,, "These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful." And he said to me, "The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues. "And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire. "For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. "And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth."”
Revelation 17: 14-18
Last time we talked about the cooperation of the Antichrist and the ten brews, but this cooperation and their joint progress will be short-lived because it goes on to say:
"These will fight with the Lamb, and the Lamb will defeat them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings;" The Lamb or Lord Jesus is the only one who can defeat this "spirit of Babylon" which will be conducted through the reign of the Antichrist and after their "Destruction" is followed by the Millennial Kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The prophet Daniel saw their "destruction" as follows:
,, "You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. "Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.”
Daniel 2: 34-35
and after that Christ's Millennial Kingdom is described;
,, "And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.”
Daniel 2:44
and in the seventh chapter Danilo saw the following:
,, "I watched till thrones were put in place, and the Ancient of Days was seated; His garment was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was a fiery flame, its wheels a burning fire; A fiery stream issued and came forth from before Him. a thousand thousands ministered to Him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him. The court was seated, and the books were opened. "I watched then because of the sound of the pompous words which the horn was speaking; I watched till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed and given to the burning flame. "As for the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away, yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time. "I was watching in the night visions, and behold, One like the Son of Man, coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him. Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom the one which shall not be destroyed.”
Daniel 7: 9-14
"And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, they shall hate the whore, and shall ravage and devour her, and shall eat her flesh, and devour her with fire. and to give the kingdom of their beasts, until the words of God be fulfilled. "
The end of this "spirit of Babylon" is certain, and we see it here, but it is important to note that no matter how many "dark days" there are and no matter how much Satan tries to destroy the true believers and the true God through a false trinity, he writes something very interesting:
"Because God has given into their hearts to do His will," God controls events even though nothing seems to be under control because so many disasters have happened so far but we see another confirmation that God controls events regardless of Satan's attempts to God "put" in the hearts of these ten emperors the desire to surrender their kingdoms to the Antichrist and for them to unite and turn against the "prostitute" with the desire to destroy her. We saw that this "prostitute woman" initially helped to realize the kingdom of the Antichrist because he will possess the enormous economic power that the Antichrist will need to achieve his goals. and he shall devour it, and devour it, and eat the flesh, and burn it with fire.
At that time, people will completely surrender to Satan and the Antichrist, and the darkest time in the history of mankind will come, when the most precious occultism will rule, and today we see how the strengthening of the ecumenical church is supported by many organizations, individuals and even churches. and we have seen how this "spirit of Babylon" will end, so the Lord calls before it is too late:
,, And I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.”
Rev. 18: 4
"The Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called and chosen and faithful.
We have already said so far that the only Lord over the Lords of the Lamb of God is the Lord Jesus Christ and there is no one but Him
,, Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.”
Rev. 19: 15-16
He is the only Lord and should be glorified:
,, O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for hismercy endureth for ever. O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever. To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever. To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever: The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever: The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever: And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever: With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever. To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever: And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever: But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever. To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever. To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever: And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever: And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever: Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever. Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever: And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever. Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever. O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.”
Ps.136: 1-26
In our text it is further written: "and those who are with Him are called and chosen and faithful."
Here we see that all who are Christ's are called by God, whether in some "external" or "internal" way, they are all called, and this is also written in the Gospel of Matthew in the story of a host who hires workers:
,,… For many are called, but few chosen."”
Matthew 20:16
The "external" call is not enough to save someone, but no one can say after that that he is not called, and the "internal" call captures the heart and captures the will so that a person voluntarily accepts Christ as Savior. consciously or unconsciously he serves him and he is an opponent of the Holy Spirit and God and lives far from God in sin and curse. The means by which God calls us is the Word of God and the Holy Spirit and it is revealed in the Bible and we can reach it in various ways. to accept it because it is from God.
,, All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,”
2 Tim.3: 16
God calls us in various ways, but the response must be ours, our will, because the Lord Jesus will not force anyone to obey him and believe him. He writes about it:
,, "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.”
Rev. 3:20
we see that Jesus is at the door but we have to open it for him.
We have seen that God kindly calls us to come out of false religion so that the evils that await it in the future will not befall us, and He practically calls us to come out of darkness to separate ourselves from sin in order to live holy.
,, For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness.”
1 Thess.4: 7
and the ultimate goal of the call is:
,,… be to the praise of His glory.”
Eph.1: 12
"And they that are with him are called, and chosen, and are faithful."
The next thing that is written here is "the chosen" and based on the Bible we know that the Lord chose his people before the creation of the world. The apostle Paul writes about this:
,, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,”
Eph.1: 4
God does not choose his people because they are good or do good deeds already;
,, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,”
Eph.1: 5
,, And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.”
Rom.8: 28
God's people are called according to God's intention and decision according to the pleasure of God's will
,, who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began,”
2 Tim.1: 9
God did not choose anyone because he saw that someone is good to have good deeds or have faith, but the real truth is quite the opposite, we are all so "good" that we deserve to be "at this moment God throws us into the darkest part of hell" but yet he writes of Isaac and Jacob:
,, (for the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls), it was said to her, "The older shall serve the younger."”
Rom.9: 11-12
and third:
"And those who are with Him are called and chosen and faithful." Faithful are those who have one Shepherd they follow, those who are not like the "prostitute woman" we have spoken of so far because it says:
,, So then if, while her husband lives, she marries another man, she will be called an adulteress”
Romans 7: 3
Faithful are those who do not philosophize, "seeking additional ways to God" that Satan and the world offer abundantly, they are aware and clear to them that there is only one way to God and that is the Lord Jesus Christ and that there is no other way, he writes:
,, Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
John 14: 6
The faithful can say with certainty:
"... I believe in God ..."
Acts 27:25
And at the end of this chapter it says:
"until the words of God are fulfilled." And the woman whom thou sawest is a great city, having a kingdom over the kingdoms of the earth.
We have practically talked about this so far about ..women fornicators "and we have seen its beginning and end and we have also seen that nothing happens by chance but that everything happens according to God's plan that controls everything so we have seen that even in hell there is order and that nothing happens by chance there either, we have also seen that even in great tribulation everything goes according to God's plan and that there is no coincidence, happiness or anything like that.
God controls everything until the words of God are fulfilled or "fulfilled."
The Lord Jesus said he said:
,,Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.”
Luke 21:33
And at the end of Revelation, the Lord Jesus says that everything must be fulfilled:
,, For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book. And if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. He who testifies to these things says, "Surely I am coming quickly." Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.”
Rev.22: 18-20