Revelation 17:4-5

4 The woman was robed in purple and scarlet and bedecked with gold, precious stones, and pearls, [and she was] holding in her hand a golden cup full of the accursed offenses and the filth of her lewdness and vice.

Worldliness possesses great wealth and looks very attractive. Look at the wealth of the Roman Catholic church, the woman who sits on the seven hills. Look at the wealth of many of the mega churches, the daughters of the harlot, in the world today. They claim to be rich, but instead they are naked and in actuality possess nothing. Remember what Jesus told the church of Laodicea? All of this wealth is an offense to our Father, because it is placed above our Him. It causes men to lie, to cheat one another, and to kill one another. The deceitfulness of riches and the cares of this world choke out the production of righteous fruit, Matthew 13:22! Worldliness dominates the thoughts and hearts of all who join with it, 1 Timothy 6:10. The precious stones, pearls, and gold are praised and they are morned. Wealth is written about every day in every language. Every nation cares about these worldly things and they fear what these things can do to them if they are not cherished and stimulated. There is no other force in this world that effects every nation and every leader like worldly possessions and look at how the harlot and her children are gathering them! 

5 And on her forehead there was inscribed a name of mystery [with a secret symbolic meaning]: Babylon the great, the mother of prostitutes (idolatresses) and of the filth and atrocities and abominations of the earth.

The worlds economic system, its money and power have corrupted so many and Babylon, which is another name for the world system, has caused all kinds of blasphemous things to occur throughout the centuries. People and rulers join right in with it to find favor and grace. Babylon even has a form of godliness, just enough to tickle the ears, but it is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, seeking whom it may devour! If you doubt that it does have a form of godliness, just look at how it claims to help those in need, but it is blasphemous and it denies the true power of our Father. The love of money is the root of all of this evil. And the Catholic Church and all of the other fake religions in this world love money! Babylon, which is the worlds economy, the love of money, the root of all evil is written on the harlots forehead, it is what she is all about, the love of money encompasses her every thought. It will be plain for the children of God to see her and her followers during the last days.