"Freedom from Babylon" chapter one continued

See, in the new testament, they sold all they had and laid the money at the feet of the apostles who used it to bless those who needed it, out of love for one another they freely gave and freely received. Love of money is the root of all evil, which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith. They teach that "gain is godliness, from such withdraw thyself. But godliness with contentment is great gain".(1 Tim:6:5&6) Babylon uses buying and selling (money, in other words) to great effect, even trafficking in the souls of men, causing such a dependence on the world's system of buying and selling that in the end many will receive the mark of the beast, aligning themselves with Satan forever, rather than not be able to buy or sell )Rev:14:17). The great tragedy of our age is the trap Satan has ensnared so many with, that is, the life long pursuit of wealth and material possesions. So, so many are stressed out and in poor health because they've given themselves over to this false god's choice of what to spend our precious short lives on. This lifestyle can never satisfy or replace what only true spiritual riches can give us, what we can only attain through an intimate relationship with our Heavenly Father. And at the end of the age, when all are required to take the mark, or the name of the beast or the number of his name, what will all the prosperity teachers teach when this happens? Ask yourself, if they told you today you must take a mark in your right hand or forehead in order to buy food to feed your family, what will you do? Anyone who hasn't truly given their lives to Jesus will lose their life to Satan forever. Money is not necessary in God's kingdom! Remember how Jesus sent out his apostles? "Take nothing for the journey, save staff only (representing authority) no scrip, no bread, NO MONEY IN THEIR PURSE". Mark 6:8 
There is an unhealthy fixation on money in many western churches because they're under the influence of another spirit other than God's. We can not serve both God and money but we can serve God with our money. It's our choice but if we choose to spend our lives pursuing money for money's sake, we will accept the mark when it is demanded of us, convincing ourselves it is God who is offering it to us. Satan is disguised as an angel of light, as a Christian! He never reveals himself to us in his true form. He is a liar and a deceiver from the beginning and will be to the end.    To be continued...