I searched for Revelations verses on capitalism out of morbid curiosity and wound up with:
After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor. 2 With a mighty voice he shouted:
“‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’
She has become a dwelling for demons
and a haunt for every impure spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.
3 For all the nations have drunk
the maddening wine of her adulteries.
The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,
and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries.”
4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say:
“‘Come out of her, my people,’
so that you will not share in her sins,
so that you will not receive any of her plagues;
5 for her sins are piled up to heaven,
and God has remembered her crimes.
— Revelations 18:1-5 NIV
If you could convince me this is the US they’re talking about, maybe I’ll buy this Bible stuff again
John was using Babylon as a metaphor for Rome, so it isn’t a stretch to apply it to contemporary standards of imperial dominance over God’s people. Woe to the city of America!
I searched for Revelations verses on capitalism out of morbid curiosity and wound up with:
— Revelations 18:1-5 NIV
If you could convince me this is the US they’re talking about, maybe I’ll buy this Bible stuff again
John was using Babylon as a metaphor for Rome, so it isn’t a stretch to apply it to contemporary standards of imperial dominance over God’s people. Woe to the city of America!