The Ten Kings and The Fall of Babylon 17:12-18:5

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The ten horns of the symbolic beast of Revelation 17 represents ten kings that will rule the ten sections of the planet when the Messiah arrives. Once again, I refer to the statue of King Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel Chapter 2:43 as a visual aid. These ten kings are represented by the ten toes of King Nebuchadnezzar's statue. These kings inadvertently come together in an attempt to make war with the lamb when he comes to restore his kingdom here on earth. It's true that Father Yahweh gives men free agency to do what they will do on their own accord. In this particular example, the ten kings are ten people that are the result of people mixing their seed with the seed of men. If you research the original meaning of the word "man" in the Old Testament it means descendants of  Adam or Adamites and this can be found in Strong's Concordance #120.

There are times when people of the earth are influenced by Father Yahweh which allows temptations and evil to exist to fulfill his plan for Israel. A couple of quick examples to show what I am talking about is how he allowed things to happen such as the “Tree of Life” in the middle of the Garden of Eden which was placed in plain sight so Adam and Eve would be tempted to lay with the serpent to produce Cain, and another is how he selected an Edomite named Judas to become his disciple to betray him. He could literally stop all evil on the planet at a moments notice. A couple of direct verses to demonstrate what I am talking about are located in Ezekiel 38:4 and in Isaiah 45:7. He allows such things to fulfill his will on earth. Initially the ten kings symbolized by the ten toes of the statue make war with the lamb when he returns and then are overcome by the lamb (Revelation 17:14). The the ten kings finally realize the temptation they are being controlled under in their attempt to force Mystery Babylon upon the world, they then turn on Babylon itself and destroy her (Revelation 17:17-18).

Babylon Falls

When the ten kings destroy Babylon, the destruction of Babylon comes in a very short period of time. The Bible states that Babylon will fall in one day (Revelation 18:8), and the financial base of Babylon is destroyed in only one hour (Revelation 18:17). It's a guess what exactly is meant by the Bible when it states the words “one hour.” One hour could be sixty minutes as we know it, or it could represent one prophetic hour which is measured in years because a day with the lord is a thousand years (2 Peter 3:8) so 1/24^th (or one hour) of a day lasting 1,000 years could be about 41 years.

I have two separate thoughts on how to interpret the words “one hour.” First of all, we know it's a short time frame because in Revelation 18:2 it states twice the words Babylon “is fallen, is fallen.” This is the exact same wordage used in the story of Joseph when he interpreted the Pharaoh's dream as coming to fruition in a short period of time, this is because he dreamed it twice (Genesis 41:32). A different way of interpreting the saying that Babylon is fallen and with it being repeated twice, is that it could also be a matter of establishing a double witness for things to come (Deuteronomy 19:15).

Another thought that I have is that when the final destruction of Babylon comes (Revelation 18:4), Father Yahweh commands the righteous to drop everything and leave Babylon so we do not participate in the plagues of Babylon. Leaving Babylon by dropping everything in the manner as I am suggesting will require an unknown amount of time for Israel to evacuate the cities and leave for a safe area before the plagues begin, probably more than a literal hour of sixty minutes. So is it one literal hour or one prophetic hour? I will let you decide for yourself. I do know that it's very important for everyone to be able to do as much as they can for themselves and not rely on anyone so they can pick up and move at a moments notice.

I pray all will become interested enough to study their Bible. Even if they study it in an effort to try to disprove my beliefs then mission accomplished.