Mystery, Babylon The Great (2005) - Escape Babylon's Demons

CHAPTER 4
What is meant by the superpower’s fornication?
Revelation 17:2 tells us that the inhabitants of the earth “have been made drunk”
with the wine of the superpower’s fornication.
With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have
been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
The words “have been made drunk“ (εμεθυσθησαν 3184) literally mean to get drunk.
Revelation 18:3 uses the word wrath (thumos) to describe the wine of the wrath of her
fornication that all nations have drunk.
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 the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the
abundance of her delicacies. (Revelation 18:3)
Metaphorically, wrath or thumos speaks of shedding blood or murdering profusely.
Thumos refers to fierceness and indignant anger that boils up and quickly subsides.
In other words, the superpower, like the U.S., is quick to use military power to
accomplish financial goals. Is this true of the U.S. today? Certainly. Listen to the
words of her 43 rd President:
“The concept of “free trade” arose as a moral principle even before it became a pillar of economics.
If you can make something that others value, you should be able to sell it to them. If others make
something that you value, you should be able to buy it. This is real freedom, the freedom for a
person—or a nation—to make a living. To promote free trade, the Unites States has developed a
comprehensive strategy:…”
“The unparalleled strength of the United States armed forces, and their forward presence, ha ve
maintained the peace in some of the world’s most strategically vital regions. Through our willingness
to use force in our own defense and in defense of others, the United States demonstrates its resolve
to maintain a balance of power that favors freedom.
Trade and investment are the real engines of economic growth. Even if government aid increases,
most money for development must come from trade, domestic capital, and foreign investment. An
effective strategy must try to expand these flows as well. Free markets and free trade are key
priorities of our national security strategy.”
(U.S. President G.W. Bush 9/17/2004 published excerpts from “The National Security Strategy of
the United States of America September 2002”)
Fornication literally means to prostitute one’s body to the lust of another or to give
one’s self to unlawful sexual intercourse. The type of language used in this context,
however, isn’t literal. The language being used here is metaphor or implied