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Who is the great harlot of Revelation 17? What is the scarlet beast she rides? How do the seven heads/mountains/kings and ten horns connect to Daniel 7's imagery? What is the relationship between the harlot and the woman of Revelation 12 (two women, two cities)? How does the beast that "goeth into perdition" (apōleia) connect to Paul's "son of perdition" (2 Thess 2:3)?

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BABYLON

  • City Of
  • Built by Nimrod (GEN 10:10)
  • In the land of Shinar (GEN 10:10; 11:2)
  • Tower of (GEN 11:1-9)
  • Capital of the kingdom of Babylon (DAN 4:30; 2KI 25:13; 2CH 36:6,7,10,18,20)
  • Gates of (ISA 45:1,2; JER 51:58)
  • Walled (JER 51:44,58)
  • Splendor of (ISA 14:4)
  • Peter writes from (1PE 5:13)
  • Prophecies concerning: PSA 87:4; 137:8,9; ISA 13; 14:4-26; 21:1-10; 46:1,2; 47; 48:14,20; JER 21:4-10; 25:12-14; 27:1-11; 28:14; 32:28; 34:2,3; 42:11,12; 43; 46:13-26; 49:28-30; 50; 51; EZK 21:19; 26; 29:17-20; 30:10; 32:11; DAN 2:21-38; 4:10-26; 5:25-29; 7; HAB 1:5-11; ZEC 2:7-9
  • Figurative: REV 14:8; 16:19; 17; 18
  • Empire Of
  • Founded by Nimrod (GEN 10:10)
  • Called LAND OF SHINAR, SHESHACH, MERATHAIM, CHALDEA
  • Extent at time of Nebuchadnezzar (DAN 2:37,38; 4:1; 6:1)
  • Prophetic denunciations against: PSA 137:8,9; ISA 13; 14:21; 43:14-17; 47; JER 50; 51

HORN

  • Used for anointing oil (1SA 16:1; 1KI 1:39)
  • Figurative: Of divine protection (2SA 22:3); Of power (1KI 22:11; PSA 89:24; 92:10; 132:17)
  • Symbolical: DAN 7:7-24; 8:3-9,20; AMO 6:13; MIC 4:13; HAB 3:4; ZEC 1:18-21; REV 5:6; 12:3; 13:1,11; 17:3-16

PIT

  • Benaiah kills a lion in (2SA 23:20)
  • Figurative: PSA 7:15,16; 40:2; 57:6; 69:15; 119:85; PRO 23:27; 26:27; 28:10; ECC 10:8; JER 48:44
  • The bottomless pit: REV 9:1,2,11; 11:7; 17:8; 20:1,3

IDOLATRY

  • Wicked Practices Of
  • Human sacrifices: LEV 18:21; 20:2-5; DEU 12:31; 18:10; 2KI 3:26,27; 16:3; 17:17,18; 21:6; 23:10; 2CH 28:3; 33:6; PSA 106:37,38; ISA 57:5; JER 7:31; 19:4-7; 32:35; EZK 16:20,21; 20:26,31; 23:37,39; MIC 6:7
  • Licentiousness of: EXO 32:6,25; NUM 25:1-3; 1KI 14:24; 15:12; 2KI 17:30; 23:7; EZK 16:17; 23:1-44; HOS 4:12-14; AMO 2:8; MIC 1:7; ROM 1:24,26,27; 1CO 10:7,8; 1PE 4:3,4; REV 2:14,20-22; 9:20,21; 14:8; 17:1-6
  • Denunciations Against: GEN 35:2; EXO 20:3-6,23; 23:13; 34:17; LEV 19:4; 26:1,30; DEU 4:15-23,25-28; 5:7-9; etc.
  • Warnings Against and Punishments Of: DEU 17:2-5; ISA 1:29-31; 2:6-22; JER 1:15,16; 3:1-11; EZK 6; 8:5-18; 14:1-14; 16; 20; 22:4; 23; HOS 1:2; 2:2-5; 4:12-19
  • Prophecies Relating To: ISA 2:18,20; 21:9; 27:9; 31:7; JER 10:11,15; 51:44,47,52

MARTYRDOM

  • General scriptures: PSA 44:22; MAT 10:21,22,39; 16:25; 23:34,35; 24:9; MRK 13:12; LUK 9:24; 11:50; 21:16,17; JHN 12:25; ROM 8:36; 1CO 13:3; REV 6:9-11; 11:7-12; 12:11; 16:6; 17:6
  • Instances Of: Abel (GEN 4:3-8); Prophets killed by Jezebel (1KI 18:4,13); Zechariah (2CH 24:21,22); John the Baptist (MRK 6:18-28); Stephen (ACT 7:58-60); James (ACT 12:2); The prophets (MAT 22:6; 23:35; ROM 11:3; 1TH 2:15; HEB 11:32-37)

