Revelation 17:1  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 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.

This scarlet woman is unfaithful and impure, she is a harlot or whore.  The beast represents a beastly religious church system arising out of the earth of men’s soulish nature.  Babylon, the city, is a corrupt system.  The three of these create an unholy trinity.  Jesus eluded to the corruptness of the religious church system in Matthew chapter 15:

1 Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying,

2 “Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”

3 He answered and said to them, “Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

Jesus exposed the hearts of the scribes and Pharisees who exalted themselves as the authority of the religious system in place.  They kept the masses in subjection by establishing outward traditions to appease the carnal nature in man.  Jesus explained the issue to Peter:

16 So Jesus said, “Are you also still without understanding?

17 Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated?

18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man.

19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.

20 These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”

“Many waters” represents the voices of all who dwell in the earth realm.  The religious system of the earth promotes outward compliance to a set of traditions that has no effect on the inward heart of man.  Those who promote and oversee this religious system have been given temporal, derivative power by the masses.  Horns represent power and the number 10 represents “law”.  The religious leaders have been given power by man’s laws thus allowing the earth dwellers to rationalize and legalize the outward workings of man’s carnal nature.  This path of external traditions has brought forth a maturity of the harlot who now rides the beast, denoting control.

Seven heads refers to the alternative counterfeit to the seven Spirits of FATHER.  Man’s systems rely on his ability to analyze, assess, judge, manipulate, and reason.  He cannot hear or communicate with Our Heavenly Father so he uses his mental faculties to promote his direction.  He relies on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil since he has no access to the tree of life.  His soul is forever in disarray and turmoil, he is without peace and lives a life of scarcity.  He justifies himself by speaking forth words of blasphemy toward Our Heavenly Father in an attempt to exalt himself to a godlike status.  Agape Love is not in his vocabulary and he will exploit and use up men to satisfy his agenda.

The harlot is outwardly adorned to cover up the inward impurity found in her heart.  She promises satisfaction and unity but cannot deliver either.  She is drunk with the blood of those who promoted life through Christ.  Her goal is to suck the life and Love out of those who come to minister to her.  She has no intention of changing but instead will use her manipulative prowess to cause others to compromise their walk.  The life and Love is in the blood.  She does what she can to quash the power out of those who are pure in heart.  She slanders those who Love Our Heavenly Father in an attempt to exalt her “self”.  Her goal is to not allow the gifts and callings to come forth in their full maturity so she does everything possible to keep them in a passive state of compliance to her system.

We must be ever mindful that the spirit of the harlot, the beast, the serpent, and mystery Babylon can be found at a personal level as well as the corporate level.  The corporate level is simply a reflection and sum of the individuals.  The moment you attempt to view the Spiritual depictions only as external people, ages, events, rulers, etc. you lose the importance of examining the internal.  The subtleness of “self” would have you keep your focus on the historical application of the types and shadows found in this chapter.  I say to you that each of us must put away the unfaithfulness and impurity found in our own hearts.  We must not let this “harlot” remain within us.  We must not let a religious system prevail in lieu of a personal relationship with Our Heavenly Father.  The beast in us must be slain.  Let us not put FATHER in a box and restrict the Spiritual scenes shown to John be reduced to the physical realm of history.  Let us see the mysteries contained within these scenes in the realm of the Spirit.  IN HIM we have our being, not some outward, carnal system.

Just as Jesus and FATHER are One, we are One with FATHER.  Let us put away the carnal mind that wants to externalize, divide, and separate.  Let us come into unity with FATHER and as we do, the scarlet woman and scarlet beast will no longer affect us.

Revelation 16:17  Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, “It is done!”

18  And there were noises and thunderings and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth.

19  Now the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And great Babylon was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath.

20  Then every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.

21  And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone about the weight of a talent. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, since that plague was exceedingly great.

The seventh bowl of FATHER’S wrath brings forth the culmination of judgment on the earth.  The earth dwellers represent the worldly soulish system where the religious, economic, and political subsystems reside whereas the fleshly sea dwellers represent the lowest deprave aspect of humanity.  The soulish nature of all men is now being judged.

“It is done!” is the final announcement of HIS wrath as the seventh bowl completes this cycle.  This is a far cry from the seventh seal being opened where there was silence for a half hour.  But after that half hour, the prayers of the saints brought forth a response from FATHER:

Revelation 8:4  And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand.

