Coming Out of Babylon

By: Sister Tarpley

“And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.”

“For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.”

“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.  For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.”  Revelation 2-5 (KJV)

“There is a day when God is going to judge the system of Babylon around the world.  What is Babylon?  Babylon is a system of doing business.  The stronghold of this world is mammon and pride.

Dependence on money and misplaced trust are at the core of a Babylonian philosophy of life.  Revelation 18 describes a time when God will judge this Babylonian system.  It is the one place that we will see a system destroyed in one day, even one hour.

The popular belief is that Babylon is not a particular city, but a world system.  “How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart that I sit a queen, and I am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.”  Revelation 18:7-8 (KJV)

“Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city!  for in one hour is thy judgment come.  And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:

As Christian believers we are called to acknowledge the signs of the times.  When the Soviet Union fell, many knew it was going to happen because they could recognize the signs of the times.

God has a way of shaking things up.  These shakings force us to determine who and what we will place our trust in.   “Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,  Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.  This is the first and great commandment.”  Matthew 22:35-38 (KJV)

Are you still living in Babylon in the way you live?  If so, expect to share in the sins of Babylon when God decides to judge her.  Ask God to show you where you might be operating in a “Babylonian” system in your life.

Then plan for your success, “O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself:  it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.  O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.”   Jeremiah 10:23-25 (KJV)

Today. ask God to be the source of victory in your life.  Seek Him so that His banner wave over your life so that He might receive all the glory and honor.  Be assured that He brings love and joy into every life, and that you are a better and richer person because of Him.