False Christs (1st Seal)
Rev 17:15 Then he said to me, "The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues."
The harlot consists of the following Christian groups: -
1. False christs
False apostles, false prophets, false teachers, rich and covetous church leaders, pastors and televangelists. They are depraved, covetous, carnal and worldly Christians, who justify their wealth and riches, and practice and teach destructive doctrines and heresies to mislead and deceive Christians.
Examples :- covetous televangelists, gay bishops (Gene Robinson) and gay pastors, lesbian bishops (Bonnie Perry), heretic church leaders, etc.
2. Christian Nations (Babylon)
As these Christian nations become richer and stronger, they rebel against God by promoting these abominable practices:-
1. Removed God from Governing - separation of church and state
2. Scriptures - removed from public places
3. Bible study and prayers - banned in public schools
4. Women's Equality – rejects man as the head of the home.
5. Children's Rights – no chastisements thus preventing parents from bringing up godly children.
6. Approval for living out of wedlock
7. Approval of Homosexuality - Lev 18:22 "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman..."
8. Approval of same-sex marriage – impedes the reproduction of the human race.
9. The many abominations - legislated by President Clinton and President Obama. Difficult for Bible-believing Christians to survive and they risk getting fined or jailed for rejecting these abominations.
3. Denominations (Mother of all abominations)
Mark 3:24-25 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Church denominations are destructive doctrines that divide His church:-
1. Once saved always saved
Causes Christians to be worldly and living unholy lives. Heb 6:4-6 stated that all those who had lost their salvation cannot be saved again and their names are blotted out from the Book of Life (Rev 3:5, Rev 22:19)
2. Secret Rapture
Causes Christians to be gullible in the last days. Hal Lindsey's books 'The Last Planet Earth' and 'Left Behind', the former being the bestseller in 1970, proclaimed the heresy that Jesus can come anytime. Note - Rapture can only occur after the Great Tribulation.
3. Witch-hunting for Sins of Old are blind Christians
2 Pet 1:9 For he who lacks these things (faith, virtue, perseverance, love) is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.
4. Christians can be demon-possessed
Every Christian is the temple of God and cannot be defiled by demonic or evil spirits, otherwise he has lost his salvation. (1 Cor 3:16-17, 1 Cor 6:19-20)
5. Hoarding God's Money
6. Same-Sex Marriage in church
7. Observing Jewish Traditions
Gal 5:4 You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
Rev 17:16 And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
These ten kings, who are the allies of Iran (Antichrist), will kill the harlot (carnal Christians, depraved US and EU, and heretical churches) during World War 3 (4th Seal)
Rev 17:17 For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.
It is God's will for the Antichrist to control the whole world during the period of the 5th Seal or wrath of Satan.
Rev 17:18 And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth."
This great city is likely New York City in US, which houses both the United Nations (UN), the world political power and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the world financial centre.
