Verse 10:  They will be afraid of her suffering and stand far away and say:  “Terrible!  How terrible for you, great city, powerful city of Babylon, because your punishment has come in one hour!”  God’s name for any wicked city is Babylon.  Even when Jerusalem would turn against God, God would call her Babylon.

Verse 11:  “And the merchants of the earth will cry and be sad about her, because now there is no one to buy their cargoes…”  Now if this Babylon was the Catholic Church, as some believe, this verse wouldn’t even make sense.  Would the merchants cry over the Catholic Church going bankrupt?  I doubt it.  But this verse means even the people in China will weep over this one.  Because when the economy breaks down, no one will buy Chinese goods!  No one will buy anything because the system won’t work.

So, what is this harlot about?  What is all this about?

Verse 12:  “….cargoes of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, red cloth; all kinds of citron wood, all kinds of things made from ivory, expensive wood, bronze, iron, and marble;”

How do we buy gold?  We buy it on the stock market.  Doesn’t the gold go up and down?  You buy silver on the stock market.  The price of silver goes up and down constantly.  So… this is everything, jewelry, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth (that means expensive threads), and where is the garment district?  Where is the diamond district?  They’re in New York City!

Verse 13:  “…cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses, carriages, slaves, and human lives.”

How could all of that be in one spot?  It’s the stock market – it’s the basis of everything of wealth, everything there is.  That’s the center of commerce.

Verse 14:  “The merchants will say, “Babylon, the good things you wanted are gone from you.  All your rich and fancy things have disappeared.  You will never have them again.”

This is the end of the era.  This is the end of the run of man’s arrogance and pride.

Verse 15,16,17,18,19,20:  “The merchants who became rich from selling to her will be afraid of her suffering and will stand far away.  They will cry and be sad and say:  “Terrible!  How terrible for the great city!  She was dressed in fine linen, purple and red cloth, and she was shining with gold, precious jewels, and pearls! All these riches have been destroyed in one hour!  Every sea captain, every passenger, the sailors, and all those who earn their living from the sea stood far away from Babylon.  As they say the smoke from her burning, they cried out loudly, “There was never a city like this great city! And they threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and being sad.  The said: “Terrible!  How terrible for the great city!  All the people who had ships on the sea became rich because of her wealth!  But she has been destroyed in one hour! Be happy because of this, heaven!  Be happy, God’s holy people and apostles and prophets!  God has punished her because of what she did to you.”

All the shipping – you have no idea – between China and the United States right now, there’s hardly a thing that isn’t made in China.  Most of the Bibles are now printed in China.

These things are going to happen and what does God tell us?  The Bible is the last day manual and you better find out what the Revelation says because it’s what we are to do in the last days.  She’s destroyed in one hour – so what are we to do?  Be happy!

And He says for the apostles and prophets to be happy!  If he’s addressing apostles and prophets in the last days, I guess there ought to be some apostles and prophets around!  The church threw prophets out of their vocabulary a long time ago.  Rick Joyner is probably one of the most controversial men on the face of this earth, yet he goes to high places, he’s invited into universities, he goes to the leaders of the world, and he’s not afraid.

(to be continued)