Babylon and The Beast

Revelation Chapter 17 tells us about the decisive judgement of God as he brings to an end not only the evil system that is at work in the world, but also the spiritual forces of darkness which inspire that same evil. Its as if God is showing John (and us through him) the true extent of that evil and how it manifests itself in the world, not that Christians would be scared, but that we would be forewarned and forearmed as we live for Christ in these last days.