The Beast and the Harlot

I was listening to the news this morning (6/3/2011). They were discussing why our country is going down the drain. Our schools are turning out less educated kids and our country's financial system seems to be tumbling into another recession or maybe a depression. They are looking at what we have to do to make our country great again.

The truth is, they don't have a clue why the world seems to be falling apart. Almost no one is recognizing that we have lost our love for God and have thrown Him, His truth, and His morals under the bus for our own personal gains.

It is the "Beast and Harlot" story all over again. The human nature of people never changes and they keep being blind to their own selfishness and greed. They don't learn from the past, so they end up being fooled by their own human reasoning into do the same foolish mistakes again.

Rev 17:8 - The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and will come up out of the Abyss and go to his destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast , because he once was, now is not, and yet will come. NIV

This has happened before and it is happening again. We have turned materialism and money into a beast, so that mankind can prosper and the ones enjoying and riding this beast of materialism and money is the harlot. The beast is the worldly materialism and money that almost everyone has given their life to acquire. The harlot/woman/prostitute riding the beast represents Babylon.

Babylon is happening all over again because people have turned from loving God to loving money and things. This time around the harlot or woman riding this beast is the United States. We once were a God fearing and God loving country, but have turned our love over to another and committed adultery against God.

The love of the people of this once God fearing country has now grown cold. We have removed ourselves so far away from God that most in the United States don't have a clue of why the blessings of this country are disappearing. Not only that, but we have gotten a lot of the world to commit adultery with us. Almost every nation in the world wants to have the life that the Americans have, while at the same time they are jealous of the United States and want to tear us down and take our riches away from us. Our love of money and materialism has spread through out the world.

Rev 17:15-18 - Then the angel said to me, "The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages. The beast and the ten horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. For God has put it into their hearts to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to give the beast their power to rule, until God's words are fulfilled. The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth." NIV

Babylon has risen again, and it will also fall again. We are the Babylon this time; as a nation we have turned our love to money and things, and far away from God. But be assured God's plan is right on track.

Isa 1:21-27 - See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness used to dwell in her — but now murderers! Your silver has become dross, your choice wine is diluted with water. Your rulers are rebels, companions of thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the cause of the fatherless; the widow's case does not come before them. Therefore the Lord, the Lord Almighty, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: "Ah, I will get relief from my foes and avenge myself on my enemies. I will turn my hand against you; I will thoroughly purge away your dross and remove all your impurities. I will restore your judges as in days of old, your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City." NIV

Now, whether this is the last Babylon time, or it will happen again before the very end is up to God’s timing. But woe to the inhabitance of Babylon.

Blessings,
Michael