Aug 10, 2014
Revelation chapters 17 and 18 are an interlude in the sequence
of Tribulation events. These chapters deal with the destruction of
religious and economic Babylon. Revelation 17 reveals the
destruction of Babylon in its religious aspect.
Religion will flourish during the first half of the Tribulation in
the false religious system called Babylon, the great prostitute.
This system may be centered in the rebuilt city of Babylon or
perhaps in Rome. It will be ecumenical including numerous apostate
religious groups. This one-world church will enjoy the support of
the state and use the power of the state to push its agenda. For
the first half of the Tribulation, the prostitute will reign
unchallenged; but at the middle of the Tribulation, the Antichrist
will see her as a challenge to his own power and program. With the
coalition of ten nations under his control, he will destroy the
one-world religious system and declare himself God, demanding to be
worshiped.