Clothed In Scarlet

Q

I have a friend who has begun the study of Revelation with her husband and she asked if I had any material to help them understand it better. I printed out your complete study on the book. It’s the best that I have read.

As a result of my friends interest it has prompted me to “re-study” it and I do have a question concerning Chapter 17 where the woman on the beast is revealed, it says the beast was scarlet. What is the implication of it being this color?

A

Along with purple and blue, scarlet is often associated with royalty, whether legitimate as in Exodus 25:4; 28:15; 36:37; etc or mockingly as in Rev. 17.

It can also be symbolic of sin as in Isaiah 1:18. I think the latter 2 apply to both the scarlet beast, and to the woman clothed in scarlet.