5  Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake

The difference now is that the greatest earthquake of all has come forth.  Thunderings represent the power of the Lord GOD Almighty, lightnings represent the illumination of Divine Truth coming forth, and the result is the shaking of the foundations of every aspect of man’s soulish kingdoms.  This shaking leaves nothing to question for it is the greatest shaking in man’s history on earth.  Every lie, deception, and betrayal will be exposed by the full raising of the Standard of Love and Truth.  I cannot overemphasize the need to understand the brevity of this coming event.  It is absolutely critical that each of us shed every weight that would hinder us from coming into the fullness of HIS Love and Truth:

Hebrews 12:1  Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

This final bowl progressively produces thunderings, then lightnings, then and a great earthquake resulting from “voices”.  Those voices are the Living Word of Our Heavenly Father to be released in the earth soon by HIS kings and priests who surround the Throne.  Mankind will have no excuse as a whole.  FATHER is always lawful and longsuffering before HE brings forth HIS wrath and mankind cannot claim to be unaware of HIS Intent for HIS Word has been published throughout the earth.  All of creation testifies of FATHER’S Divine Intent of Love if only the masses were not blinded to the message.

The great city was divided into three parts:  At the personal level- spirit, soul, and body.  At the macro level- religious, economic, and political.  This great earthquake will shake every aspect of man at all levels.  FATHER’S power and glory will illuminate HIS great Truths and Love which will shake everyone to the core.  The current and highly fragile system is ready to fall.  Great sin has befallen mankind in the current state of the world.  The tares are at fully maturity and the final harvest of wheat is golden and ready to be brought forth.

Islands and mountains are no longer found.  You cannot be isolated from this event in any way or fashion, you WILL BE affected by this great earthquake.  You will either take part in the delivery or be a recipient.  Great hail represents great Truth:

Isaiah 28:17 ​​Also I will make justice the measuring line,

​​And righteousness the plummet;

​​The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,

​​And the waters will overflow the hiding place.

The weight of a talent speaks of the Law of equal weights and measures.  The fullness of judgment will come forth according to the lawlessness and accountability of each person’s actions and intent.  Those in authority will be held to a greater level of accountability.  The Pharisees’ outward, external forms of piety kept them from seeing the Messiah.  They were warned of their impending judgment by Our Lord Jesus Christ on more than one occasion.

Men will be plagued by the Truth coming forth through HIS very elect, the Saints.  They will put up resistance to the Truth and blaspheme Our Heavenly Father.  Their egos have been given such derivative strength within them, they choose death over life.  Little do they realize that their choice to take the path to death will ultimately bring them face to face with the Giver of Live for Love will not be denied restoration of all mankind.  This, my friend, is the great news of this Fifth Gospel.

Revelation 16:12 Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared.

13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

14 For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

15 “Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.”

16 And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon

Let us remember that this entire book takes place in the Spirit and focuses on the revelation of Our Lord Jesus Christ and nothing else.  Yes, external events may and will happen to parallel and represent what happens in the Spiritual realm but we must not look at this Fifth Gospel as bad news. 

The great river Euphrates symbolically separates Mystery Babylon from the Kingdom of Our Heavenly Father.  When FATHER made a covenant with Abraham, the borders of the Kingdom were noted:

Genesis 15:17 And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that passed between those pieces.

18 On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying:

“To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates…”

Babylon (confusion) represents captivity.  The ego has kept man in a confused state by partaking of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  Man is constantly in an analyzing mode, trying to find the key to this and that when in fact the only key he needs to find is the one that unlocks communication with Our Heavenly Father whereby he will eat from the tree of life instead.  From the complex to the simple!

When the water of “fruitfulness” is dried up, the time is at hand for a confrontation of the clean and the unclean.  The unclean is no longer fruitful and passage into the Promised Land is accessible by those who have been cleansed.  The number six represents man and this bowl represents the battle of the Spirit man versus the soul and the flesh.  This is the day of reckoning where you will decide which camp you are in- FATHER’S Divine camp of Love or the world’s camp.  All of the religious world is at hand to convince you to go the way of the religious world: the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet.  The great river no longer separates the two kingdoms so you now will be able to access either one depending on your intent.

Remember, these are bowls of wrath coming forth and those who choose the world will receive their just reward.  Will you choose the Land of promise or remain in the confusion of Babylon with its temporal benefits.  It is decision time, the fullness of Christ or the removal of the anointing.   Will false doctrines, fleshly ways, and confusion sway men toward the world’s camp?  Those who have been on the border of Mystery Babylon and looking into the Promised Land no longer have the barrier of the river.  It is being dried up just as the Jordan was dried up so the children of Israel could enter into the Promised Land.  The barriers are being removed!  Which inheritance do you choose?

