REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Thirty Six - The Traveling Merchants

 Who are "the traveling merchants of the earth?  No doubt we would today call them traders, commercial giants, wheeler-dealers of big business. This is not to say that it is wrong to engage in legitimate business. The Bible provides wise counsel for business people, warning against dishonesty, greed, and the like.  (Proverbs 11:1; Zechariah 7:9, 10; James 5:1-5) The greater gain is "godly devotion along with self-sufficiency." (1 Timothy6:6, 17-19)  However, Satan's world does not follow righteous principles. Corruption abounds. It is to be found in religion, in politics-and in big business.  From time to time the news media exposes  scandals, such as embezzelment by high government of officials and illegal trafficking in arms.

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