Babylon the Great

Babylon the Great
Revelation 17.1-8

They are brought in vans, they are brought in cars with blackened windows, they are brought across the sea, either captured by force or lured with the promise of a better life. They arrive in countries of the West, knowing no one except their captors, possessing nothing except what little they are given. They are beaten, threatened and raped. Then they are sent out onto the streets. They are the new slaves: frightened, shocked, horribly abused, their physical bruises only a pale indication of the mental and emotional bruising building up inside. They are the new prostitutes, today’s new breed of whore...