A Woman Rides the Beast: The Roman Catholic Church and the Last Days [Paperback]

Dave Hunt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 15, 1994

Are you missing half the story about the last days? Virtually all attention these days is focused on the coming Antichrist—but he is only half the story. Many people are amazed to discover in Revelation 17 that there is also another mysterious character at the heart of prophecy—a woman who rides the beast.

Who is this woman? Tradition says she is connected with the church of Rome. But isn’t such a view outdated? After all, today’s Vatican is eager to join hands with Protestants worldwide. “The Catholic church has changed” is what we hear.

Or has it? In A Woman Rides the Beast, prophecy expert Dave Hunt sifts through biblical truth and global events to present a well-defined portrait of the woman and her powerful place in the Antichrist’s future empire. Eight remarkable clues in Revelation 17 and 18 prove the woman’s identity beyond any reasonable doubt.

A provocative account of what the Bible tells us is to come.

Product Details

• Paperback: 544 pages
• Publisher: Harvest House Publishers (August 15, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565071999
• ISBN-13: 978-1565071995
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (183 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,105 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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69 of 95 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Think About It!, July 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: A Woman Rides the Beast: The Roman Catholic Church and the Last Days (Paperback)

Dave Hunt has done a servicable job of presenting his view that the "Woman" of Revelations is the catholic church and her hierarchy in Rome. Had he not tried to be as inclusive of counterarguments and had written more succintly only on the major chapter headings,the book would have had more cohesiveness. Catholics will be so threatened by the assault on their belief systems that they will "trash" this book without exploring the validity of its main points. As an ex-catholic who spent years learning catholic doctrine but who came to know God and the grace of Jesus as my personal savior only after reading the Bible, the antitheses of catholic doctrine and Biblical Word as presented in the book are both accurate and undeniable. I cannot attest to every reference but can attest to the accuracy of the main points presented when Biblical word and catholic doctrine are opposed and compared. Those who would be so threatened as not to contrast the two from as neutral and nonpersonal a point as possible would miss the benefit of the arguments put forth in the text. A difficult but enlightening read for the Christian non-catholic and a distressing but possibly life changing read for the catholic who can objectively and undefensively read the text and concommitantly read a copy of the Bible. (I recommend The New Living Version for modern syntax but original Biblical accuracy and intent.) The text contrasts faith in God through Biblical understanding and acceptance of Jesus as a personal savior, the faith of a protestant, and catholic faith, faith as good works,indulgences and purgatory mediated through Mary and administered by the church in Rome and its designees. It unearths the core differences between catholic and protestant religions, including the reliance on the Bible as basis of religion for the protestant versus the reliance on the institution of the catholic church for the catholic. A church, which the text contends, purposefully kept the Bible from the hands of its members and made its members feel unworthy and ill-advised to read themselves. The book may, for the first time, make the typical catholic by birth aware of and questioning of the unbiblical principles and practices of the religious institution of the catholic church.

61 of 84 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent History Book of the Roman Catholic Church, May 18, 2002

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Pastor Roger "Roger R." (Chicago, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Woman Rides the Beast: The Roman Catholic Church and the Last Days (Paperback)

During the summer of 1998, I read this book while on a missionary trip down in Haiti. At that time, I was a Catholic and had been for over 3 years. Mind you, I wasn't born and raised Catholic. However, I wish I'd read this book before I'd converted to Catholicism.
This book covers much of the dark History of the Roman Catholic Church. Many people out there disagree with its contents. However, if you look at teh footnotes, you'll find that David Hunt used many sources, among them national files from countries around the world where the Catholic Church has had a strong presence. Now, if Catholics wanted to, they could try and prove David Hunt wrong and open the Catholic files in Rome for all to see. Are you surprised as to why they haven't? I'm not.
For Protestants, this book is good because David Hunt also exposes the doctrines that divid Protestants & Catholics. I was ignorant of many Protestant & Catholic beliefs until I read this book. In doing so, it forced me to dig deeper into my Bible to find out what the truth really was. This book helped me in leaving the Catholic Church and has helped me to embrace my evangelical roots. This, in turn, eventually drew me closer to Christ. I'd recommend this book to all Protestants, Catholics, and those that are thinking about becoming Catholic.
One lat suggestion-before you rread this book, open your Bible and read Revelation Chapters 17 & 18. Keep that spot marked as you read this book. Trust me, you'll make some startling discoveries!

37 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book despite the inevitable attacks against it, January 14, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: A Woman Rides the Beast: The Roman Catholic Church and the Last Days (Paperback)

This is a well written and well researched book. However, a book of this nature will naturally attract vehement and vitriolic attacks against it by catholic apologists. I noted all of the reviews here that attacked this book and these were all very emotional (and understandable from a Catholic point of view), but I see no one refuting his sources. In fact, Mr Hunt takes pains to use Catholic historians (such as de Rosa, Keating, Kung, etc) as a vast majority of his sources.

All of the historical information presented in this book are a matter of plain public record and his footnotes and references are exhaustive. For example, the Crusades and the inquisition happened. Thousands of books have been written on this subject. We're still living with this legacy in many parts of this world. It may no longer be politically correct to talk about it, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen.

I'm thankful to Mr Hunt that he had the courage to write a book that he knew would bring a plethora of attacks on himself. I'm also thankful that he was diligent enough with his references so that his readers could verify his information on their own.

'Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?' (Galatians 4:16)