Come out of her as don't share in her sins and plaques

July 28/2020 12:55 am / 2:44 pm 12:44 am July 29/2020 Updated July 29/2020 9:44 am

Revelation 18:4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say: "Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.”

(4-20) The voice out of heaven warns the faithful to leave her, and

 God foretold the beginning from the end. People could care less but their spirit is empty with deceit and their bellies full of idolatry. They may think it means little but it is spiritual fornication. There is a way that seems right unto a man but in the end it is the way of death. Heaven and earth will pass away but my words will never pass away. Matthew 24:35  

These commentaries are profound and well written:

"(4) Voice from heaven -Read, Voice out of heaven, saying, come forth out of her, my people that ye partake not in her sins, and that of her plagues ye receive not. The voice is not said to be that of another angel. It is not necessary to say whose voice it is; that it is a voice of divine love giving warning is enough. The coming forth is not to be understood of a bodily exodus from Rome. It is rather the warning which is so needful in every corrupt state of society, to have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness; to practice that separation from the spirit of the world which is essential lest we should be entangled in the meshes of its sinful habits. This duty of separation may sometimes lead to a literal exodus, and even under the pressure of overwhelming necessity to secession from a world-corrupted church; but the jeopardy lies in attachment to the world-spirit (1 John 2:15). The parallel warnings in Jeremiah 51:6; Jeremiah 51:45, and Zechariah 2:6-7, should be read; but the story of Lot in Sodom best illustrates the spirit of the passage (Genesis 19), for it is participation in sin which is to be primarily guarded against."

 Pulpit Commentary "Verse 4. - And I heard another voice from heaven, saying. Probably the voice of another angel in succession to the one mentioned in ver. 1. Another angel takes up the theme, because the message is now directly addressed to Christians. Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. The angel says, "my people," because he is representing God. These words, resembling Isaiah 48:20; Isaiah52:l; Jeremiah 1:8; and especially Jeremiah 51:6 (cf. also ver. 8), 45, recall also the warning of our Lord in Matthew 24:16 (cf. also Genesis 19:22, "I cannot do anything till thou be come thither"). Since the harlot, who is identical with Babylon, is representative of the faithless part of the Church of God, these words form a direct warning to Christians. The departure which is commanded is not necessarily a literal, visible one; but the command implies a dissociation from, and condemnation of, the works of Babylon. Lot's wife literally departed from Sodom, but was overtaken with punishment, because her heart was not dissevered from the wickedness of the city." Revelation 18:4 Commentaries.

 

" Truly, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them. 

" (2 Corinthians 4:4 ; Revelation 12:9 )

July 28/2020 12:55 am / 2:44 pm 12:44 am July 29/2020 Updated July 29/2020 9:44 am

Foot Notes

You know when people think of God they think of a Church building. It could be very deceiving/condescending. The word church was described as ekklesia meaning called out ones as I believe was translated in the Greek. Some people describe the assembly of the people as the Church. Its not really the building. The Lord said where two or three are gathered in his name there he is (There I am). He also said my Kingdom is not of this World. The Kingdom of God comes not by observation! Luke 17:20 (The word of God tells us that God does not dwell in temples made by human hands. As they say God is outside of space and time. The Bible describes those whom worshiped the Messiah in the first Century as Christian Communities. Sometimes they are referred to as assemblies and some have congregations. The Lord Jesus Christ ((YESHUA)) born with the title Emmanuel (God is with us) is the head of the body and he purchased his own flock with his blood. You were purchased with a great price. No matter what he is the lamb that takes away the sins of the world. 

God gave us prayer to speak to him as a means of communication. People worship God in Church building, houses and in the wilderness as well. Henceforth the burning bush that did not burn (Moses). Exodus 3:2 Greater is he that is within YOU than in the world.  (Luke 17:21)

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