The Grand Theme of the Bible -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 is vogue back there.  The world's merchants have continued 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 industrious age, the merchants and manufacturers have made great gain by supplying the political powers  with stockpiles of devilish military weapons of destruction, including the weapons of mass destruction that are now a great cause for  "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 that merits God's adverse judgment. What is that? You may be surprised by what Revelations says about this  well-known global structure.

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

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