DAILY TEXT, Today Wednesday, August 28, 2024, The wild beast that was but is no longer is headed for destruction (Rev. 17:11).

DAILY TEXT, Today Wednesday, August 28, 2024, The wild beast that was but is no longer is headed for destruction (Rev. 17:11). (Ps. 55:22).

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Wednesday August 28, 2024

The wild beast that was but is no longer is headed for destruction (Rev. 17:11).

This beast looks very similar to the seven-headed wild beast, but this one is scarlet red. Revelation calls it “the image of the wild beast” and says it is “an eighth king” (Rev. 13:14, 15; 17:3, 8). It is said of this “king” that he appeared, then disappeared, and later reappeared. This fits very well with what happened with the United Nations, which promotes the interests of the world political system. In its beginnings it was called the League of Nations. It then ceased to exist during World War II. And over time it re-emerged as we know it today. With their propaganda, the political beasts will incite people to oppose Jehovah and his people. As it were, they will gather “the kings of the entire inhabited earth” for Armageddon, “the war of the great day of God the Almighty” (Rev. 16:13, 14, 16). w22.05 10 paras. 10, 11.

What will happen to all the beasts?

What will happen to all the beasts? Revelation 19:20 gives the answer: “The wild beast was caught, and with it the false prophet who performed signs before it, with which he deceived those who received the mark of the wild beast and those who worship the image.” her. While they were still alive, the two were thrown into the lake of fire burning with sulfur.” So, while they are still ruling, God's political enemies will be destroyed forever.

What difficult situation do Christians face because of governments?

Lessons for us. Christians must be loyal to God and his Kingdom (John 18:36). To achieve this, we must be neutral and not get involved in the political affairs of this world. But this can be very difficult, as governments want us to give them our full support, both in words and actions. Those who give in to this pressure receive the mark of the wild beast (Rev. 13:16, 17). And those who have the mark lose Jehovah's approval and the opportunity to live forever.​—Rev. 14:9, 10; 20:4. How important it is that we remain totally neutral, no matter how much governments pressure us to support them.

What does the apostle John see that leaves him totally amazed? (Revelation 17:3-5).

The apostle John says he saw something else that left him “totally amazed.” What was he? A woman who sat on one of these ferocious beasts (Rev. 17:1, 2, 6). She is represented as a “great prostitute,” and her name is “Babylon the Great.” She has “immoral sexual relations” with “the kings of the earth” (read Revelation 17:3-5).

What is “Babylon the Great,” and how do we know it?

What is “Babylon the Great”? This woman cannot represent a political organization because Revelation says that she has immoral sexual relations with the political leaders of the world (Rev. 18:9). The fact that she is sitting on the wild beast shows that she is trying to control them. She and she, too, cannot represent the greedy commercial organizations of Satan's world, for Revelation speaks of them later and calls them “the merchants of the earth” (Rev. 18:11, 15, 16).

In the Bible the ideas of prostitution and adultery are used many times in a spiritual sense. They may refer to someone who claims to serve God but practices some form of idolatry or otherwise befriends the world (1 Chron. 5:25; James 4:4). On the other hand, to talk about a person who is faithful to God, the words chaste or virgin are used (2 Cor. 11:2; Rev. 14:4). Ancient Babylon was a city where false religion abounded. So Babylon the Great has to represent false worship in all its forms. In fact, it is the collection of false religions in the world (Rev. 17:5, 18; see the jw.org article “What is Babylon the Great?”).

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