The woman is in partnership with the political system of the Beast; the religious system she represents dominates the Antichrist. Power politics and power religion commit themselves to each other, but only for a time. Like many partnerships, one member of the team wants to buy out—or push out—the other. RICH AND INTOXICATED WOMAN This powerful prostitute has so much influence that her intoxicating wiles are practiced throughout the world. Revelation says that she influences “peoples, multitudes, nations