Revelation 18:4 KJV
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
The other voice that is here referred to is likely the voice of God Himself since He uses the term "my people." So while the angel is crying out concerning the destruction of the city, God is calling out for the protection of His own people. The destruction is inevitable and must happen. God had ordained that this angel pronounce the judgment. Yet God's heart is still for His people.
This passage speaks specifically about a time in the future when the great city of Babylon is destroyed in the Tribulation. However the principle is not only Tribulational. God's people are to be separate and unique from this world. In fact, God's main thrust today is to call out of this world a people who will be His own. It would not be wrong to say that every soul that gets saved has heard the Lord say, "Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues."
I wonder, though, how often we who are saved forget that God wants us to come out of the world?
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
The other voice that is here referred to is likely the voice of God Himself since He uses the term "my people." So while the angel is crying out concerning the destruction of the city, God is calling out for the protection of His own people. The destruction is inevitable and must happen. God had ordained that this angel pronounce the judgment. Yet God's heart is still for His people.
This passage speaks specifically about a time in the future when the great city of Babylon is destroyed in the Tribulation. However the principle is not only Tribulational. God's people are to be separate and unique from this world. In fact, God's main thrust today is to call out of this world a people who will be His own. It would not be wrong to say that every soul that gets saved has heard the Lord say, "Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues."
I wonder, though, how often we who are saved forget that God wants us to come out of the world?
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