{"content":[{"text":"Have you ever asked a simple question, and gotten an answer that has left you more \n confused than before? If so, you’ll relate to Revelation 17 – a chapter that shows God at His \n cryptic best. \n Clear back in our introduction I warned that we wouldn’t be able to understand everything \n in this remarkable book, and the 9th Ground Rule warned that we should “expect puzzles that \n can’t be solved.” Now you know why. \n But rather than shake our heads in confusion, and turn away, we need to remember that \n God gave this information for very important reasons, and that it will someday be clearly \n understood in all its particulars. \n When it is time... \n While we will not understand everything we read, let’s at least hit the high points. OK?","bbox":{"left":0.118149,"top":0.086327,"width":0.7667889999999999,"height":0.196469}},{"text":"4.","bbox":{"left":0.118149,"top":0.31091,"width":0.014768000000000003,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"Who is now seen riding the Scarlet Beast, and what name is given her? __________________","bbox":{"left":0.143355,"top":0.31091,"width":0.734494,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"_____________________________________________________________________________","bbox":{"left":0.118149,"top":0.33792,"width":0.758124,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"5.","bbox":{"left":0.118149,"top":0.364931,"width":0.014768000000000003,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"With what special “wine” is she drunk? ___________________________________________","bbox":{"left":0.143355,"top":0.364931,"width":0.73922,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"6.","bbox":{"left":0.118149,"top":0.391942,"width":0.014768000000000003,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"Is this Scarlet Beast the same as the Sea Beast of Revelation 13, or is it the Dragon of","bbox":{"left":0.143355,"top":0.391942,"width":0.671737,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"Revelation 12? _________________________________________________________________","bbox":{"left":0.118149,"top":0.418952,"width":0.7667889999999999,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"7.","bbox":{"left":0.118149,"top":0.445963,"width":0.014768000000000003,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"The seven heads of the beast are assigned two different meanings.","bbox":{"left":0.143355,"top":0.445963,"width":0.513752,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"What are they? _________","bbox":{"left":0.667544,"top":0.445963,"width":0.21660599999999997,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"______________________________________________________________________________","bbox":{"left":0.118149,"top":0.472973,"width":0.76797,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"______________________________________________________________________________","bbox":{"left":0.118149,"top":0.499984,"width":0.76797,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"8.","bbox":{"left":0.118149,"top":0.526995,"width":0.014768000000000003,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"What might be meant by the statement that five are fallen, one is, and one is yet to come? ___","bbox":{"left":0.143355,"top":0.526995,"width":0.736069,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"______________________________________________________________________________","bbox":{"left":0.118149,"top":0.554005,"width":0.76797,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"9.","bbox":{"left":0.118149,"top":0.581016,"width":0.014768000000000003,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"The ten horns are also identified.","bbox":{"left":0.143355,"top":0.581016,"width":0.25579199999999996,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"What are they? ___________________________________","bbox":{"left":0.409585,"top":0.581016,"width":0.47259700000000004,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"10.","bbox":{"left":0.118149,"top":0.608027,"width":0.024613999999999997,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"What is the fate of the ten horns?","bbox":{"left":0.1532,"top":0.608027,"width":0.25961,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"(Rev 17:14)","bbox":{"left":0.422581,"top":0.608027,"width":0.09438200000000008,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"____________________________________","bbox":{"left":0.52734,"top":0.608027,"width":0.35444700000000007,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"11.","bbox":{"left":0.118149,"top":0.635037,"width":0.024613999999999997,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"Many organizations have been identified as “Babylon” over the years. How does Revelation","bbox":{"left":0.1532,"top":0.635037,"width":0.721892,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"17:18 identify her? _____________________________________________________________","bbox":{"left":0.118149,"top":0.662048,"width":0.7573369999999999,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"While Revelation 17 is clouded with mystery and puzzles, Revelation 18 has its own type \n of oddness. Even though it is straightforward in describing the destruction of Babylon, it does so \n in an unusual voice. The very people who destroy Babylon are seen regretting her destruction. \n If Revelation 18 were set to music, I imagine it would sound a bit like a funeral dirge. It is \n both a song of destruction and a song of regret. It is a lengthy song, as well. While many of the \n dramatic scenes of Revelation are painted with very few brush strokes, the detail given to this \n scene is startling. \n How very important it must be to God’s people to see Babylon thoroughly destroyed!","bbox":{"left":0.118149,"top":0.689059,"width":0.766969,"height":0.14214400000000005}},{"text":"12.","bbox":{"left":0.118149,"top":0.859317,"width":0.024613999999999997,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"Revelation 18:8 says that Babylon will be destroyed by fire. Who does God actually use as","bbox":{"left":0.1532,"top":0.859317,"width":0.711046,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"his agents in destroying Babylon?","bbox":{"left":0.118149,"top":0.886327,"width":0.26158,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"(17:16)","bbox":{"left":0.389499,"top":0.886327,"width":0.058149000000000006,"height":0.016803000000000012}},{"text":"___________________________________________","bbox":{"left":0.458026,"top":0.886327,"width":0.423368,"height":0.016803000000000012}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}