Rev. 17:1 reads: "Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me..."
Notice the terms in bold - 'then' and 'had'.
Needless to say, this has every appearance of indicating that 17:1 is a continuation of chapter 16; it takes place after the seven bowls have been emptied.
It is a vision of an event that has already happened, that is my point. Rev. 16 says when the Seventh Vial is poured out
IT IS DONE meaning the Anti-Christ and his minions have been defeated. Rev. 19 is the whole Seven Year Period told in one chapter, from the Rapture it shows MANY PEOPLES IN HEAVEN, then we Marry the Lamb/Jesus and return on White Horses to help Jesus defeat the wicked or Babylon/Worldly people. This is the very same fight going on in chapter 16 when the Seventh Vial is poured out, most all of these chapters overlap each other, except the chapters with the Seals/Trumpets and Vials, and even some of those overlap, it is just the Seals/Trumpets and Vials which NEVER Overlap each other.
False Religion (Harlot) is destroyed in chapters 6 and/or 7 you see the Martyred Saints under the alter ? Well the Anti-Christ is destroying Christians, coming after Israel, and destroying Islam and all Religions at that very time. So Rev. 17 happens during Rev. 6 and Rev. 7.
Rev. 18 is Babylon, which is only this world and the Nations that come against Israel. We see the Seals happened in chapters 6 and 7, we see the Trumpets happened in chapters 8 and 9. Then the Vials come to pass in chapter 16.
MY POINT IS.....These are different Visions that OVERLAP, I did a blog on this a while back, I will post it below to give you a understanding of my thought process on this.
Revelation is not in chronological order
Revelation chapter six is the Seals being opened, so it is not ending right before the return of Christ with us Saints in
Revelation 19. The end of each of these chapters I point out below ends close to Jesus' return, like chapter 12, we know it starts at around the birth of Israel/birth of Christ but it ends with Satan chasing Israel into the wilderness in the 42 month period and her being protected 42 months, which puts the end of the chapter right at Jesus' return.
1. Revelation chapter 7 ends with the Saints that died in the Tribulation standing before the throne of God.
2. Rev. 9 has the Armies of Armageddon/200 thousand, thousand.
3. Rev. 10 is John eating the the book which had the uttering's of the seven thunders, in 7:7 it says when he begins to sound, the mystery of God will be finished.
4. In
Revelation 11 the two witnesses prophesy 1260 days. The end of the 1260 will be at the end minus the Seven Last Vials.
5. In Revelation chapter 12 I have already explained, it ends with Israel in the Wilderness for 1260 days.
6. Rev. 13 speaks of the Beast and his 42 months. This will be the end of the age no doubt.
7. Rev. 14 has Jesus and the 144,000 and ends with the angel thrusting the sickle into the earth to harvest the harvest.
8. Rev. 15 is the description of the coming Seven Last Plagues.
9. Rev. 16 is the Seven Vials of Gods wrath.
9. Rev. 17 is the Great Harlot being Judged of God. (Happened earlier in Rev. 6 and 7, but no doubt continues till the end.)
10. Rev. 18 is the World (Babylon) being judged by God by the Seals the Trumpets and the Vials.
Then in
Revelation 19 we see the Saints who were raptured coming back with Jesus on white horses. They/we (Church) are in Heaven Marrying the Lamb and we are there for a Seven Year Period. So much of the book of Revelation is happening at the same time or overlapping. The only things that NEVER OVERLAP is the Seven Seals/Seven Trumpets and Seven Vials, except for the Seventh Seal bringing forth the Seven Trumpets and likewise the Seventh Trumpet bringing forth the Seven Vials.
Most all of those chapters are happening concurrently/overlapping.
The story of Rev. 17 is the Anti-Christ destroying the Harlot or False Religion, well since he DEMANDS WORSHIP by all in Rev. 6 when he conquers Israel and in Rev. 7 and even 13 is a retelling of Rev. 6 and 7, the Anti-Christ has power over the Saints for 42 months, the Anti-Christ starts conquering in Rev 6 which means this is when he conquers Israel.
These are IN TRUTH different visions, but just a different vision, or an enhanced vision, about the same events in many cases. AGAIN, only the Seals/Trumpets and Vials never overlap, everything else does.
God Bless
