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Revelation 18:14   The fruit that your soul longed for has gone from you, and all the things which are rich and splendid have gone from you, and you shall find them no more at all.

15 The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,

16 and saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city that was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!

17 For in one hour such great riches came to nothing.’ Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance

18 and cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What is like this great city?’

19 “They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she is made desolate.’

20 “Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!”

The “fruit of the soul” represents the maturity or fullness of the soul and its resulting outcome and expression.  When man develops his soul at the expense of his spirit, religion is the result.  His mind generates ideas that result in earthly idols to worship.  His mind exalts the created over the creator.  His lawlessness moves him toward perversity rather than holiness even to the point of redefining the meaning of basic principles such as life and marriage.  When the soul is placed in charge, the result is a taskmaster who is never satisfied.  When the soul of man is exposed for what it is, there is a time of mourning for the emotions are saddened by the loss of “self” which is replaced by “selflessness” of Love.  As Agape Love strengthens us, the time of mourning is minimal and we move on to the glorious calling set aside uniquely for each of us.

The self-preservation aspect of the ego will distance itself from any impending judgment if possible.  If there is an outward judgment of the soul of man, the ego will attempt to go underground until the judgment has past.  In this hour that will no longer be possible for nothing will be hidden:

Psalm 44:20 ​​If we had forgotten the name of our God,

​​Or stretched out our hands to a foreign god,

21 ​​Would not God search this out?

​​For He knows the secrets of the heart.

A shipmaster governs the direction of the ship.  He determines the path taken.  Our minds will view the destruction of the religious harlot and see the necessity to keep a safe distance from this destruction lest our soul be fully sucked into judgment.  When a ship is in peril, its merchandise or “fruit” is tossed overboard in order that it may survive the storm.  Every carnal thought will be jettisoned away from the “ship”:

2 Corinthians 10:5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

6 and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.

When judgment comes to our souls, there is a notable corrective interview about our priorities.  There are those who “pinched” pennies as though pennies were scarce and they place supreme importance by hoarding of wealth.  That subtle aspect of greed will be exposed and judged.  Others have attempted to habitually manipulate others by making people feel guilty by not living up to some mind-generated standard of conditional love.  That too will be judged.  “If you loved me, then you would…” has been their mantra whether voiced or simply thought.  Religion is conditional by nature.  If you perform then you are accepted.  If you don’t perform, then you must pay the price, you will be punished by various mind games.  The soul is harsh in its judgments against others and FATHER’S Love will soon expose the fruit of the soul in those who have taken the path of religion and soulish acts and responses.

There are those who produce fruit of the soul and are known by such fruit.  Then there are those who produce fruit of the Spirit:

Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

It is time to be a fruit inspector!

Revelation 18:9   “The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning,

10 standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.’

11 “And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore:

12 merchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object of most precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;

13 and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men.

14 The fruit that your soul longed for has gone from you, and all the things which are rich and splendid have gone from you, and you shall find them no more at all.

The period of mourning is not about the “departed”, it is about the one who is left and how long it takes to release the emotional attachment to the departed.  The mourner’s soul is the issue.  The “kings of the earth” are those in leadership roles of the religious system and they will be the ones who suffer the greatest loss.  Their temporal positions of power and authority will disintegrate by the fire of FATHER’S judgment.  Their time of exploitation will be at an end.

Notice that the kings distance themselves from the harlot system… so much for their loyalty to her.  The others who benefited from the harlot system are the merchants.  Consider all of the resources we have expended and sent down the “black hole” of the religious system while our brothers were in need.  When you look at the list of merchandise, you find that it all went into the church edifice for one purpose or another.  The walls, the altar, window coverings, the various sacrifices, and most of all- the bodies and souls of men.

The body of a man represents his labor and the soul of man represents his thinking and intent.  Mystery Babylon managed to use up the bodies and souls of men and the merchants were more than willing to promote this expenditure.  Their greed was more important than the souls of men.  Their lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and pride of life motivated them to exploit mankind and resources for a temporal high in their own souls.  Now they weep and lament over the loss of their means to continue their path of greed.  The “fruit” of their soul has gone from them.  Their worldly trappings have been stripped away and they will find them no more.

The mind, will, and emotion found in the souls of the kings and merchants will be judged accordingly.  Those fleshly desires deep within the soul will be exposed by the fiery Word and they will weep when they realize the futility of their past actions and will be full of regret.  Everything they stood for will be gone in one hour.  They will finally see the lack of Agape Love in their lives and they will mourn over all their accomplishments that meant nothing in the end.

