Who will support the world church in the end times according to Revelation 17?
Revelation 17 depicts the beast carrying the woman, showing the revived Roman Empire—the worldwide political system headed by the Antichrist—will subsidize and support the end-times world church. The Antichrist's government provides the backing, while the church rides upon it.
Les explains that the beast of burden carrying the woman is supporting her, so the revived Roman Empire—a great political worldwide system headed by the man Antichrist—will subsidize and support this world church. The church is riding upon it, and the government of the Antichrist is supporting it. He identifies the beast in verse 7 as the Antichrist, Satan, and the Empire, and in verse 8 as the Roman Empire that was, disappeared, will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go into perdition. The unbelieving world, whose names are not written in the book of life, will wonder and be part of this religious system. Verse 9's seven heads are seven mountains, kingdoms, or nations on which the woman sits, indicating she has rule, and verse 10 points to seven kings, with the nations of Western Europe as the core of all this.
And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
How will the Antichrist's government support the world church in Revelation 17?
The revived Roman Empire, a worldwide political system headed by the Antichrist, will subsidize and support the world church. As a beast of burden carries and supports its rider, the Antichrist's government will carry and sustain this religious system, allowing the church to ride upon it.
What does the religious system riding on the beast mean in Revelation 17?
The woman or whore riding the beast symbolizes a worldwide religious system that operates among peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues. She rides the beast because she is subsidized by it, but later the ten horns and the Antichrist turn on her, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.