Revelation 17:7 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 The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition.
The Beloved disciple John was astounded when he saw the great harlot on the beast, yet the messenger said, “Why do you marvel?” Does this surprise you that mankind has been deceived by this woman riding on the beast? As our eyes are being opened to the revelation of Jesus Christ, we marvel how mankind can be duped into submitting to a system of smoke and mirrors that has not true power or authority, but only which is derived from the transfer given it by the masses. This question will be asked in a myriad of ways- “What were we thinking?”
The Great I AM “is”. FATHER is ever present in all aspects and there is no place where HIS Spirit isn’t. Yet this harlot resides only in the past and future corresponding to regret and fear. The seven heads speak of the completion and maturity of soulish thinking. The soulish mind has reached it pinnacle and yet scarcity prevails. The ten horns speak of its derived power and authority of its own established law. Man’s law continues to be modified, added to, reworked, and rescinded in order to adapt to the unstable ways of mankind. On the other hand, FATHER’S Law can be summed up in the revelation of Love. The complex versus the simple.
I know that much has been said about the seven mountains representing Rome’s seven hills and the woman and the beast are associated specifically with the Pope and the Catholic system, etc. I have no issue with any macro facet of the outworking of the harlot condition of man. But it is important the we keep in mind that this entire book is about the revelation of Jesus Christ at a personal level. The ego or “self”, that which motivates us to distance ourselves from FATHER, wants nothing more than to be in control of our current state, the present. The ego does not want us to “be” but keeps us focused on the past or the future, never “now”.
Psalm 46:10-
Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!
We must stop and quit “doing” so that we can “be”. The current system wants to keep us busy, predisposed, and preoccupied. The ego wants to keep our focus away from FATHER and HIS Divine Intent of Love. If we are too busy, we cannot hear and communicate with FATHER. The demands of life can and will drown out HIS Words to us. The Adamic heart seeks to quench the gifts, calling, and the associated anointing given to each of us by FATHER. This soulish nature is a bottomless pit and was referred to earlier in relation to the maturing of the Sons of FATHER. Now it once again appears as the earth dwellers in the soulish, religious realm are dealing with the beast. This group is separate from the Sons for their names are not written in the Book of Life. You have those who ARE in the Book of Life, those whose names have been blotted out of the Book of Live, and those who were never in the Book! Those who were never in the Book will marvel when their eyes are finally opened.
The beast will ascend out of the bottomless pit and be utterly destroyed. The counterfeit religious system will not be sustained indefinitely. The beast who never lives in the “now” but only in the minds of men is headed for full and complete destruction by finally being exposed for what it is… a counterfeit to the Truth and Love of FATHER. Five kings represent authority in our lives. We have five physical senses that provide external information and those who are earth dwellers rely on the physical senses to live by. They are dead to the spirit and they promote dead works for there is no motivation of Agape Love in their lives. The sixth sense is the psychic, counterfeit sense apart from the Holy Spirit. The carnal nature is completed by the full maturity of the ego, guiding man to certain destruction. It is the epitome of life without the Holy Spirit. The number eight represents new beginnings or re-creation. The “eighth” is an indication of the circular motion of the spiraling down into sure destruction (perdition).
The bottomless pit is associated with evil and error and is unsearchable and unfathomable by man. It appears that there is no end in sight of the current day evil that besets mankind at every turn. The righteous have to be ever vigilant to guard against the wiles of evil. FATHER’S continuous communication with us provides safe passage through the spiraling down of mankind. The Fiery Word will bring forth the solution. Love and Truth will prevail as Mystery Babylon falls completely into utter destruction. The soulish and fleshy man will marvel at the fall while the Sons simply glorify FATHER as HIS Kingdom comes forth on earth as it is in Heaven. The Sons will be fully prepared for the coming judgment and they will not marvel at the counterfeit.