Chapter Thirty-Five/Executing Babylon the Great

 IN FURTHER describing the scarlet-colored wild beast of Revelation 17:3, the angel tells John: "Here is where the intelligence that has wisdom comes in: The seven heads mean mountains, where the woman sits on top. And there are seven kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet arrived, but when he does arrive he must remain a short while. (Revelation 17:9, 10) The angel is here conveying wisdom fr0m above, the only wisdom that can give understanding of the symbols in Revelation. (James 3:17) This wisdom enlightens the John class and its companions as the seriousness of the time in which we live. It builds in devoted hearts appreciation of Jehovah's judgments, now about to be carried out, and inculcates a healthy fear of Jehovah. As Provers 9:10 states: "The fear of Jehovah is the start of wisdom, and the knowledge  of the Most Holy One is what understanding is." What does divine wisdom reveal to about the wild beast?

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