The dialectic is an argument against that which is fact or absolute, either a fact of science or an absolute of scripture, and either a doctrine in scripture (truth) or a moral position from scripture.
If someone presents the scientific facts from a huge number of studies in the peer review literature that vaccinations cause various kinds of brain damage, especially to very young children, as shown, for example by a review by Dr. Russell Blaylock (this forum does not allow me to give links), and spokesmen for the giant pharmaceutical corporations, or for the medical elite, or individual doctors argue against these facts, then this is the dialectic. The pharmaceutical corporations, medical elite and individual doctors are arguing against the facts of science when they say that vaccinations are necessary to protect the public and that vaccinations are not harmful. In the review article on the harmful effects of vaccinations on the human brain Russell Blaylock lists a large number of studies in the journals.
In Revelation 18 merchants appear several times, from the Greek word emporos, that is, a merchant is an emporos. On page 508 of A Linguistic Key
to the Greek New Testament, Vol 2, by Fritz Rienecker, emporoi in
Revelation 18: 23 is defined as "merchants who deal in foreign exports." Imporoi are world traders.
World traders in our timeline are the giant international corporations, and included among the giant international corporations are the big pharmaceutical companies.
Revelation 18: 13 says about these international traders that "And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men."
The international traders deal with the souls of men. Revelation 18: 23 can help us to understand how the intrnational traders, the giant corporations, including the pharmaceutical companies, deal in the souls of men. "And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived."
"Thy merchants" refers to the international traders of the metaphoric construct called Babylon in Revelation 17 and 18, which also appears in Jeremiah 50 and 51. Babylon, or the Babylon of Prophecy, is more than an economic system, because the verse just cited talks about the voice of the bridegroom and the bride not being heard no more at all in this Babylon.
Sorceries in Revelation 18: 23 is from pharmakeia, which Strong's (number 5331) says means "medication, by extension, magic, sorcery, witchcraft."
The very expensive drugs that the giant pharmaceutical corporations sell to people not only have many harmful physiological effects, but can also change the brain, especially medications for depression, anxiety, etc, and in that process can affect one's spiritual condition. And it is important to throw off the deception and realize that pharmaceutical drugs do not regenerate man's body, as can nutrition, regular exercise, stress reduction, and being inspired by the Lord, having his joy.
In addition, in a more general way, the deception of the giant international corporations puts people into states like hypnosis, or mental stupor, and dumbs them down not only intellectually but also spiritually. As long as a person is alive, he or she is under mammon to some extent. Answering an Alter Call, joining a church or attending church does not in itself cause one not to be under mammon. Coming out from the bondage to mammon involves the Holy Spirit in developing one's individual spirit, which is man's third part. Body and mind are under mammon.
