In the final installment of this three-part series, Dr. Ben Edwards and Dr. Bryan Spilmon bring their deep-dive conversation on the Babylonian system to a close — and ground it where it was always headed: identity in Christ. Dr. Spilmon unpacks the legal and financial mechanics of the system — what a "mandate" actually is, how mortgages are structured around your signature as a promissory note, the difference between law and "color of law," and the process of subrogation to correct the record. But the real through-line isn't tactics — it's posture. Before any practical step, you have to know who you are. The episode closes with a powerful distinction: suffering with a purpose is passion, suffering without a purpose is misery — and in this life, suffering isn't optional. What we choose is whether it means something. Dr. Spilmon shares a personal word he received from God that shifted everything for him: I'm not asking you to do anything with this truth. I just want you to know me. If parts one and two stirred something in you, part three will help you land in the right place — not in fear, not in rebellion, but abiding in the vine.

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