During the war that broke out that year, the few thousand anointed Christians, “the sons of the Kingdom, ” were in spiritual captivity to Babylon the Great.
وَخِلَالَ ٱلْحَرْبِ ٱلَّتِي ٱنْدَلَعَتْ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلسَّنَةِ ،‏ كَانَ « بَنُو ٱلْمَلَكُوتِ » ٱلْمَمْسُوحُونَ هٰؤُلَاءِ لَا يَزَالُونَ فِي أَسْرٍ رُوحِيٍّ فِي بَابِلَ ٱلْعَظِيمَةِ .‏