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Post-Scarcity Is the Beast Of Revelation - by Will Manidis

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Post-Scarcity Is the Beast Of Revelation

Post-Scarcity Is the Beast Of Revelation The Book of Revelation is a tale of two cities, both post-industrial, Babylon and New Jerusalem. The city of Babylon has, “the merchandise of gold... and slaves, and souls of men” (18:12–13). The city of New Jerusalem has walls, gates, surveyors, and imported treasure. These are both utterly modern cities, but they differ in who sits at their center and what is owed to it. Begin with the image of the Beast. Rev. 13:15, “that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be…

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