Yes—the drug culture is part of end-time prophetic rebellion, and Les Feldick shows the Greek word translated "sorceries" refers to drugs.
In Revelation 9:21, the survivors of God's judgments still refuse to repent of their murders, sorceries, immorality, and thefts. Les Feldick points out that the Greek word pharmakia, translated "sorceries," is connected to pharmacy and drugs, and he applies the same word to Babylon's deception of all nations in Revelation 18:23. So drug culture is not accidental—it is a prophetic component of a worldwide end-time environment that continues until the Lord returns.
Revelation 9:20-21 — This is the central prophecy where the survivors of judgment refuse to repent of sorceries—the Greek term Les connects to drugs.
Revelation 18:23 — Babylon's end-time deception uses the same word sorceries, which Les identifies as drugs.
Revelation 9:20-21 (KJV) places sorcery in the middle of end-time rebellion. After the trumpet judgments kill a large part of mankind, the text says, "And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts." Scripture simply records that sorceries continue even under judgment. Revelation 18:23 (KJV) shows the end-time world system, Babylon, deceiving all nations through sorcery: "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." The Bible itself does not define sorceries as drugs in these verses; it presents sorceries as an unrepentant practice and a means of global deception.
Les Feldick points to the Greek word pharmakia behind the English word "sorceries." He notes that pharmakia gives us the English word "pharmacy," and that a pharmacy deals with drugs. Therefore, he says Revelation 9:21 describes "a world literally saturated with a drug culture," and Revelation 18:23 says that at the end of the Tribulation, "by thy drugs were all nations deceived." Les expands on what this drug culture looks like: drug users steal to support their habits, murder whoever gets in the way, and fall into gross immorality. This is not a shrinking problem—it will continue to mushroom until the whole world is living under that kind of environment. Even after the Tribulation judgments, the survivors will not change their attitude and will continue in murders, drugs, fornication, and thefts. He also says human efforts cannot fix it. The drug war cannot stop drugs because morality cannot be legislated; the drug business would only collapse if people stopped wanting drugs, and "it's not going to happen." Les sees a contemporary breakdown in morality—drugs and sex getting so awful that even people at a party have to leave—and says this tells us we're getting close to the end.
In the KJV, the word is "sorceries," not "drugs." Les points out that the Greek word behind it is pharmakia, from which we get "pharmacy." Since pharmacy deals with drugs, he sees these end-time passages describing a drug-saturated world. Revelation 9:21 lists sorceries among the sins survivors refuse to give up, and Revelation 18:23 says Babylon's sorceries deceive all nations.
Les describes this as a culture where people on drugs steal to support their habits, murder in the process of stealing, and become involved in gross immorality of all sorts. He says this environment will continue to mushroom until the whole world is living under that kind of environment.
Les says the drug war proves you cannot legislate morality or stop drug addiction. The only way the drug business would fall apart is if people stopped wanting the drugs, and that is not going to happen. So the prophetic drug culture continues until God's judgments and the Lord's return.
Revelation 9:20 says the survivors still worship demons and idols rather than repenting. Verse 21 immediately follows with murders, sorceries, fornication, and thefts. Les notes that even at the end of the Tribulation, those who survive still refuse to change their minds about these things. Thus drug use sits alongside idolatry, immorality, and theft as an unrepentant end-time reality.
Demon Worship and Impenitence
Survivors of the trumpet judgments continue worshipping demons and idols rather than repenting, setting the immediate context for the sorceries and other sins in verse 21.
The Greek Word Pharmakia
Les explains that the Greek word translated "sorceries" is pharmakia, from which we get "pharmacy," and that pharmacy involves drugs—so the world will be saturated with drug culture.
Drugs, Theft, Murder, and Immorality
Drug users steal to support their habits, murder in the process, and fall into gross immorality, and this environment continues to mushroom until the whole world lives under it.
Babylon's Drugs Deceive the Nations
In Revelation 18:23, the same Greek word pharmakia appears, and Les paraphrases it as "by thy drugs were all nations deceived," showing the drug culture is part of end-time Babylon.
No Change of Mind at the End
At the end of the Tribulation, even after horrific judgments, the survivors still refuse to change their minds about murders, drugs, fornication, and thefts.
Contemporary Moral Breakdown
Les uses a firsthand account of a house party with awful drugs and sex to illustrate a complete breakdown in morality, and he says this tells us we're getting close to the end.
Why the Drug War Fails
The drug war cannot stop drugs because morality cannot be legislated; people will only stop using drugs when they stop wanting them, which Les says is not going to happen.
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Revelation 9:20: And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Survivors of the trumpet judgments continue in demon and idol worship rather than repenting, setting the context for the unrepentant sins in verse 21.
Revelation 9:21: Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
This verse lists 'sorceries'—the Greek word pharmakia Les identifies as drugs—among the sins that continue unrepented even under judgment.
Revelation 18:23: 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.
Babylon is judged for deceiving all nations by her sorceries, which Les links to the same Greek word for drugs.
Les Feldick teaches that the Greek word translated 'sorceries' is pharmakia, from which we get 'pharmacy.' Since pharmacy deals with drugs, he takes this verse to describe a world saturated with drug culture. The KJV says 'sorceries,' but Les's point is the underlying Greek word points to drugs.
Les says drug users have to steal to support their habits and in the process will murder, and they fall into gross immorality. He says this will continue to mushroom until the whole world lives under that kind of environment, and even God's judgments in the Tribulation will not bring repentance.
Revelation 18:23 says Babylon's sorceries deceived all nations. Les identifies this sorcery with the same Greek word pharmakia and paraphrases it as 'by thy drugs were all nations deceived.' Babylon is the end-time world system that uses drug culture as part of its deception.
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