Tyndale Open Study Notes on Revelation 17:3

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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17:3-4 John is carried in the Spirit into the wilderness, his way of describing a visionary experience (see 1:10; 4:2). He sees a depiction of Rome’s moral corruption and excessive luxury (see 18:12-13, 16) that illustrates how such wealth can become an abomination to God. • The beast here is like the second figure in the evil trinity (see 13:1-4). • blasphemies against God: See 13:5-6. • purple and scarlet: Clothing in these two colors indicated royalty and carnality, respectively. • a gold goblet: See Jer 51:7.

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