HARLOT (PROSTITUTE)

  • Shamelessness of: PRO 2:16; 7:11-27; 9:13-18
  • Machinations of: PRO 7:10; 9:14-17; ISA 23:15,16; HOS 2:13
  • To be shunned: PRO 5:3-20; 7:25-27
  • Hire of, not to be received at the temple: DEU 23:18
  • Rahab: JOS 2:3-6; 6:17,23,25; HEB 11:31

HARLOTRY

  • Forbidden: LEV 19:29; DEU 23:17
  • Punishment of: LEV 21:9

BRIDE

  • Ornaments of: ISA 49:18; 61:10; JER 2:32; REV 21:2
  • Presents to: GEN 24:53
  • Figurative: PSA 45:10-17; EZK 16:8-14; REV 19:7,8; 21:2,9; 22:17

SEVEN

  • Symbolical in Revelation:
  • Seven congregations in Asia (REV 1:4,20)
  • Seven seals (REV 5:1)
  • Seven heads and seven crowns (REV 12:3; 13:1; 17:9)
  • Seven kings (REV 17:10)
  • Seven stars (REV 1:16,20; 3:1)
  • Seven spirits (REV 1:4; 3:1; 4:5; 5:6)
  • Seven golden lampstands (REV 1:12)
  • Seven angels with seven trumpets (REV 8:2)
  • Seven plagues (REV 15:1)
  • Seven horns and seven eyes (REV 5:6)
  • Seven golden vials (REV 15:7)
  • The scarlet-colored beast having seven heads (REV 17:3,7)

CHURCH

  • Backslidden: PSA 12:1; 80:1-19; ISA 1:2-27; 17:9-11; 43:22-28; JER 2:5-34; 3:1-25; 8:5-22; 9:1-3; 10:19-22; 18:11-17; 50:4-7; EZK 2:3-5; 5:5-17; 16:23; HOS 2; 4; 6; JOL 2; AMO 6; MAT 21:33-46; MRK 12:1-12; LUK 13:6-9; REV 2:1-6,12-25; 3:1-4,14-20
  • Triumphant: GAL 4:26; HEB 12:22,23; REV 3:12; 21:3,10
  • Corruption In: HOS 4:9; MIC 3:1-4,9,11; MAT 21:33-41,45; 23:2-7,13-33
  • Christ, Head Of: PSA 118:22,23; ISA 33:22; 55:4; MAT 12:6,8; 21:42,43; EPH 1:10,22,23; 2:20-22; 4:15; 5:23-32; COL 1:13,18; REV 1:13; 21:22,23
  • Called: Assembly of Saints (PSA 89:7); Body of Christ (EPH 1:22,23; COL 1:24); Bride of Christ (REV 21:9); Holy City (REV 21:2); New Jerusalem (REV 21:2); Lamb's Wife (REV 19:7-9; 21:9); Temple of God (1CO 3:16,17); Heavenly Jerusalem (GAL 4:26; HEB 12:22)

MOUNTAIN

  • Used for idolatrous worship: DEU 12:2; 1SA 10:5; 1KI 14:23; JER 3:6; HOS 4:13
  • Removed by faith: MAT 17:20; 21:21; MRK 11:23
  • Signals from: ISA 13:2; 18:3; 30:17

FORNICATION

  • Cross-reference: See ADULTERY; See LASCIVIOUSNESS

ADULTERY

  • Figurative: JER 3:2; EZK 16:15,16; HOS 1
  • Cross-references to spiritual harlotry: See WHOREDOM; See IDOLATRY

KING

  • Called KING OF KINGS: EZR 7:12; EZK 26:7; DAN 2:37
  • Divinely authorized: DEU 17:15; 1SA 9:16,17; 16:12; PRO 8:15; DAN 2:21,37; 4:17; 5:20
  • Called Abaddon (Hebrew: Destroyer): REV 9:11
  • The angel of the bottomless pit: REV 9:11
  • Apollyon (Greek: Destroyer): REV 9:11
  • Great red dragon: REV 12:3
  • That old serpent: REV 12:9; 20:2
  • The prince of this world: JHN 12:31; 14:30; 16:11
  • Kingdom of, to be destroyed: 2SA 23:6,7
  • The synagogue of: REV 2:9; 3:9

WHORE

  • Revenues of, not to be brought to the sanctuary: DEU 23:18
  • See HARLOT