More context: Revelation 18:17-20. 17: for in one hour such great wealth has been laid waste!’ And every shipmaster and every passenger and sailor, and as many as to make their living by the sea, stood at a distance, 18: and were crying out as they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What city is like the great city?’ 19: “And they threw dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had ships at sea became rich by her wealth, for in one hour she has been laid waste!’ 20: “Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced judgment for you against her.”
Shanghai Port is the largest, busiest port in the world. It is an exit and entry point for much of what China provides to the rest of the world. Consumerism has been sold to the world, especially the west, with the cheap (slave) labor in china that the world just cant seem to get enough of. The world has quite literally been made drunk on its ability to mass produce anything for cheap cheap.
More context: Revelation 18:17-20. 17: for in one hour such great wealth has been laid waste!’ And every shipmaster and every passenger and sailor, and as many as to make their living by the sea, stood at a distance, 18: and were crying out as they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What city is like the great city?’ 19: “And they threw dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had ships at sea became rich by her wealth, for in one hour she has been laid waste!’ 20: “Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced judgment for you against her.”
All due respect, nowadays this text seems to refer a lot more to the CCP China than anything.
Shanghai Port is the largest, busiest port in the world. It is an exit and entry point for much of what China provides to the rest of the world. Consumerism has been sold to the world, especially the west, with the cheap (slave) labor in china that the world just cant seem to get enough of. The world has quite literally been made drunk on its ability to mass produce anything for cheap cheap.