Another aspect of this passage is that the “kings” of the earth represent the ego which continually looks to place man in servitude and have man worship those things that appease the ego such as self-gratification, self-preservation, and self-exaltation.  Anything that leads you away from unity with FATHER must be classified as adultery, that is to say the “act of fornication”.  The Bride of Christ is meant to be in unity with Jesus, not religion.  The children of Israel committed adultery with idols who kept their focus away from unity with Jehovah.  Anything or anyone that keeps you from being “one” with the Love of Our Heavenly Father promotes adultery.  Any intent within you that causes you to depart from FATHER’S Love and intimacy is adulterous as well.  The act of adultery is simply the outworking of the internal, the intent.  The issue is on the inside and that is where it must be dealt with.

The merchants can be viewed as those who promote religion for money for it is big business.  There is nothing wrong with being a cheerful giver and/or receiver based on the intent of Love.  When you are made to feel guilty if you don’t give, there is no cheerfulness.  When religious doctrine creates laws and traditions that extract money to perpetuate its agenda, you have promoted the harlot system.

Those who have promoted the religious system will soon be in mourning.  Their support structure will evaporate as FATHER reveals the harlot system to those who unwittingly supported it.  HE will do so by raising the standard of Truth in Love.  HIS Love expressed by HIS very elect will be irresistible and like a magnet, it will pull those in servitude out of their bondage to the harlot as well as its kings and merchants.  O what a glorious and joyful day that will be!

Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.

5 For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

6 Render to her just as she rendered to you, and repay her double according to her works; in the cup which she has mixed, mix double for her.

7 In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’

8 Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and mourning and famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judges her.

The Love of FATHER even comes forth when sin and lawlessness have reached their apex.  There is no time when HIS Love is withdrawn for it is HIS primary Intent.  By now if you haven’t realized that Truth, you must revisit John 3:16, Jesus died for the ungodly which includes all of mankind.  At the eleventh hour and fifty-ninth minute, FATHER is still in the business of recovering lost souls out of the impending judgment to be brought forth.  Just as HE would have spared Sodom and Gomorrah for a few righteous souls, HE has been longsuffering with Mystery Babylon, the great harlot religious system.

In the Book of Exodus, the Law demanded restitution when the property of one was stolen.  The thief was to pay double for the offense.  This is the applicable judgment for the great harlot religious system stealing the “property” of FATHER, HIS people.  The harlot has been stealing men and women from the Kingdom.  All vessels belong to FATHER and your “earth” will be ground to dust if you are found to be a vessel of dishonor so that your “earth” can be reworked into one of honor.  FATHER wastes nothing of HIS creation.  There are no throwaways. 

To each of us, Love says “Come out of sin and iniquity”.  No longer participate in the earthy, temporal, and empty religious dead works.  Come up hither and have a personal and direct communication with FATHER Who longs to express HIS Love to you.  FATHER’S Glory departed manmade temples long ago and has taken up residence in our individual temples when invited to do so.  HE is not some distant God who is too busy to live and abide with and in you on a moment by moment basis.  Even as the Father celebrated the return of the prodigal son who finally came to an end and the culmination of life among the self-gratification of swine, FATHER awaits the return of each of HIS children.  Are we at the point of “Last call” before the judgments of FATHER come forth?

The law of equal weights and measures demands that the victims be repaid.  Those who have been in authority of the various facets of Mystery Babylon will receive their just reward.  This will not be a time of great fear and dread as much as it will be a time of rejoicing.  The yoke of bondage is at an end.  What liberty there is when the weights have been lifted from us and we no longer live as beasts of burden in the Pentecost realm.  Jesus sat on the ass and overcame the life of burden placed on us by the world system as He made His journey to the cross.

Throughout my travels in other countries, you could always find the center of activity in villages, towns, and cities.  Most of the time it was the church edifice.  Its steeple towered over the rest of the buildings close by and its architecture set it apart from the rest of the village.  The wealth of the local people was sucked into a building hoping to bring forth the Glory of GOD.  If the church was ornate enough, maybe HE would show up more frequently.  Possibly if the altar was covered with gold and silver, HE would be moved to respond.  The religious harlot adorned herself with external jewels and other luxuries as those who sit on the pews were in dire need.  They must have forgotten the words of Jesus in Matthew 18:

19   “Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.

20   For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”

What about Paul’s urging to separate from the harlot in 1 Corinthians 6:

15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not!

16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For “the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.”

17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.

With whom are you joined, FATHER or the harlot?  Whomever you align yourself with, you become “one”.  I choose FATHER.  The harlot’s lure has lost her appeal in my life.  FATHER’S Divine Intent is for us to come out of her and become one with HIM.  Now we can better understand the Words of Jesus in John Chapter 14:

10   Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.

11   Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.

