Her traders robbed the whole earth blind,
and by black-magic arts deceived the nations.
The only thing left of Babylon is blood—
the blood of saints and prophets,
the murdered and the martyred.
This is the last portion of the chapter. I pulled it because this portion strikes me as if it could be written about our western culture. The entire chapter talks about the wealthy and the unworthy. Those who are blessed and don't give the praise back to God.
This is something that I spend mind-time thinking about. Obviously, I'm very blessed by God...WAY more than I deserve. I often wonder if God regrets that blessing of me, or does he look and say I'm a good reflection of him in that blessing? Kind of a different take from this. But, I think we need to learn the lesson of Babylon (Rome), and not make the same mistake again.
tp
14 “They will say, ‘The fruit you longed for is gone from you. All your luxury and splendor have vanished, never to be recovered.’
ReplyDeletemaybe this aligns with what you were talking about too. I took this like the saying you can't take it with you. The stuff we accumulate here on earth just doesn't matter. Maybe more importantly like you were saying, if God does bless you here on earth with wealth how do you use it to further his Kingdom?
knut