12 "The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour will receive authority as kings along with the beast. 13 They have one purpose and will give their power and authority to the beast. 14 They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings--and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers."15 Then the angel said to me, "The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages. 16 The beast and the ten horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. 17 For God has put it into their hearts to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to give the beast their power to rule, until God's words are fulfilled. 18 The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth."
The 10 horns are the ten kings, just as we have been saying. Now it says here that the kings have not yet received their kingdoms, this was in John's day. The kings will receive their kingdoms when the 10 kingdoms are formed inside the "New Rome" territory. This will be a time after the church dispensation is over but, may be forming right now! We need to "Be always on the watch." Luke 21:14. God will give us signs and warnings but, it is best to pick your side now.
The new kingdom will be formed by all those who denied Gods existence, the scientist, the atheist, those "left behind" and still refusing to see.
Because verse 12 says it is of kings who have not yet received a kingdom, we can rule out the theory of any past history occurring in John's time. This includes the emperors that existed when John did, they could not be the kings mentioned.
It mentions here that they will have power for a "day" Remember, one hour can be a very long time in the Biblical sense of time. Here it may mean that they will rule for 31/2 years then give their power to the beast for 31/2 years. I am thinking this because of past Revelation 13:5 where the mouth was given for blasphemies and then power was given to the beast. In addition, The Book of Daniel suggest this period will break down in the 3/12 years mentioned above.
Verse 13 writes it out, the kings will relinquish their power to the Beast. Verse 14 is just a plain: they will make war against the Lamb, Jesus Christ. However, just as plain is the entire verse....The Lamb WILL overcome. You have all the answers you need right there! Praise God he has already told us who the winner is and which side to place your bet on to be the winner!....
Verse 15 tells us what we already know as well, that would be what the waters are. Verse 16 tells us that the kings will end up hating the new religion that is ruling over them currently. We read on to find that the kings will ruin her and expose her for the false religion we know she is. This is when the power of the kings and kingdoms are given to The Beast.
Chaper 18 starts the next blog!
Blessings & VICTORY in Christ to all!!
Calabash
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