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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It 199
Part III
Babylon Is The Most Prosperous
Nation On Earth
…the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her
delicacies…. she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously.
Revelation 18:3 and 7
Babylon is a nation that lives in luxury when compared to the rest of the world and
because of the desire of those living in Babylon for luxury, the merchants of the earth are made
rich. The New Living Translation states: the “merchants throughout the world have grown rich as
a result of her luxurious living….She has lived in luxury and pleasure.”
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The New American
Bible says: “the merchants of the earth grew rich from her drive for luxury.”
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In this section America’s wealth and imports will be compared to God’s description of
Babylon and Babylon’s imports. God describes Babylon as a consumer nation that imports and
consumes the manufactured goods and commodities of the world. It is also described as being a
consumer of slaves and souls of men. Revelation 18:12-13 gives us the list of imports we’ll be
examining. These include: “…gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen,
and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all
manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, And cinnamon, and
odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts,
and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.” (Revelation 18:11-13)
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Holy Bible : New Living Translation. 1997 (Re 18:3 & 7). Tyndale House: Wheaton, Ill.
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Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. Board of Trustees. 1996, c1986. The New American Bible : Translated from
the original languages with critical use of all the ancient sources and the revised New Testament (Re 18:3).
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine.
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