Why are the merchants of this world not concerned about the welfare of the poor?

The merchants and money men of this world are driven by generating wealth and never losing sight of it, so the poor individual on the street is not their concern. Scripture indicates this world system is under Satan, its god, which explains the disregard for the poor.

Les explains that the merchants of this world and the money men are not concerned about the welfare of the poor individual on the street; their focus is where they can generate wealth, and they never lose sight of that. He notes that Scripture makes plain that as they generated wealth, they came down for the most part on God's people. He cites massive losses of life—fifty million in World War II, fifty million under seventy years of Communist Russia, and fifty million believers martyred during the Dark Ages—showing millions lost their lives at the discretion of people who could have controlled it. The events of Christ's Second Coming are cataclysmic and judgmental, bringing down everything that smacks of materialism, technology, and man's efforts. Les then asks who is the god of this world behind all of this: Satan, the god of this whole world system.

What are the merchants of this world concerned about?

The merchants of this world, the money men, are concerned with generating wealth rather than the welfare of the poor individual on the street. They focus on where they can generate wealth and never lose sight of that, even as they come down on God's people.