"and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns."
The beast referred here is the same as the one mentioned in Re.11:7 "The beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them." He is associated with the martyrdom of the two witnesses, representing saints whose blood has been shed since Abel till the very end. They are also called prophets,(11:10) Prophecy was until John."The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it."( Luke 16:16). So we may these saints were mentioned specifically as an umbrella for all those who died for righteousness. Jesus says, "Behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:/That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar./Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation." (Matt.23:34-36). He lays charge for their death on the doorstep of the nation. "And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus." (v.6) These witnesses are connected with the Word which went out of the mouth of God. By Law of Gradation they are graded, notwithstanding the successive generations from Adam onwards against the generation of Jesus Christ. On the other hand the beast arising out of the bottomless pit of from the sea(13:1) whether scarlet coloured or as the one mentioned in 13:1 are all sons of perdition whose power is derived from Satan.
Nation of Israel is the mystery, sins of Babylon are the sins of Israel, vice versa.
"and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns."
The beast referred here is the same as the one mentioned in Re.11:7 "The beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them." He is associated with the martyrdom of the two witnesses, representing saints whose blood has been shed since Abel till the very end. They are also called prophets,(11:10) Prophecy was until John."The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it."( Luke 16:16). So we may these saints were mentioned specifically as an umbrella for all those who died for righteousness. Jesus says, "Behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:/That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar./Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation." (Matt.23:34-36). He lays charge for their death on the doorstep of the nation. "And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus." (v.6) These witnesses are connected with the Word which went out of the mouth of God. By Law of Gradation they are graded, notwithstanding the successive generations from Adam onwards against the generation of Jesus Christ. On the other hand the beast arising out of the bottomless pit of from the sea(13:1) whether scarlet coloured or as the one mentioned in 13:1 are all sons of perdition whose power is derived from Satan.
Nation of Israel is the mystery, sins of Babylon are the sins of Israel, vice versa.
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