Reference

Revelation 17:1

And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
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And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

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With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

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So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

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Destruction at Coming
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Babylon the Great
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The Scarlet Beast (Revelation 17)
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Destruction at Coming

The verse describes a future judgment of a "great whore" but does not explicitly link this judgment to the return of Christ, nor does it mention fire or destruction in this specific verse.

Symbolic / Figurative Language

The text describes a literal angel speaking to the author, and the angel promises to show a literal judgment, which could be interpreted as a straightforward, albeit future, event.

Babylon the Great

The verse introduces "the great whore" but does not explicitly name her as "Babylon the Great," nor does it immediately detail the specific characteristics of the harlot system such as purple and scarlet, seven mountains, or the blood of saints, which are key elements of the theme's definition.

The Scarlet Beast (Revelation 17)

This verse introduces the "great whore" and her judgment, but it does not explicitly mention or describe a "scarlet beast" or any of its characteristics, such as its heads or kings, which are central to the theme's definition.