15 And [the angel further] said to me, The waters that you observed, where the harlot is seated, are races and multitudes and nations and dialects (languages).
The worlds economic system, which is the harlot, encompasses every nation of the world. Only money, in whatever form, and the love it encompasses every nation, language, and race.
16 And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will [be the very ones to] hate the harlot (the idolatrous woman); they will make her cheerless (bereaved, desolate), and they will strip her and eat up her flesh and utterly consume her with fire.
The anti-christ and the ten rulers, have no love for the people. They love themselves and their actions and plans only bring grief to those who join in. The ten leaders are jealous and they also want control, so they hate the woman, they hate free trade and commerce and the power that it brings. Remember that we studied in Revelation 16:10, that the anti-christ’s kingdom was plunged into darkness. The anti-christ is a terrible leader. Remember that the Four Horseman have taken peace from the world, which means that they have also taken peace away from anti-christ. The ones who take the mark of the beasts are sick, hungry, scared, and tormented night and day, there can be no real peace amongst them.
These ten kings will hate anything that threatens their own glory and power. They will hate commerce because it allows people to have power and they want it all, these rulers will be true socialist. These leaders will have probably believed that they were going to use the anti-christ, and he ends up using them, and they are angry about it. In their anger they will strip free commerce and trade apart, there will be no free market, commerce will be totally destroyed. Just look at a country today that has the government totally controlling the economic system and you will see the destruction that is coming. Whenever a dictator is in control, there is war, poverty, and disease.
Remember here though, that the Holy Ghost is using the saints to preach to every nation and He is using us with great power to do it. The lost are freely joining in with the anti-christ, even after hearing and seeing what our Father is doing through His chosen ones!
The ten kings and the anti-christ want total and complete control and the lost want them to have it. The lost will be following blindly a group of leaders who have absolutely no love for them and who want to enslave them. Sound like governments today? Sound like people today? Just look at America today in 2012, and see how the masses want the government to do everything for them. Look at the leaders and see how they seek their own glory and power. Today we are not in all of that much trouble. Just think how people will react when the Four Horsemen have been released, when the Abyss has been opened, and when the Seven Seals, Trumpets, Bowls and Plagues have been released! They will want these leaders to take complete care of them. They will listen to these leaders words and they will be blinded to the results of their actions. It will all happen so fast too, no one will be able to think about what is happening. Excessive laws and regulations will be rammed down peoples throats. Freedom will be taken away in the twinkling of an eye.
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