In The Days of These Kings. Part [14] 04/04/2026 (Morning thought)

Revelation 18:10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

Revelation 18:11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buys their merchandise any more. 12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble.

Therefore, if you were to see a mad rush for gold, if you were to see individuals in high and low places obsessed with gold, and if for one reason or another you see gold skyrocketing to unprecedented levels in our day, it hearkens back to the head of gold, the kingdom of Babylon because vestiges of that golden kingdom would be present in the last kingdom upon the earth. And thus, the elements and features of that golden kingdom will also be present when God’s kingdom consumes all these kingdoms.

But Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon was also well known because of his efforts to institute a coerced form of false worship by decree. He did so when he tried to force those under his jurisdiction to bow to his golden image. And later on after he had eaten a whole lot of grass, he also employed force in the acknowledgment of God, and thus, in both instances you would observe the use of force as a fundamental working principle behind not only his false worship, but also behind everything he endeavors to get done.

Daniel 2:5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, the thing is gone from me: if you will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

In The Days of These Kings. Part [13] 04/04/2026 (Evening thought)

Daniel 5:3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.

The leaders of that Babylonian kingdom praised the gods of gold and silver as they reveled and boasted in their seeming unending rule. So yes, the kingdom of Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar and his successor was one that was laden with gold, for that particular precious metal figured prominently in their culture. JM Bullion, 2026: Gold has surpassed previous inflation-adjusted highs from January 1980, when the price was $850 per ounce.

Gold’s all-time high price eclipsed the $5,000/per oz mark in January 2026…. Isaiah 2: 19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake terribly the earth. 20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

Isaiah 2:21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake terribly the earth…… Revelation 18: 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judges her. 9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning.

Daniel 5:4 They drank wine and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!