Revelation 17 - Hydra-Therapy, The Cure for a Seven Heads-Ache
The 17th Chapter of the Book of Revelation has been a complete mystery to many, a challenging perplexity to some, unwanted information to others, and only truly understood by a very few who welcomed all it had to share. This is not because JEHOVAH Elohiym (LORD God) desired to keep anything hidden from any faithful believer, but on the contrary desires that all who wanted to know the truth (Deu. 32:4; Psa. 25:10, 119:142,151; Jhn. 8:32, 14:6, 17:17; Jam. 1:5; 1 Jhn. 5:6 KJB) should understand in full (Deu. 29:29; Mar. 4:11; Luk. 8:10; Rev. 1:1 KJB).
A “great whore” (woman who commits the act of fornication with various earthly kings) is pictured in a vision given to John, and she is clothed with purple and scarlet, arrayed with gold, and all manner of rare and valuable gemstones, holding a great golden cup, filled with the blood of people. She, from out of her illicit unions and liaisons, also has harlot daughters that act like she does. As strange as that sounds, it gets a whole lot more bizarre in its imagery!
Not only is there this ‘bloodied and unclean woman’, but she is seen seated, as enthroned, upon an animalistic amalgamation of a terrible and fearsome beast that terrorizes and kills some of God’s own people. Such an unnatural creature as described by the texts (Rev. 17:3-5 KJB) has never been witnessed upon the face of the earth before; having 7 heads, & 10 horns (all without crowns the vision makes known).
Who is this ‘unclean & unfaithful mother of harlots’?
What is this ‘abnormal beast’, and where did it come from, and when does it exist in history? Is it a natural woman & beast, or rather is it all symbolic, pointing to something much greater?
This present written material is designed to consider these things from the primary source of information, namely, the holy scriptures (KJB; King James Bible, English, being translated from the HOT (Hebrew Old Testament) and the GNT TR (Greek New Testament Textus Receptus)) and not from any other source, though other materials will give additional confirmation afterwards. The reason for this is found in the texts of Isa. 8:20; 1 Pet. 4:11 KJB.
This labour of love (unto God & mankind) is also designed to appeal to the widest audience as possible, so that all may, “... sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:” (1 Pet. 3:15 KJB), placing a long-forgotten gem of glorious truth back into its place of honour.