This great confrontation is the culmination of the spirit versus the soulish, fleshly man and will occur on a widespread basis.  Armageddon means “the mountain of Megiddo or Megiddon = place of crowds or the assembly”.  This great confrontation will be a time of separation of those who will enter into the Kingdom according to their timing.  The Sons have already chosen the Kingdom of FATHER, and now the church will be confronted with its decision.  Will they put on the robe of righteousness or will their nakedness brought forth by the tree of the knowledge of good and evil continue?

Jesus warns “Behold, I am coming as a thief” referring to His return mentioned in Matthew chapter 24 where He said no man knows the day or the hour:

43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.

44 Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

The anointing and fruitfulness of man will be removed as the final assessment is made.  Those who seemed to always do well will no longer be productive.  The Standard of Truth is coming forth to judge mankind and further separate the wheat from the tares.  The barriers will be removed and the fruitfulness will dry up and Mystery Babylon will be exposed for what it truly is.  The confusion it promoted will be discovered among the multitudes.  Each man will be given the opportunity to repent.  The showdown is coming soon and the seventh bowl is being prepared to bring forth a completion to this phase.

Servias Ministries appreciates those who are led to provide financial support for the ministry.  Some provide ongoing monthly support and others give as they are led and are able.  We pray that FATHER minister a blessing to you and trust the seed planted with us will be fruitful in HIS Eyes.  It is truly a joy to be connected to brothers and sisters who understand the need for the message of HIS Divine Love to go forth. 

I hope you are enjoying the blogs on the Fifth Gospel as much as I enjoy embracing the hidden mysteries of Love found in this final book of the Bible and sharing them with you.  As HE continues to open our eyes to the unseen, we must be willing to embrace a fresh look at a book that previously evoked fear in men’s hearts.

We are “waiting on FATHER” to see what HE has planned next.  These are exciting times for HIS Beloved Sons and Daughters.

Revelation 16:10   Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain.

11  They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds.

The throne of the beast represents those who are in positions of authority in the current world’s religious system.  FATHER’S wrath is now being manifested against those who hold power over the masses.  Any light they had reflected in the past is now being removed.

During the Pentecostal Age, the Holy Spirit was given to lead and guide people unto the Truth and Love of Our Heavenly Father.  However, there has been  the leaven of sin rising up among the leadership.  At the same time, FATHER’S remnant has been rising up as leaven in the positive sense.  The parable of the wheat and tares reflect these two groups.  In Matthew chapter 13, Jesus explains the two groups:

36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.”

37 He answered and said to them: “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

38 The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one.

39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.

40 Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age.

41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness,

42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

43 Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!

Men justify their actions based on their level of revelation.  If they have idols in their hearts and ask FATHER to respond, HE will answer them according to the multitude of their idols.  In turn, they will continue on their path toward destruction claiming they are fully endorsed by FATHER when in fact they are blinded by their own idols… hence a building program is started to build a greater earthly kingdom.  Their tongues bring forth the judgment.  In James chapter 3, we see the power of the tongue:

5 Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things.  See how great a forest a little fire kindles!

6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.

Those who in positions of authority, such as teachers, shall receive a stricter judgment.  When the fifth bowl is poured out, those who represent the beast’s throne gnaw at their tongues because of the pain it produced has come back upon it.  Their egos were so strong, they spoke evil against Our Heavenly Father which is the essence of vanity.  They exalted themselves as gods and expected men to in effect worship them and serve them.  Robes and collars were worn to help exalt them to god-like status.  They are truly the vessels of dishonor who will be ground to powder and re-formed after the necessary heat is applied.  Those in authority in the world’s religious system only need to look as far as Matthew chapter 7 to see the ramification of a form of godliness without the Divine Intent of Love:

21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’

23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

When man is promoted to a position of authority and has no Love in his heart, he will ultimately practice lawlessness.  He will become a “legend in his own mind” and think that he has some special anointing to support his ego’s path.  He is deceived and will ultimately gnaw at his tongue when the darkness comes as a result of his path taking him a great distance from the Throne of Heaven.  He will justify himself by dead works and his heart will be hardened in preparation to be ground into powder.

8 Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire.

9 And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.

As my friend Kemper recently stated: there are two types of people, those who run to FATHER and those who run from FATHER.  This fourth bowl of wrath is specifically poured out on the hardhearted.  Back in the eighth chapter of the Book of Revelation we recall that “another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand”.

The fervent, effectual prayers of the saints (incense) are responded to by Our Heavenly Father.  Where there’s smoke, there is fire.  Hebrews chapter 12 refers to this fire:

28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.

