Lesson Summary

John sees a vision of the doom planned for Babylon, the great harlot.

This is Part II of a two-part teaching series on Revelation 17.

This lesson is focused on The Scarlet Beast and the Victorious Lamb .

Focus Passage: Revelation 17:8-18

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Outline and Lesson Goal

Principles and Applications

II. The Scarlet Beast: Antichrist (17:8-13)

Principle: Antichrist, the leader of Babylon, the Evil World System, is also Doomed to Destruction.
Application: Are you in a position to fall for the deception of Antichrist? Or is your name safely written in the Book of Life?
Scripture Reference

⁷For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains

will do so

until He is removed.

⁸Then that lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will eliminate with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming;

II Thessalonians 2:7-8 (NASB 2020)

III. The Victorious Lamb: Jesus Christ (17:14-18)

Principle: Believers will Overcome Babylon, the Evil World System, because they are loyal to the Lamb.
Application: How does your life show that you are faithfully following the Lamb? How does your life show you are one of His chosen ones?
Scripture Reference

¹⁰Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying,
“Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down, the one who accuses them before our God day and night.
¹¹And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.
Revelation 12:10-11 (NASB 2020)