Revelation 17:18

¹⁸ And the woman that you saw is herself the great city which dominates and controls the rulers and the leaders of the earth.

• Only one earthly thing controls every worldly leader and it is money! Leaders need money to rule their kingdoms. Even if they are dictators, they need money to keep an army to control the people. As soon as the money is gone, so is their rule. 
• There is not one church that dominates and controls every leader. There is not one faith, or one person, but money and the love of it does control all leaders.
• The kings of the earth took their stand in array [for attack] and the rulers were assembled and combined together against the Lord and against His Anointed (Christ, the Messiah).For in this city there actually met and plotted together against Your holy Child and Servant Jesus, Whom You consecrated by anointing, both Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and peoples of Israel, To carry out all that Your hand and Your will and purpose had predestined (predetermined) should occur. Acts 4:26-28
• The Rulers came against Jesus out of fear of the loss of money and control and we are now His body, so they will come after us. Because most leaders love the Harlot more then the Truth that will set them free.
• The worldly leaders came after Paul because they loved the Harlot more then our Father. 
• But as time went on, there arose no little disturbance concerning the Way [of the Lord]. For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of [the goddess] Artemis [Diana], brought no small income to his craftsmen. These he called together, along with the workmen of similar trades, and said, Men, you are acquainted with the facts and understand that from this business we derive our wealth and livelihood. Acts 19:23-25
• These two examples of scripture show us that money will drive people to attack the children of God. Neither of these places were poor, they were both prosperous, just as the end times will be.