[:en]Scripture Reading: Revelation 17
Biblical Truth: These are the symbols and pictures seen: the great prostitution is Babylon. The “seven hills” refers to Rome and “the woman you saw is the great city that ruled over the keys of the earth (v. 18). The waters (v. 15) are the people of this earth whom Rome rules. The kings are part of that dominant political power, the Roam Empire. The prostitute and the beast are evidence of a state that demands unswerving loyalty approximating to worship.
Personal Application: The faith community needs to be vigilant because any dissidence to a call for unity will be regarded as disloyalty and rewarded with persecution. However, temporal power will self-destruct (v. 12). The only true and ending power is the Servant King, the Lamb who overcome all adversaries and powers.
Prayer: Lord of Lord and King of Kings, we want to be your faithful followers because our times are in your hands. (Ps. 31:15)[:]