Reference

Revelation 17:2

Drunkenness Condemned The Scarlet Beast (Revelation 17)Babylon the Great

“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.”

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:

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.

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.

And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

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The Scarlet Beast (Revelation 17)

Semantic Discovery

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This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Babylon the Great

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This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

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Drunkenness Condemned

The verse uses the metaphor of "wine of her fornication" to describe the intoxicating influence of the "great harlot" (Babylon) on the kings and inhabitants of the earth. While it uses the word "drunk," it's not condemning literal alcoholic drunkenness, but rather the spiritual and moral intoxication caused by her deceptive and corrupting power. The "fornication" is also metaphorical, referring to idolatry and unfaithfulness to God, not literal sexual acts. Therefore, it doesn't explicitly conde

The Scarlet Beast (Revelation 17)

This verse describes the actions of the "kings of the earth" and "inhabitants of the earth" in relation to a "her," but it does not explicitly mention or describe the scarlet beast itself, nor does it refer to its characteristics like being "was, and is not, and yet is," or its seven heads.

Babylon the Great

The verse describes a "her" with whom kings and inhabitants of the earth have engaged in fornication, but it does not explicitly name "Babylon the Great" or directly reference the specific characteristics outlined in the theme definition such as purple and scarlet, seven mountains, or the blood of saints. Therefore, while it describes a harlot-like entity, it doesn't definitively link it to the full scope of "Babylon the Great" as defined.

Drunkenness Condemned

Cross-References

Revelation 18:9Thematic

“And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,”

Revelation 2:22Thematic

“Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.”

Revelation 14:8Thematic

“And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.”

Revelation 18:3Thematic

“For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.”

Jeremiah 51:7Thematic

“Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.”

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