into the field to resolve international disputes,

 

Ten Kings for One Hour

11. What does Jehovah’s angel tell about the ten horns on the symbolic scarlet-colored wild beast?

“And the ten horns that you saw mean ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but they do receive authority as kings one hour with the wild beast.

These have one thought, and so they give their power and authority to the wild beast.

These will battle with the Lamb, but, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, the Lamb will conquer them. Also, those called and chosen and faithful with him will do so.”​—Revelation 17:12-14.

 

Daniel 11:40 “In the time of the end the king of the south will engage with him in a pushing,

and against him the king of the north will storm with chariots and horsemen and many ships;

and he will enter into the lands and sweep through like a flood.

He will also enter into the land of the Decoration,

12 The ten horns depict all the political powers that presently hold sway on the world scene and that support the image of the wild beast.

Revelation 17:13

These have one thought,

so they give their power and authority to the wild beast.

They will feel that it is in their nationalistic interests to turn upon the great harlot.

They may come to view the continued existence of organized religion within their boundaries as a threat to their sovereignty.

see Who Is The United Nations ?

https://godsword.locals.com/post/5539172/who-is-the-united-nations

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Fu Cong, Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of February, chairs the Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts.

https://godsword.locals.com/post/5539172/who-is-the-united-nations

 

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Who Is The King of The North ?

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Devastating the Harlot

15. What does the angel say about the harlot and the attitude and action of the ten horns and the wild beast toward her?

15 God’s people are not the only objects of the enmity of the ten horns. The angel now draws John’s attention back to the harlot:

“And he says to me: ‘The waters that you saw, where the harlot is sitting, mean peoples and crowds and nations and tongues. And the ten horns that you saw, and the wild beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her devastated and naked, and will eat up her fleshy parts and will completely burn her with fire.’”​—Revelation 17:15, 16.

20 Again Jehovah uses human rulers in executing judgment.

“For God put it into their hearts to carry out his thought, even to carry out their one thought by giving their kingdom to the wild beast, until the words of God will have been accomplished.” (Revelation 17:17)

What is God’s “thought”? To arrange for the executioners of Babylon the Great to band together, in order to destroy her completely.

But Jehovah will actually be maneuvering matters; they will carry out his thought by destroying his age-old, adulterous enemy at one stroke!​—Compare Jeremiah 7:8-11, 34.

They will feel that it is in their nationalistic interests to turn upon the great harlot. They may come to view the continued existence of organized religion within their boundaries as a threat to their sovereignty. But Jehovah will actually be maneuvering matters; they will carry out his thought by destroying his age-old, adulterous enemy at one stroke!​—Compare Jeremiah 7:8-11, 34.

(see Who Are The Seven Headed Beasts of Nations, with Ten Horns ?) https://godsword.locals.com/post/5698529/who-are-the-seven-headed-beasts-of-nations-with-ten-horns

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15 But if you will not listen to the voice of Jehovah your God by taking care to do all his commandments and his statutes that I am commanding you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

16 Cursed you will be in the city, and cursed you will be in the field.

17 Cursed will be your basket and your kneading bowl.

18 Cursed will be your children and the fruit of your ground and your young cattle and sheep.

19 Cursed you will be when you come in, and cursed you will be when you go out.

20 Jehovah will send upon you the curse, confusion and punishment in every undertaking of yours until you have been annihilated and have quickly perished, because of your bad practices and your forsaking me.

21 Jehovah will cause the disease to cling to you until he has exterminated you from the land you are going to take possession of.

22 Jehovah will strike you with tuberculosis, burning fever, inflammation, feverish heat, the sword, scorching blight, and mildew; and they will pursue you until you have perished.

23 The skies over your head will be copper, and the earth beneath you, iron.

24 Jehovah will make the rain of your land powder and dust that will come down on you from the heavens until you have been annihilated.

25 Jehovah will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will attack them from one direction, but you will flee from them in seven different directions; and you will become an object of horror to all the earth’s kingdoms.

26 And your carcasses will become food for every bird of the sky and animal of the ground, with no one to frighten them away.

27 Jehovah will strike you with the boils of Egypt, piles, eczema, and skin lesions, from which you cannot be healed.

28 Jehovah will strike you with madness and blindness and confusion.

29 You will grope about at midday, just as a blind man gropes about in darkness, and you will not succeed in anything you do; and you will be constantly defrauded and robbed, with no one to save you.

30 You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will rape her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not begin to use it.

31 Your bull will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be stolen right in front of you, but it will not return to you. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, but you will have no savior.

32 Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people while you look on, and you will always long for them, but your hands will be powerless.

33 The fruitage of your ground and all that you produce will be eaten by a people whom you have not known, and you will always be defrauded and crushed.

34 You will be driven mad by what your eyes see.

35 Jehovah will strike you with painful and incurable boils on your knees and legs, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.

36 Jehovah will drive you and the king whom you set up over yourself to a nation that you and your forefathers have not known, and there you will serve other gods, gods of wood and of stone.

