Chapter 18: The Final Destruction Of Babylon The Great Series

Verse 4 the angel says, “Come out of her.” This is a call to depart from Babylon and the worldliness that it represents and it is a theme repeated throughout the Scriptures. That warning is for us now and in the Tribulation. Can it be anymore clear that we are not to associate with the sins of Babylon?

Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare with the sound of joyful shouting, cause this to be heard, Bring it forth to the end of the earth; Say, “Yahweh has redeemed His servant Jacob.” (Isaiah 48:20 LSB)

Depart, depart, go out from there, Touch nothing unclean; Go out of the midst of her, purify yourselves, You who carry the vessels of Yahweh. (Isaiah 52:11 LSB)

“Wander away from the midst of Babylon And go forth from the land of the Chaldeans; Be also like male goats at the head of the flock. (Jeremiah 50:8 LSB)

“Come forth from her midst, My people, And each of you escape with his life From the burning anger of Yahweh. (Jeremiah 51:45 LSB)

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? (2 Corinthians 6:14 LSB)

And do not participate in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead even expose them. (Ephesians 5:11 LSB)

Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. 17 And the world is passing away, and also its lusts, but the one who does the will of God abides forever. (1 John 2:15–17 LSB)

The problem is the more we get enamored with the things of this world the further we drift away from God and when God is absent in our lives or our society, the vacuum that is left is filled by demonic things. In 1962 the Supreme Court banned brayer from School and in 2003 banned Bible teaching in public school. In 2012 marriage was redefined and last year our congress signed into law protections of gay marriage. Since 1962 births to unmarried girls increased 500 percent; reported child abuse increased 2,300 percent; the divorce rate rose by 350 percent; illegal drug use among youths increased by 6,000 percent; teenage suicide rose by 450 percent; and in 25 percent of viable pregnancies the babies were surgically killed at the mother’s request (Ryken).

In 1962, the city of Detroit was the fifth-largest city in America and boasted the highest per capita income. Now, after a generation of ungodliness and greed, Detroit has had to file for bankruptcy and is so widely deserted that many neighborhoods have become overrun with coyotes. Even America’s most affluent suburbs have become such a “haunt for unclean spirits” that they now are prey to drugs, crime and violence. Our schools live in fear of mass shootings and our cities are open air drug markets and a haven for crime.

Can you imagine how much more it will be during the Tribulation when God says in Revelation 18:5 “5 for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.” The ancient Tower of Babel didn’t reach up to heaven, but the sins of Babylon the Great will.