ISSUE 210 NOVEMBER 25TH 2009

Prophetic Brief
Insight and Analysis for the 21st Century

An Analysis of the Financial Crisis in the United States - 15

Babylon’s Merchants are the World’s Great Men
Revelation 18:3 the nations were led astray. 24 In
The Afghanistan For all the nations have drunk the her was found the blood of prophets
Briefs maddening wine of her adulteries.
e kings of the earth committed
and of the saints, and of all who
have been killed on the
adultery with her, and the earth." (NIV)
merchants of the earth grew rich
om her excessive luxuries." (NIV) In the competition for influence and highest
rank between the leaders of nations and
We are told specifically that all the nations merchants, the merchants are the ones with
have drunk of the maddening wine of the primary place. Merchants here is the
Babylon’s adulteries, and that the kings of the
earth were complicit in allow the merchants
of the earth growing rich from Babylon. In v
Afghanistan continues to be in the 19 Babylon is described as a system which
news with new troops, a renewed had ships on the sea which became rich
push against the Taliban and thr o u g h h e r w e a l th , i n d i c a ti n g a
increased deaths. The month of July transnational system of manufacturing,
buying and selling in which people in diverse
has seen the highest death toll of nations buy goods from far off. e language
Amer ican soldier s since the used indicates this system is global – all the
beginning of the war in 2001, and nations…kings of the earth…merchants of the
the total may increase still more earth…ships on the sea, etc. indicating that it
before the month is out. is a global system which involves both
political processes and economic realities.
  word emporos, the word means a person on a
In a series of short video briefings, e dominant factor that drives the global
journey. e implication is of a passenger on
S c o t t We b s t e r a d d r e s s e s a ship going to conduct commerce, and the
financial system is the promise of new and
word was transliterated into the English
Afghanistan from the perspective of bigger markets – commonly called profit. In
word emporium – which was used
the Word of God. Included in the spite of the global financial crisis, China
historically in the U.S. to denote a large
video sessions are: overtook the United States as the world’s
retail store selling a large variety of articles.
largest auto market and the carmakers which
  are struggling in the United States are
Emporium means a marketplace or a bazaar
1. Why Be Aware opening new manufacturing plants in China
and that is true to the Greek meaning of the
word.
2. The Formative Process as fast as they can. To reprise the old saying
3. U.S. Involvement and apply it to the global reality: cash is
e same word was used to describe how the
4. Key Players king. e quest for profit and market share is
moneychangers had corrupted the House of
the dominant driver of human behavior –
5. What Does the Future Hold God when Jesus drove them out of the
the merchants are the world’s great men.
6. Kingdom Insights temple and declared to those who sold doves
  how dare you turn my Father’s house into a
e Primacy of Economics / market (emporeeon) ( John 2:16). e ethic
Visit scottwebsterministries.org,
Merchants are the World’s that drives Babylon – lust for riches – also
where these videos will be available drives portion of the church, indicating that
for viewing soon. Great Men the materialistically minded and carnal
Revelation 18:23 church is simply a subset of Babylon. ey
Your merchants were the world's speak in tongues and prophesy but their real
great men. By your magic spell all quest is for cash and the carnal power and

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Revelation 18:23
23 Your merchants were
the world's great men. By
your magic spell all the
nations were led astray.
24 In her was found the
blood of prophets and of
the saints, and of all who
have been killed on the
earth." (NIV)

