“With her the kings of the earth committed adultery, and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries.”
Revelation 17:2 (NIV)
Here in Revelation 17 just as in Isaiah 23 we have a different spiritual meaning for the term prostitute, then what appears in Leviticus 17 and in Hosea 4. The spiritual meaning of the great prostitute is revealed in the last verse of Revelation 17; “The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”. When we ask the question what city rules the kings of the earth, we come up with different answers depending on the historical period in which the prophecy took place. In Isaiah’s day that city was Tyre, in John’s day that city was Rome, and in our day that city is “________”? These individual cities are the centres of commerce and trade for the world, their currency is recognized as a world-wide currency, which is how they exert rule. The method by which these specific cities rule over the world point towards the spiritual city that exercises rule over the governments of the earth, which is what the Bible calls Mammon or Money.
It is money that makes the world go round!
If you want to know why some world event took place- follow the money.
Don’t be so cynical you say, things happen around the world because mankind desires freedom and so kings rise and fall- NO WAY! Actually, things happen around the world because of our desire for money and all the good things money brings. Even freedom fighters are fighting for the chance to earn a living and live unconstrained by the rich who oppress them. Money is the currency of the marketplace, and the marketplace is the prostitute that corrupts all kings and intoxicates all people. Our Lord warned us about loving and serving Money. The apostle Paul warns us of the dangers of seeking wealth and yet wealth is what brings quality of life to us. Without wealth Canada would not have the healthcare it has. Each of us in the 1st world live exponentially better than those in the 2nd and 3rd worlds, because of Money. As we see what Money brings us, we have the temptation to trust Money instead of God. We obey the rules of Money instead of the rules of God and so the great Prostitute leads us astray.
Will we heed the warnings of Scripture - or are we doomed to follow the rest of mankind into destruction?
Will we as Christians love God more than Money or will we continue to hamstring ourselves as churches by couching the Gospel Message because of our fear of losing our charitable status?
Will we serve God or will we serve Money, and become unfaithful to our Lord by becoming intimate with the great Prostitute?
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