Unholy Alliance

“For ALL nations have drunk of the WINE OF THE WRATH OF HER FORNICATION, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.” Revelation 18:3

The scripture above defines the relationship which exist between Kings (political leaders) and merchants (economic leaders) as an unholy (apart from God) alliance with the Queen of Babylon, in the sense that the god of this world holds sway over their decisions and choices, see 1 John 5:19 & Revelation 12:9.

Some people like to think their brick and mortar organizations hold some type of spiritual connection with God. Only human beings have been given dominion over the works of God’s hands. You are either aligned with God or the devil. There is no middle ground.

The scriptures use terms like sanctified or sealed to describe people covenanted with God in accomplishing his plans, see 2 Corinthians 1:22; Hebrews 2:11 & 10:14

God speaking to the Queen of Babylon

“… for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of the saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.” Revelation 18:23c

We are told that the Queen of Babylon has a cup in her hand which contains the blood of saints and martyrs of Jesus. This text describes her as being drunk off the blood of the saints.

Revelation 18:24, says ‘In her was found the blood of prophets, saints and ALL that were slain upon the earth’

This image of a drunken woman riding on the back of a beast, is responsible for all the human blood that has been shed from Abel down to this day.

Her merchants are ‘the great men of the earth.’ The merchants became rich through her trafficking activities. Get this, she is the mother of all whoredom and all abominations of the earth.

The Queen of Babylon is described as a city-government in Revelation 17:18. It is not a human government or any particular seat of power but a spiritual government that sits on top of a natural physical government ruling through those who are submitted to its will.

In Luke 11:18, Jesus described Satan as having a kingdom with subjects who work to advance his agenda.

The Queen of Babylon is the physical face of the kingdom of darkness. She represents Satan’s influence over the political, religious and economic realms of humanity.

“For thy merchants are the great men of the earth…”

“For by thy sorceries were ALL NATIONS DECEIVED…”

What were the great merchants doing?

The word, “sorceries” as used in Revelation 18:23 according to The Bible with Strongs #G5331, is defined as “pharmakeia” of which the english version is “pharmacy”. The word, “sorceries” also means medication, witchcraft, and magic.

According to Revelation 18:23, the Queen of Babylon deceived the nations with sorceries i.e, medication 💊 drugs, with a pharmacy of drugs. These drugs were administered by the kings and the merchants, the great men of the earth through schemes.

For example, back in 2008, the Great Recession also known as ‘The Subprime Mortgage Crisis’ wreck financial devastation all over the world. There was an overwhelming marketing of debt to people who could afford to repay loans. People borrowed to buy houses they couldn’t afford, refinanced mortgages, for home improvement projects, business loans, car loans, student loans, HELOC, etc…

When people began to default on their loans; big businesses and banks fell like dominoes. The government had to bailed them out of financial ruin. You would think people learned from their mistakes.

After 2008, there was even a greater maddening rush to market debt to people, to borrow again and spend for things they couldn’t afford: Student loans

Now we are heading in a direction of perhaps one of the greatest bailouts in the history of the United States, its called student loan forgiveness. That debt will simply be passed on to other people. People who had no choice in the decision to borrow. Who stands to profit? Some say, people with low credit scores. Does forgiving debt put people back into a position to borrow more money?

According to Google, “Those who benefited most from the 2008 financial crisis.”

You will find, rich people benefited the most from the 2008 market melt down.

The simple truth is, if people never learn from their error, they will keep on making the same mistakes.

There is coming a judgment in which great wealth will vanish in a moment. The great men of the earth, the merchants and kings will wail, and there will be much weeping. See Revelation 18:14-19; James 5:1-3

The kingdom of darkness, Babylon the Great, is going to be judged. The kingdom of darkness is going receive double destruction. All wealth connected to the kingdom of darkness is going to come to nothing in a moment, Revelation 18:17. There will be great loss and suffering.

Just before this judgment, God calls his people to come out of her (Revelation 18:4).

This is the season, the time to learn what the true treasures of the kingdom of God is about. The simplest way to understand what the treasures are, is by seeking the kingdom of God and his righteousness. Jesus warned us not to store treasures on the earth but invest them in the kingdom of God.

Get your Seed into God’s hands.

Grace and peace!