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Revelation chapter 17 verses 6 and 7

when I saw her I marveled greatly but the angel said to me,

why do you marvel?

I will tell you the mystery of the woman,

and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her.

This is a fascinating passage. Here in Revelation Chapter 17

we're seeing this picture of the world and all of its allurements illustrated by

what's called the woman here

this attractive picture of all this world has to offer and John

who's writing this the apostle Apostle John, the follower of Jesus, says,

when I saw her, I marveled greatly. In other words, he has this vision of this woman with all the attractiveness of the things of this world and he

says I was marveling.

In other words he was tempted to want all that this world has to offer.

It looked good.

And that's a good reminder to us that we desire the things of this world and the ways of this world, the

pleasures and possessions and pursuits of this world because they look good to us.

Even the most holy or righteous of us,

we're talking about the Apostle John here,

was a lord by this world in a way that you and I are daily a lord by the ways of this world the things

of this world the priorities of this world the possessions of this world but the possessions of this world, but the angel said to me, John writes in

verse seven, why do you marvel? I'll tell you the mystery of the woman and of the

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