They Mourn for Her
Revelation 18:9-10
9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, 10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
The kings of the earth never committed literal fornication with a religions system. It was a spiritual adulterous union that was conceived for the benefit of the ruling class. Their objective was to control the people through empires and governments. They mourn, because they have lost wealth and power, but mostly control over the people.
The kings are not the only ones mourning, Revelation 18:11.
11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
The merchants of the earth mourn. These are those of the religious systems that sold spiritual wares. People bought into this ideology both with their souls and money. For many, they could not wait to give tithes and allegiance to the merchants of the Great Whore. Worst of all, they invest their time into something that resulted in little spiritual fruits. So many were fooled by their rhetoric, because they never took the time to study the Bible. The kingdom of God was not central to their lives. It was their own lives that mattered most to them.
The kings and merchants of the earth will experience a change. As they see Babylon go up in smoke, all will be changing. Isaiah wrote of this 2800 years ago, Isaiah 24:1.
1 Behold, Yehovah maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
It is unfortunate, that few realize what is happening. God has been turning the world upside down, since the First Century, Acts 17:6.
6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
The heathens of the First Century understood what was happening. Today, the only place where the world is right side up is in the kingdom. When Yeshua returns it will turn right side up in the twinkling of an eye.
As for the kings and merchants, they will lose control and power over the people. As for the believers, God warned in Isaiah 24:3-6.
3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for Yehovah hath spoken this word. 4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. 5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
From the beginning, the curse was in the ground. Eventually, God will lift it and the entire world will rotate back to its original position.
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