The flesh:
- Prideful
- Selfish
- Greedy
- Angry
- Envious
- Depressed
The spirit:
- Loving
- Joyful
- Peaceful
- Humble
- Gentle
- Kind
- Patient
- Self-controlled
- Good
- Faithful
The wisdom of the world: find your joy and peace in working harder, faster, longer to earn lots of money quicker in order to buy many possessions and the finest foods and drinks.
The wisdom of God: find your joy and peace in loving and righteous fellowship and companionship; in the wisdom of: salvation, the future/prophecy, the ways of God (to navigate life); holiness; contentment; self-control in: lust, working, eating/drinking, buying; patience; forgiveness; humility and selflessness.
The wisdom of the world in the endless pursuit of the lust of the flesh (bodily stimulation – whether food/drink/sex), the lust of the eyes (possessions) and pride (trying to be or have “the best”) ends up training our flesh to be strong and us as the spirit to be weak and suppressed.
The wisdom of God trains us as the spirit to be strong and our flesh to be weak and suppressed.
The United States (mystery Babylon), like all Babylons before it, is the embodiment of the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and pride of life, training its citizens’ flesh to be strong, and them as spirits to be weak, telling them that a “good” life is in going to college, getting a good job, making a ton of money and having nice things. And as the bible says, all of the nations were influenced by her destructive ways, desiring to be rich like her to pursue joy and peace through the endless lusts of the flesh, eyes and pride of life.
A godly nation trains its citizens in contentment and a slow, simple, peaceful way of life, rooted in the wisdom of God, prioritizing loving and righteous fellowship over money and the things it buys.