Revelation 19:1-2

Peace to you my brothers and sisters.

Today’s Bible Verse: [Revelation 19:1-2 ESV] 1 After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out, "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, 2 for his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants."

Ahh, the great whore of Revelation. She is also known as the lady that rides the beast.

Many authors have written about her and speculated as to who she was. Some authors have referred to her as the Roman Catholic Church, but who is she really? To determine this, we must look at the context of when the Book of Revelation was written and to whom John was writing.

Some authors say that the Book of Revelation was written in the 90’s AD and others say that it was written prior to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. I have been doing a lot of research on this over the last few months and the Holy Spirit is guiding me to the prior to 70 AD position. As a matter of fact, this research has caused me to have the heart change of salvation.

As to whom John was writing? Revelation is the prophecy of the coming destruction of Israel by the Romans. It is written to the elect of Israel as a warning to get out. Matthew 24 is part of that warning.

So, the context of today’s verse is that it was written to the elect prior to the destruction of Jerusalem by Rome in 70 AD as a prophesy.

Who is the whore that has been judged? Israel!

We all have a job.

[Matthew 28:18-20 ESV] 18 And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

All of the disciples of Jesus are to spread His word and the gospel.

This is the gospel:

[1 Corinthians 15:1-6 ESV] 1 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you--unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.

[Acts 2:22-24 ESV] 22 "Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know-- 23 this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. 24 God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.

[1 John 2:2 ESV] 2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

Propitiation: ἱλασμός hilasmós, hil-as-mos'; atonement, i.e. (concretely) an expiator:—propitiation.

This is penal substitution; that is, our sins were transferred to Jesus and His righteous transferred to us.

Go forth and spread this good news.

I pray that God has revealed Himself to you and that you have salvation.

Remember, God is sovereign. That means that he controls everything.

I hope this has been a blessing to you. May the rest of your day be blessed. Peace.