The Grand Theme of the Bible -Chapter Two

Selfish Commercial Traffickers 

Closely allied to political leaders, there came into view dishonest traffickers in material goods. Records unearthed in the ruins of ancient Babylon show that business transactions exploiting the unfortunate circumstances of fellow humans  were very much in vogue back there.  The world's merchants have continue to work for selfish profit down to this present day, when in many lands a few have become very rich while the majority of the population languishes in poverty.  In this 20th-century industrial age, the merchants and manufacturers have made great gain by supplying the political powers with stockpiles of devilish military weapons of destruction, including the nuclear arsenals that now threatens mankind with annihilation.   Such greedy business magnates and other of their kind must be included with the "military commanders" and "strong men" as belonging to Satan's wicked seed. They are all part of the earthly organization that God and Christ judge as deserving of execution. -Revelation 19:18. 

To corrupt politics and greedy commercialism there must be added  a third element of human society there merits God's adverse judgment. What is that? You may be surprised by what Revelation says about this well-known global structure. 

Next time: The Grand Theme of the Bible-Chapter Two -Babylon the Great

From the book of Revelation