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(Revelation 18:4-5) A call to God’s people to separate from Babylon. And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.
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Rev. 18:4-5. The plagues that will strike Jerusalem will come after her sins have piled to the heavens. Specifically, under the rule of the Beast, the fallen city will direct the martyrdom of all those who maintain their testimony of Jesus in events known as the Great Tribulation (see Chapter 13 ).
4 sty 2022 · God calls His people during the tribulation to disassociate from Babylon the Great. They must “come out of her” (Revelation 18:4). Have nothing to do with the false religion of the Antichrist. Separate from that system and its sinfulness; have no fellowship with her. Do not commit spiritual adultery.
David Guzik commentary on Revelation 18, where God calls out to His people to separate form Babylon who is left desolate and powerless.
Revelation 18:4. συνκοινωνήσατε ταῖς ἀμαρτίαις Participation both in the sins, i.e., in the guilt, and in the punishment, is, however, expressly mentioned. As Ebrard and Hengstenberg note, there is an explicit antithesis between ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις and τῶν πληγῶν. Besides, where there is no ...
The vision in chapter 18 gives further information about the announcements in Revelation 14:8 and Revelation 16:19-21. The belief that salvation is by works is the bedrock of religious Babylon (Genesis 11:4: "Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven.").