37 And you will become an object of horror and of scorn, and a cause for ridicule among all the peoples to whom Jehovah drives you.

38 You will take much seed out into the field, but you will gather little, because the locust will devour it.

39 Vineyards you will plant and cultivate, but you will drink no wine and gather nothing, because the worm will consume it.

40 You will have olive trees in all your territory, but you will rub no oil on yourself, because your olives will drop off.

41 Sons and daughters you will bear, but they will not remain yours, because they will go off into captivity.

42 Swarms of insects* will overwhelm all your trees and the fruitage of your ground. 43 The foreign resident who is in your midst will keep ascending higher and higher over you, while you yourself will keep descending lower and lower. 44 He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him.+ He will become the head, while you yourself will become the tail.+

45 All these curses will certainly come upon you and pursue you and overtake you until you have been annihilated, because you did not listen to the voice of Jehovah your God by keeping his commandments and his statutes that he commanded you.

46 And they will continue on you and your offspring as a permanent sign and portent,

47 because you did not serve Jehovah your God with rejoicing and joy of heart when you had such an abundance of everything.

48 Jehovah will send your enemies against you, and you will serve them+ while you are hungry and thirsty and poorly clothed and lacking everything. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has annihilated you.

49 Jehovah will raise up against you a distant nation, from the end of the earth; it will pounce like an eagle, a nation whose language you will not understand,

50 a nation fierce in appearance that will show no regard to the old or favor to the young.

51 They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the fruitage of your ground until you have been annihilated. They will not leave any grain, new wine or oil, young cattle or sheep for you until they have destroyed you.

52 They will besiege you, shutting you up inside all your cities* throughout your land until your high and fortified walls that you are trusting in fall down. Yes, they will certainly besiege you within all your cities throughout your land that Jehovah your God has given you.+ 53 Then you will have to eat your own children, the flesh of your sons and your daughters+ whom Jehovah your God has given you, because of the severity of the siege and the distress your enemy inflicts on you.

54 Even the most delicate and sensitive man among you will have no pity on his brother or his cherished wife or his sons who remain,

55 and he will not share with them any of the flesh of his sons that he will eat, because he has nothing else on account of the severity of the siege and the distress your enemy inflicts on your cities.

56 And the delicate and sensitive woman among you who would not even think of putting the sole of her foot on the ground because she is so delicate will show no pity to her cherished husband or her son or her daughter,

57 even toward the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and toward the sons she bears, for she will secretly eat them because of the severity of the siege and the distress your enemy inflicts on your cities.

58 If you will not carefully observe all the words of this Law that are written in this book and you do not fear this glorious and awe-inspiring name, that of Jehovah your God,

59 Jehovah will inflict very severe plagues on you and your offspring, great and enduring plagues, and grievous and enduring sicknesses.

60 He will bring back upon you all the diseases of Egypt that you used to fear, and they will certainly cling to you.

61 Moreover, Jehovah will even bring upon you every sickness or plague not written in the book of this Law until you have been annihilated.

62 Although you have become as numerous as the stars of the heavens, very few of your number will be left, because you did not listen to the voice of Jehovah your God.

63 And just as Jehovah once delighted to make you prosper and to multiply you, so Jehovah will delight to destroy you and to annihilate you; and you will be torn from the land you are about to possess.

64 Jehovah will scatter you among all the nations, from the one end of the earth to the other end of the earth, and there you will have to serve gods of wood and of stone, which you and your forefathers have not known.

65 You will have no peace among those nations nor a place of rest for the sole of your foot. Rather, Jehovah will give you there an anxious heart and failing eyes and a feeling of despair.

66 Your life will be in great peril, and you will feel dread night and day; and you will be uncertain of your survival.

67 In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’ because of the dread you will feel in your heart and because of what your eyes will see.

68 And Jehovah will certainly bring you back to Egypt by ship, by the way that I told you, ‘You will never see it again,’ and there you will have to sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but there will be no buyer.

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4 In time all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Raʹmah.

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6 But it displeased Samuel when they said: “Give us a king to judge us.” Then Samuel prayed to Jehovah,

7 and Jehovah said to Samuel: “Listen to everything the people say to you; for it is not you whom they have rejected, but it is I whom they have rejected as their king.

8 They are doing just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day; they keep forsaking me and serving other gods, and that is what they are doing to you.

9 Now listen to them. However, you should solemnly warn them; tell them what the king who rules over them will have the right to demand.”

10 So Samuel told the people who were asking him for a king all the words of Jehovah.

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12 And he will appoint for himself chiefs over thousands and chiefs over fifties, and some will do his plowing, reap his harvest, and make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.

13 He will take your daughters to be ointment mixers, cooks, and bakers.

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15 He will take the tenth of your grainfields and your vineyards, and he will give it to his court officials and his servants.

16 And he will take your male and female servants, your best herds, and your donkeys, and he will use them for his work.

17 He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you will become his servants.

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