influence it brings. Peter referred to these 1) Private business attracts the best talent.
church leaders when he said in their greed Because leaders in the business sector are
these teachers will exploit (emporeuomai) you hig hly paid the field attracts a The word “great” is the Greek
with stories they have made up (2 Peter 2:3). disproportionate share of the best talent, word megistanes , whic h
ese leaders don’t have an authentic oen making them more competent than
personal process because they are not on a their government overseers. Wall Street and means a person of
migratory journey towards Christ-likeness, investment banking draws the best talent particularly great importance
and they merchandise the anointing and because of the lucrative rewards, and
anything else they can get people to give government salaries can never compete with and high status. You can see
them money for. the bonuses and perks of compensation in that the core part of the word
the private sector. erefore whatever
e word “great” is the Greek word legislation is passed to limit risk in global is mega, where we get the
megistanes, which means a person of finance will be outmaneuvered with multiple word very large or abundant.
particularly great importance and high loopholes by brilliant financial strategists
status. You can see that the core part of the who are intent on increasing profits, which Their ability in commerce and
word is mega, where we get the word very is exactly what happened when JP Morgan finance makes them great,
large or abundant. eir ability in commerce invented the Credit Default Swap or the
and finance makes them great, even in CDS. e CDS market allowed billions of even in comparison to the
comparison to the leaders of nations because dollars of risky investments to be made leaders of nations because it
it is the merchants which lead the nations without scrutiny or oversight, it shied the
astray by their magic spell or what the King risk of investment to a third party that is the merchants which lead
James calls sorcery. e Greek word for “insured” the debt but the insurer was not the nations astray by their
sorcery is pharmekia, and we see from the required to have reserves to pay off the bad
word that it also was transliterated into the debt if it was defaulted on. A brilliant plan magic spell or what the King
English word pharmacy or the place where created by financial wizards who seem to James calls sorcery. The Greek
drugs are dispensed. e meaning is very find ways to make money where none have
clear – the earth has been drugged or existed before. CDS trading exploded, going word for sorcer y is
seduced by their lust for riches. from $88 trillion a decade ago to $600 pharmekia, and we see from
trillion in 2009. It was the CDSs which
Application of Merchants played a large role in the bankruptcy of the word that it also was
Ascendancy Lehman Brothers as well as the near failure transliterated into the English
of AIG, so in 2008-09 these instruments
What will the merchants being the great were being looked at again in terms of word pharmacy or the place
men of the earth look like, and what will be regulation to keep the financial markets safe. where drugs are dispensed.
the pragmatic fulfillment of this scenario However, whatever regulation is draed it
which defines the times of the End in which will not be enough, because... The meaning is very clear –
we live? ere are three practical things I the earth has been drugged
will point out which have been put in place 2) e legislative system is ineffective. e
to directly fulfill the vision John had business / finance sector also has enormous or seduced by their lust for
thousands of years ago: clout with government leaders due to their riches.
economic and business oriented position

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which stimulates the economy. Legislators about macro-economic issues, and they get Tom Allen, CEO of the Association of
who should be aware and pass laws – as they quickly bored by policy issues. ey also are American Publishers, called WTOs findings a
should have before the global economic intent on getting their share of spoils landmark ruling. "It protects legitimate creators
crisis – can be easily seduced by the good regardless of how they are acquired. Voters of valuable content and offers them fair access to
economic times and by their constituencies are apathetic also – they simply don’t care this extremely important market," Allen said.
who clamor for more favorable economic and voting turnout numbers prove it. Since "Both these long-standing market-access barriers
conditions. Not to mention lobbyists; the 1972 only about half of the nations and widespread piracy and counterfeiting in
number of lobbyists doubled in the U.S. registered voters have participated during China cause serious economic damage to
from the year 2000 to 2005, adding up to 65 the presidential election years; on off years publishers, who make substantial inestments
lobbyists for every member of Congress. participation falls to just over 1/3rd. in developing and promoting creative content."

Under the pressure of the financial lobbyists, So whether you examine the apathetic and In other words, I’m glad we changed the rules
legislation was passed in 2000 called the uninformed citizens of America’s democracy so we can make more money!!!! Sounds like
Commodity Futures Modernization Act, a or the autocratic centralized government of one of the “great men” to me.
law which allowed trading without China all seem focused on one thing:
regulation which became the basis for the
Credit Default Swaps. Now that the
increasing market share and enhancing the
quality of life through purchasing power.
The Architecture of
economic meltdown has happened and the New Dimension
legislators are pushing for new laws When you leverage these realities beyond
regarding CDSs, a lobbying group has been any single nation and into the global A revolutionary
formed and the financial sector is paying marketplace, the future seems clear: nations new look at
large sums of money to influence any will compete for market share and the quest prophetic
proposed legislation. In the years 2007-08, for profit will drive life on the earth more reality as it
securities and investment firms gave $152 than it ever has in human history. exists in the
million in political contributions, and the Organizations like the World Trade
21st century
top five companies - Goldman Sachs,
Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, Bank of
church.
America and Credit Suisse — gave $22.7 get this book>
million and spent more than $25 million
combined on lobbying activities in that
period.

Because financial investors are brilliant and

extremely driven by the quest for profit, and
because legislators seem unable to exercise
sufficient oversight, the obvious solution
Org anization ( W TO) will become
would be to vote in a new set of political
increasingly active in ruling in trade disputes
leaders who will govern correctly. But that
between nations, giving a trade based global
won’t happen because…
entity authority that equals or exceeds the
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a parliamentary democracy, voters should
China had to ease state controls and open
have the authority to change the law by
their markets for U.S. makers of DVD’s, Tel: 678.302.3052
voting in new legislators who could do the [email protected]
music downloads, books, etc. China is
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voters are not deeply informed about the
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