Daniel & Revelation #39

Revelation 17:1-6 – An Impure Mystery

The Verdict on Babylon

1)             What has just been shown to John in vision? Revelation 16:19

2)            What is the purpose then of the next revelation? Revelation 17:1

3)            What is the symbol used to depict this impure system? Revelation 17:1

4)            What does a pure woman represent? Jeremiah 6:2; Isaiah 51:16; Ephesians 5:22-32

5)            What is depicted by an impure woman? Ezekiel 16:15-17

6)            Why was idolatry a deceptive allurement to God’s professed people? Psalm 106:35, 36; 1 Samuel 8:20

7)            Is this temptation to spiritual adultery still common today? James 4:4

The Wine of Her Fornication

8)            What have the kings of the earth done with this impure woman? Revelation 17:2

9)            How do the kings of the earth come into this unholy connection with the woman? Revelation 17:13

10)         What is the usual result when the church and governments form an alliance? Matthew 27:1, 2

11)         What eternal principle has Jesus established about church/state relations? Matthew 20:21

12)         What is the result of this unlawful alliance in both the past & the future? Revelation 17:2

13)         What type of drunkenness is this? Isaiah 29:9-13

14)         What is the solution that will allow men to recover their senses? Isaiah 28:7-10

15)         Under this drunkenness, what are the inhabitants of the earth led to do? Revelation 13:8, 12, 14

16)         Where is John (a representative of God’s people) taken away and what might be the significance of him being taken there at this time? Revelation 17:3; Revelation 12:6, 14; Isaiah 33:16

Marveling with Great Amazement

17)         What three places are mentioned that the woman is sitting upon and what would be the significance of each? Revelation 17:1, 15, 3, 9

18)         What is this woman wearing? Revelation 17:4

19)         What colors were different from what the high priest wore and why? Exodus 28:6; Numbers 15:38, 39

20)         Did the woman representing God’s true people have any such artificial adornments? Revelation 12:1

21)         What cup does this impure woman offer to the world? Revelation 17:4

22)         What cup does the Lord offer to us to drink of freely? Psalm 116:13; Matthew 26:27, 28

23)         What is written upon her forehead and what does this inscription mean? Revelation 17:5

24)         What do God’s people have written upon their foreheads? Revelation 14:1

25)         While this woman makes the world drunk, what is she drunk with? Revelation 17:6

26)         Besides being a woman, what else is Babylon? Revelation 17:18

27)         Can you list at least ten major characteristics of Babylon the Great?

28)         What is this woman called and what is the significance of it? Revelation 17:7; 2 Thessalonians 2:7

29)         What mystery does God want His people to participate in? 1 Timothy 3:16; Colossians 1:27

Commitment

There are two women descriptive of the two groups that we can be a part of. Which woman do you want to be united with? Will you strive to experience the mystery of godliness that our Father’s name might be on your forehead?