Now is the time to become ONE with FATHER.  Do not delay but set aside the noise of the world and focus on communicating with HIM on a moment by moment basis.  World events are rapidly coming to a conclusion and those who are chosen must come out of the system immediately.  There is no escaping the impending judgment but those who are chosen will be “passed over” by the Blood of the Lamb as the fullness of HIS wrath comes forth to judge the world system.  It is not a time to be scared but to be fully prepared and at peace that surpasses man’s understanding.  Be assured that HIS Love has the solutions to the problems that currently plague mankind.  HE knows the best way to conduct business during the post-judgment period.  The Kingdom will be set up in accordance the principles of Love and Truth.  Now is the time to come out of the harlot system and prepare for the Glory to come forth!

Revelation 18:1   After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illuminated with his glory.

2   And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird!

3  For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury.”

A beast, a harlot, and a corrupt city have all pointed to Mystery Babylon.  A city is where people congregate and dwell and this particular city is described as great confusion surrounded by mystery.  The sin and lawlessness has reached its climax of corruption as the drunkenness has moved to an extreme of self-gratification.  The masses have worshipped the corruptible and the fruit of this path has come to its fullness.  The merchants are traffickers of religions who have become wealthy by exploiting the lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and pride of life by supplying all the external trappings of a corporate substitute to a direct, personal relationship with FATHER.  This is in lieu of putting of incorruption and have everlasting life.  The people were blinded to The Way.  They ended up worshipping the corruptible dead works of man.

At an individual level, the corruptible are to put on incorruption and death is swallowed up in victory as Paul states in 1 Corinthians 15:

50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption.

51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—

52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”

On a personal level, Mystery Babylon will at some some point fall in us and be removed from us.  The confusion promoted by the carnal mind will no longer be tolerated, it will be judged and we will then see the vanity associated with past customs and traditions.  We will no longer be blinded by “self” and continue in dead works.  We will put on the Mind of Christ and only be guided by the Words of FATHER.  Peace and simplicity will prevail in our lives.  The trappings of this world will no longer be of any value to us.  We look for opportunities to perform acts of kindness, a far cry from the mindset of Mystery Babylon which only seeks to exploit others.

At a corporate level, It certainly appears that we are at the fullness of time where the fall is at hand.  Among those I am in contact with, there is a sense of urgency unlike the past.  I look forward to flowing IN HIM every moment in each day to see what that day brings.  Moment by moment we live and have our being IN HIM.  This Fifth Gospel is not popular among the masses.  Instead, they would rather have their minds tickled with some intricate, complex solution to a puzzle.  They understand not the simplicity of Christ and have lost their first Love and the intimate relationship with FATHER.  They want to “do” rather than “be”.  Their souls are anxious and unfulfilled.  They have no path to peace for they have rejected the revelation of Love.  I am convinced that Love is the foundation by which the very elect will operate from.  When Mystery Babylon falls, Love will be the answer and the remedies to the problems will only be found from a perspective of Agape Love.

The incorruptible will fill the vacuum created by the fall of Babylon.  The foul spirits and the unclean will be cast out.  The self-exalting spirit will give way to those who are led by HIS Spirit.  Deceit and corruption will be exposed in the twinkling of an eye and wiped away by the Standard of Truth.  We will all either participate in, observe, or be recipients of the greatest fall the earth has seen.  What will be your vantage point?

Revelation 17:15  Then 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.”

The Divine Intent of Love has been hidden to the very elect.  They have been chosen before the earth was formed and placed on earth as FATHER saw fit.  Each of the elect have been given a specific and unique path to follow which would lead him or her to a full maturity and perfection of Love.  On the other hand as Chuck Grassle stated in one of his writings, “The mind of man has created and established a massive religious system for dealing with every one of his inabilities to relate to, or communicate with God. With and through this religious system, mankind has become very accomplished with his opinions and interpretations, and an expert in working with things that are dead.”  The vast majority of people have followed the path of dead works.

Our body is meant to be a temple of the Holy Spirit.  Paul spoke of this Truth in 1 Corinthians chapter 6:

13 Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

14 And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power.

15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not!

16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For “the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.”

17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.

18 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

The multitudes have become one with the harlot.  There has been research conducted that indicates when the sperm enters the woman’s uterus, its genetic material adheres to the wall and becomes “one” with the woman.  This applies to the spiritual as well.  The vessels of dishonor have become one with the harlot religious system and have “sold” themselves over to her.  Their soulish nature has allowed their temple to remain defiled and they have lost their first Love.  Others never experienced a first Love but remained in depravation from the onset.  Greed and self-gratification have drawn the multitudes away from FATHER into the hands of the beastly kingdom.

In 2 Timothy chapter 3, Paul speaks of the multitudes of this very hour we live in:

1 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come:

2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good,

4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!

