1. The Beast is the anti-christ, the last Gentile world-ruler. Everyone on the earth will stare in wonder at
this man, except those whose names are in the Book of Life. Christians are the only people who really understand world conditions now.
2. A mountain in Scripture is a symbol for a kingdom. The seven mountains of V-9 are seven nations that will have Roman Catholicism as state religion.
3. We believe that the five kings that are fallen (V-10) are the four that Daniel saw plus Egypt.
4. V-14 refers to the Battle of Armageddon.
5. In Vs 14-16 the Beast and his ten puoodet kings turn on this religious hierachy (harlot) and destroy it. More on this subject in chapter 18.
6. Note that this is all a part of the purpose and plan of God – V-17.
2. Is one church as good as another/ Is a harlot as good as a “Chaste Virgin” espoused to the King of Kings.
9. The universal invisible church idea is that we can take the old harlot, mother of all her little harlot daughters, put them all in a pot together with the true churches and they together become “A chaste virgin.” The “The Bride of Christ” this is even more absurd than Aaron’s explanation of the golden calf in Exdous 32.24.