• Revelation—What It Means for God’s Enemies
    The Watchtower (Study)—2022 | May
    • A prostitute sitting on top of a scarlet-colored wild beast that has seven heads and ten horns. The beast ends up in the lake of fire.

      A SCARLET-COLORED WILD BEAST

      It is being ridden by a prostitute, Babylon the Great. The beast is described as an eighth king. (Rev. 17:3-6, 8, 11) At first the prostitute controls the wild beast, but later she is destroyed by it. The prostitute represents the world empire of false religion. The beast today represents the United Nations, which promotes the interests of the worldwide political system (See paragraphs 10, 14-17)

      10. What does “the image of the wild beast” represent? (Revelation 13:14, 15; 17:3, 8, 11)

      10 Next we see another wild beast. This one looks almost the same as the seven-headed wild beast with the exception that it is scarlet-colored. It is called “the image of the wild beast” and is described as “an eighth king.”c (Read Revelation 13:14, 15; 17:3, 8, 11.) This “king” is spoken of as coming into existence, then going out of existence, and later reappearing. How well this description fits the United Nations organization, which promotes the interests of the worldwide political system! It existed first as the League of Nations. Then it went out of existence during World War II. It later emerged again in its present-day form.