John now says that one of the 7 angels offered to show him "the punishment of the great prostitute with whom the kings of the earth had committed adultery... and the angel took me to a desert where I saw a woman dressed in purple and scarlet sitting on a scarlet beast... it had 7 heads, 10 horns and was covered with blasphemous names... she held a golden cup filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries... and written on her forehead was MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH... and I saw that she was drunk with the blood of the saints... and I was astonished... and the angel asked me why the surprise and proceeded to explain to me about the woman and the beast she rides... the beast once was, now is not and will come out of the Abyss and go to destruction... and those not in the book of life will be astonished because the beast once was, now is not, and yet will come... the 7 heads are 7 hills on which the woman sits and they are also 7 kings of which 5 have fallen, one is and the other has not yet come... the 10 horns are 10 kings yet to receive a kingdom... they will make war against the Lamb... but the Lamb will overcome with his faithful followers... then the angel said that the waters you saw near the prostitute are the nations and languages... and the beast and 10 horns will hate the prostitute... and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire... and the woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth".
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