And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
Revelation 17:11 belongs to the connected vision of Revelation 17:1-18. In that chapter Babylon is pictured as a woman, which is a symbol of a church, with the vile woman representing an apostate church. The name Babylon comes from Babel and means confusion, and it is used for different forms of false or apostate religion.
The apocalyptic beasts described in connection with the verse arise from a union of church and state, and united they become destructive to both civil society and the church and crush those who oppose them. The verse shows things that will be in the last days. It is part of God's warning to His people of the perils before them. It reveals a people working counter to God and a deceived company.
The verse belongs to the prophecies of Revelation 12 to 18 that are being fulfilled now. It forms part of the last message of warning that all are to hear and that is now to be given. It leads toward the very last call to the churches in chapter 18, which is now to be given. After that call comes the time pictured in chapter 19 when the beast and the false prophet are taken and cast into a lake of fire, the dragon who instigated the great rebellion against heaven is bound and cast into the bottomless pit for a thousand years, followed by the resurrection of the wicked and the final destruction of Satan and all the wicked and the final triumph and reign of Christ in this earth.
Revelation 17:11 belongs to the connected vision of Revelation 17:1-18. In that chapter Babylon is pictured as a woman, which is a symbol of a church, with the vile woman representing an apostate church. The name Babylon comes from Babel and means confusion, and it is used for different forms of false or apostate religion.
The apocalyptic beasts described in connection with the verse arise from a union of church and state, and united they become destructive to both civil society and the church and crush those who oppose them. The verse shows things that will be in the last days. It is part of God's warning to His people of the perils before them. It reveals a people working counter to God and a deceived company.
The verse belongs to the prophecies of Revelation 12 to 18 that are being fulfilled now. It forms part of the last message of warning that all are to hear and that is now to be given. It leads toward the very last call to the churches in chapter 18, which is now to be given. After that call comes the time pictured in chapter 19 when the beast and the false prophet are taken and cast into a lake of fire, the dragon who instigated the great rebellion against heaven is bound and cast into the bottomless pit for a thousand years, followed by the resurrection of the wicked and the final destruction of Satan and all the wicked and the final triumph and reign of Christ in this earth.