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Discover the Arts! Each day a different image from the Literary, Performing, or Visual Arts representing a portion of Scripture plus an explanation with links 2017 January 7
Whore of Babylon (1523)
Hans Burgkmair the Elder (1473-1531)
German Renaissance Style
British Museum, London, England, United Kingdom
Woodcut for Martin Luther's Translation of the New Testament
(Augsburg: S. Otmar, 1523)
Image Source: Wikimedia
Explanation: Revelation 17, One of the seven angels who had the seven vials told John to come and see the judgment on the great whore who sits on many waters. She committed fornication with the inhabitants of earth and made them drunk with the wine of her fornication. He carried John into the wilderness where he saw a woman on a scarlet beast, full of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. She was arrayed in purple and scarlet, decked with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She had a golden cup full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication. On her forehead was her name, "MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH." She was drunken with the blood of the saints and martyrs. John was amazed with great amazement (1-6).
The angel told John that the beast was, is not, and shall ascend from the bottomless pit and go into perdition. It's seven heads were seven mountains, and five kings were fallen, one is, and the other had not yet come, and will continue briefly when he comes. (The immediate reference is apparently a description of Rome in John's day. It was built on seven hills. The kings are interpreted as various Roman Emperors. Other kingdoms mentioned in the Bible from Genesis to Malachi fit the spiritual description of the woman and the beast, as do many kings and kingdoms from the first century till now. In general, this image describes the wickedness of the world in general throughout history). The ten horns are ten kings. They will make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them. So the world, wicked and unrepentant, will be overcome at last by Jesus. This process has already begun (7-14).
The waters were people, multitudes, nations, and tongues. The ten horns will hate the whore, and will destroy her. This is God's will done through them. They will give their kingdom to the beast. The woman is the great city which reigns over the kings of the earth (15-18).
[Sermons: William Still. Eric Alexander. Various. ]
[Illustration: Today's image depicts the Great Whore and the Seven-Headed Beast upon which she rode, mentioned in today's chapter. ]
RESOURCES
[THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: Revelation 17: Jeremiah 51:7, 13; Daniel 7:7-8, 25; Jeremiah 51:7; Daniel 7:11, 20, 24; Daniel 8:7, 25; Jeremiah 51:42. ]
[ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]
[ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]
[ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
[ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). VARIOUS ARTISTS: Micha'el Ben David. Sons of Korah. Fernando Ortega. Janet Isaac Morrison. Music of the Bible Revealed - Suzanne Haik-Vantoura. Dr. David Erb. Gregorian Chants. ]
*** For Additional word studies use one of the Greek Interlinear Bibles below. ***
Book Outline:
Revelation (Consummation of the Covenant: New Heavens and a New Earth in Which Dwells Righteousness)
1. The Approaching End: The Five Sets of Seven - Evil is Defeated (Revelation 1:1 - Revelation 16:21) - 95 A.D. Patmos
2. The End: The Fall of Babylon - Evil is Destroyed (Revelation 17:1 - Revelation 18:24) - 95 A.D. Patmos
3. The New Beginning: The Triumph of Jesus - Holiness Replaces Evil (Revelation 19:1 - Revelation 22:21) - 95 A.D. Patmos
Revelation 17
2. The End: The Fall of Babylon - Evil is Destroyed (Revelation 17:1 - Revelation 18:24) - 95 A.D. Patmos
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of Lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth [has kingship] over the kings of the earth.
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