And [the angel further] said to me, The waters that you observed, where the harlot is seated, are races and multitudes and nations and dialects (languages). And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will [be the very ones to] hate the harlot (the idolatrous woman); they will make her cheerless (bereaved, desolate), and they will strip her and eat up her flesh and utterly consume her with fire. For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His own purpose by acting in harmony in surrendering their royal power and authority to the beast, until the prophetic words (intentions and promises) of God shall be fulfilled. Revelation 17:15-17
Lately, I keep hearing how so many people are placing their trust in bigger government. Whenever I hear such a crazy thing, Revelation 17 comes to mind. There is no time in human history when a government, that has had massive influence over its people, has ever succeeded. Socialism, Communism, Fascism, Theocracies, and Dictatorships have all failed. And still, so many people seem to gravitate towards placing their trust in big government. Big government is the beast.
The harlot is worldly enterprise. She is the world’s greedy system of business and money making. Most people make money, which is the root of all evil, an idol. They place worldly wealth on a throne and spend the vast majority of their life’s attempting to get it. The beast hates the harlot. He needs people to trust in him, so that he can control his population and have absolute influence over them. So, he initiates policies that destroy people’s ability to make a living on their own. Both the beast and the harlot are corrupt and evil. Anything that is done without God and Faith produced by Jesus is evil.
Whenever you see or hear about how people are looking for more government remember this, your Father has placed it into the people’s hearts to seek the beast, who will destroy the idol that they serve. Don’t ever fear the destruction of the harlot, your needs are not met by her, they are met according to your Father’s Riches and Glory through Christ Jesus.
