Revelation 17:7-10

Babylon's evil kings come and go Revelation 17:7-10: John is amazed at what he sees. "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." (Revelation 17:6) John was amazed when he saw so much of God's servants' blood shed by the Harlot. He was likewise amazed when he saw the judgment of God against the great whore.

The Harlot is the same as the land beast of Revelation Thirteen. This beast represented false worship. The sea beast also had civil persecuting power. The seven heads and ten horns remind us again of Satan's destructive, persecuting power and of his intellect. The beast appears again and again in history. He was, he is not, but he comes again. The Devil's evils will all end at the righteous, revealing judgment of God.

John again sees that the beast is Rome. The five persecutors of God's people that had fallen were Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, and Greece. The present persecutor was Rome. The “one to come” included all future persecutors of God's people.