6 For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,

7 always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Would any argue against the fact that the above categories listed above are fully manifested today?  How can one always be learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the Truth?  It is because the body is defiled and the ministry of the Holy Spirit is unavailable to provide wisdom and understanding from Above.  By FATHER’S Wisdom does HE give people over to a reprobate mind.  HIS Love knows that they will be reconciled to HIM at a later time.  Life will overtake their death and O how the soulish mind cannot comprehend the understanding of that reality.

FATHER will answer those in authority according to their idols and give them “one mind” to give their authority to the beastly system.  Their love of money will blind them to the Love of the Truth and the Truth of Love.  They have become “legends in their own mind” and the blind will lead the blind into the ditch.  They will come to the end of themselves as they reach the outer darkness, the furthest separation from FATHER.  That great harlot Mystery Babylon will fall shortly, and her fall will be great.  Trust and reliance on her will evaporate among the peoples of the earth and they will be in great distress.  They will be in great desperation and will be looking for true solutions to their plight.  The Sons of FATHER will present the pure message of HIS Divine Intent of Love and none will be able to resist.  Their tears will be wiped away by HIS Grace.

Revelation 17:12  “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 Then 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.”

Carnal man is always looking for an external, literal view of this Fifth Gospel in order to protect its perceived dominion.  The mathematicians want to overanalyze “one hour” so that they can project the specific date for this event.  Yes, FATHER is the Great Mathematician but HIS Wisdom exceeds ours and HE tends to shy away from formulas so that man will not be able to function effectively as a false prophet.  Get the picture?

In the parable of the workers in the vineyard, Jesus shares an important aspect of bringing forth Sons for the work of reconciling mankind:

Matthew 20:1  “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

2 Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

3 And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

4 and said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went.

5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.

6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day?’

7 They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right you will receive.’

Our Heavenly Father is the landowner of all the earth and HE chooses laborers at the break of day, the third hour, sixth hour, ninth hour, and the eleventh hour.  Each laborer received the same wage.  Each was to harvest the fruit of the vineyard, a Tabernacles harvest at the end of the age.  Men were standing around idle for they were simply “being”, not “doing”.  They are not encumbered with dead works generated by the religious system.  They have been spared of those soulish activities to keep people busy and  enslaved to the system.  The men of the eleventh hour are the final group selected to harvest just before the end of the day or age.  These men have been chosen based on their availability and willingness to work.  They may have felt unproductive for a period of time but in the end, they received the same reward from FATHER as an act of Love.

8 “So when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, ‘Call the laborers and give them their wages, beginning with the last to the first.’

9 And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received a denarius.

10 But when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received each a denarius.

11 And when they had received it, they complained against the landowner,

12 saying, ‘These last men have worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.’

13 But he answered one of them and said, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?

14 Take what is yours and go your way. I wish to give to this last man the same as to you.

15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’

16 So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.”

FATHER has no problem in providing wages for HIS workers no matter what realm those wages are found in.  Further, HE is not moved by men’s persuasions and justifications in order to gain more for “self”.  Additionally, HE is looking for quality, not quantity.  What HE wants is a complete harvest and is not concerned about when someone ascends to the revelation of Love.  What matters is that they showed up!  Some have had this revelation for decades and others just recently received it.  Both are equally rewarded.  FATHER’S Love transcends time and resource allocation for neither are scarce in the Kingdom.

FATHER allows the ten kings to be in authority for a period of time while HIS laborers are called forth to maturity.  It is not because the kings have any true authority but are only given enough to sustain the current system until the Sons are ready.  FATHER uses whomever HE will to tend to matters until HIS chosen ones are ready to proceed to their next phase.  Pharaoh did a fine job of keeping the children of Israel in bondage until their appointed time of departure.  FATHER gave the ten kings authority for the space of “one hour” as HIS harvest was being matured.  Their derivative authority and soulish law kept a lower level of order in the land at hand.  They were of one mind to give power and authority to the beastly religious system.  This system enslaved most of mankind by keeping them under its control through fear-based doctrine.  “If you are not for us, you are against us” is the cry of those who remain under the yoke of religious doctrine.  Fear of being rejected and isolated has kept many from stepping outside the “camp” where FATHER could speak to them.

The power given to the ten kings is self-destructive by nature.  Separation from FATHER brings forth destruction.  Total separation from FATHER brings forth death.  This group who heads up the religious system makes ware with Jesus Christ and the Beloved Sons who are the very elect and have been commissioned into HIS army- the called, chosen, and faithful.  The venue for this war is the entire earth of peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.   We are moving quickly toward the full revelation of Love and its fulfillment toward all of mankind.  The mysteries have been reserved for the initiated who have been available to hear HIS call to harvest.  The confrontation will come soon as it is beyond the eleventh hour.  It is important to focus on “being” so that when FATHER calls you to “do”, you will be ready and available for the sound of the trumpet.

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.

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.