HOW LONG IS THE SCRIPTURAL SYMBOLIC "HOUR" PERIOD?
Concerning "Babylon" and the "ten kings", in Revelation 18:10 and Revelation 17:12-18, there are references to a symbolic "one hour". One hour is an eighty-fourth part of the "three and a half days" and in ratio to the "forty-two months" is equal to 15 literal days. (Rev 11:2, 11).

WHO ARE THESE "TEN KINGS" STILL
ALIVE ON EARTH IN THAT "HOUR"? (Rev 19:20).
In scripture, ten denotes entirety, or full number. The "ten kings" are symbolised by ten horns. "These have one thought", and together with those symbolised by the "wild beast" "will battle with the Lamb", but "the Lamb will conquer them. Also, those called and chosen and faithful with him (will do so)." (Rev 17:12-14).

SATAN (THE DRAGON) GAVE HIS
AUTHORITY TO THE "WILD BEAST". (Rev 13:4).
He gave it to the type of unGodly persons who form themselves in numbers and who rule with unGodly composite kingships, with dispositions likened to the previous seven kings. Symbolically speaking, the "wild beast" are all political ministers today out of these kings, and their many subordinates, local governments and organisations elected by the will of the people. Symbolically, "Babylon" represents the worldly empire throughout the earth of false religions, spiritistic sects. People under the Will of God obey only God's laws.

The "Lamb" is Jesus Christ, the Son of Almighty God. Important now is what it says of the "ten horns" and the "wild beast" in Revelation 17:17 : "For God put (it) into their hearts to carry out His thought, even to carry out (their) one thought by giving their kingdom to the wild beast, until the word of God will have been accomplished". (See Rev 17:16-18). This "word of God" are denunciations of judgement upon Babylon the great and her spiritistic sects, who have glorified themselves and lived in shameless luxury. (Rev 18:7). "In one hour such great riches have been devastated!" (Rev 18:17). This is yet to be fulfilled. Further, "travelling merchants were the top-ranking men of the earth, for by your spiritistic practice all the nations were misled". (Rev 18:23).

So top-ranking men are not only a part of this misleading spiritistic practice, but are also members of the "false prophet" of Babylon the great. Those they misled received the meaning of the mark of the "wild beast". And "while still alive, they both were hurled into the fiery lake that burns with sulphur" (Rev 19:20), symbolising the eternal second death. "While still alive", indicates while they are still misleading peoples. As forty-two months is also scripturally described in meaning as 3½ days, and as 3½ years, in Revelation 11:2, 3, 9 & 11, it follows that "one hour" when calculated as 15 days is the period when God will hurl them into death or inactivity. Important is the fact that these things will take place at the same "hour". The "ten kings", the "false prophet", and the "wild beast", will all war with Christ and his holy ones for 15 days (and nights). (Rev 19:19,20).

HAVE THE WORDS OF GOD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED?
They will be accomplished according to the Holy Scriptures when God has avenged the blood of His slaves, which is yet to take place upon the "harlot" and the "wild beast". (Rev 19:2).

THE THREE UNCLEAN INSPIRED
EXPRESSIONS BY (SPIRITS OF) DEMONS.
They are: "Out of the mouth of (1) the dragon and out of the mouth of (2) the wild beast and out of the mouth of (3) the false prophet… and they go forth to the kings of the entire inhabited earth, to gather them together to the war of the great day of God The Almighty". (Rev 16:13,14). Demons inspire these three expressions to war against God, reaching all peoples. Individual examples of the uncleanness of these expressions are numerous and continual. The main point is that the "ten kings" and the "harlot" have the same thought and give their authority and kingdoms to the "wild beast" of politicians, until the words of God are accomplished.

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