29 For our God is a consuming fire.

The very elect are those who communicate with FATHER and HIS life flows through them- inward to the outward on a horizontal plane to mankind.  Once endued with power from On HIGH, they will be called forth as a Standard of Truth to confront the perversion and lawlessness.  Some of those whom they confront will attempt to defy them and they will be scorched from being in their presence.  These contrary individuals will require “greater” heat than those who immediately repent.  They will be designated for the lake of fire which will remove all the dross that has built up in their lives.  This lake of fire comes forth out of the Divine Intent of Love because none will be lost in the end.  Extreme depravity requires extreme Love.  Blaspheming their CREATOR is their last great act of defiance.  Their flesh will surely be “scorched” and this scorching is referenced by Jesus in the parable of the sower (Mathew 13):

5 Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth.

6 But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away.

Jesus explained who this group of people represented:

20 But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;

21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

Those who received the WORD but had no root in the WORD got scorched.  Their flesh is burned to some degree but they continue on their selfish path.  In Revelation chapter 3, they represented the dead church and their name has been blotted out of the Book of Life.  They are now defiant.  If GOD is Love and HE is an all consuming fire, Love is a consuming fire and will burn away all flesh that would keep Love from its destination in man’s heart.  Yes, some will need a little more fire and they will have the restlessness and turmoil of the carnal mind and the flesh burned out of them.

The fire of the presence of FATHER has many different administrations. The a sea of glass mingled with fire in Revelation 15:12 resulted in a multitude of people who have become within themselves an untroubled sea of tranquility, peace, and transparency.  They came to this state by the fire of FATHER.   All the restlessness and turmoil arising out of their carnal mind and their flesh have been burned out of them.   In Revelation 8:7, There is fire that is cast upon the earth and burns up the trees that grow out of the earth.   These trees represent carnal works of the ego, the fleshly nature of man.  In Revelation 18:8, there is a fire that destroys the world system of Mystery Babylon that has been enslaving mankind.

Think not that when mankind is presented with the Presence of FATHER in HIS very elect that there won’t be some who will immediately reject HIS Love.  We will see both repentance and defiance.  The different administrations of Love are designed to handle both situations.  HIS Wisdom will prevail in each unique situation.  Ultimately, HIS Love is irresistible!

Second Bowl: The Sea Turns to Blood

Revelation 16:3   Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living creature in the sea died.

The sea represents all of humanity, specifically those who live by the flesh.  They live by what the body craves and it is no wonder that at this particular time in history, the sea of humanity has moved toward a fully depraved state.  Perversion is widespread and morals have been thrown out the window.  Lawyers and politicians have managed to redefine the laws of the land to support their immoral agendas.  Society has been on a collision course with judgment for some time.  The sacredness of marriage as defined by FATHER, Our CREATOR, has been defiled. redefined, and its new manmade definition is condoned by the courts of men.

Blood in one respect represent “life” but when it has its life-giving properties removed, death comes forth.  “Blood as of a dead man” has had those properties taken away and thus every living creature in the “sea of humanity” died.  They are now spiritually dead but the good news is that death of the flesh brings forth life through resurrection.  FATHER’S Love is not so weak that it cannot overcome the multitude of sin found among this group.  The Blood (Love) of Jesus Christ is sufficient to deliver all of mankind from certain death.  Judgment must expose that which prevents Love from coming forth.

This second bowl is to bring about restoration of all mankind but first this group must be judged and cleansed of its flesh.  This judgment brings forth a removal of power and authority of those who have been in control of the current world system.  On a personal level, people will have their sin exposed and it will no longer hide in the depths of their fleshly nature.  Hidden agendas will be revealed and Truth will stand as the judge.

The Third Bowl: The Waters Turn to Blood

Revelation 16:4 Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood. 5 And I heard the angel of the waters saying:

​​​“You are righteous, O Lord,

​​The One who is and who was and who is to be,

​​Because You have judged these things.

6 ​​For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets,

​​And You have given them blood to drink.

​​For it is their just due.”

The Spirit of FATHER and the Living Word of FATHER represent life-giving rivers and springs.  In contrast, man’s corruptible words and worldly wisdom make up the rivers and springs of water that are to be judged.  Their agendas brought forth death to the saints and prophets.  Man’s philosophies originate out of their souls to promote the path of death and destruction.  Anyone who challenges their agendas is dealt with accordingly.  Lies and deceit are found among those who are being judged by this bowl and their words become their judge.  James chapter 3 warns us of the tongue:

8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God.

10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.

11 Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening?

12 Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.

Jesus spoke to us specifically about the words coming forth out of our mouths in Matthew 12:

33 “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.

34 Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

35 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

36 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Love will judge the intent and words of mankind and the waters will be turned to blood.  They will either contain life or death depending on the intent.  The Divine Intent of Love brings forth blood with life flowing in it.  The soulish and fleshly nature of man has no life in the blood and righteous judgment will expose it for what it is.  The Law of equal weights and measures will prevail.