Leave Babylon,
    flee from the Babylonians!

The great, mighty, fearful empire of Babylon was going to fall – and it did.

As we have seen before, in the Bible this once great kingdom also stands as a symbol, an emblem, of the current world system, organised without reference to God. It is going to come down one of these days. It is rotten to the core. As we have seen previously, the downfall is described (and exulted over!) in Revelation chapters 17-19. In the middle of these chapters we hear again the urgent call to leave:

”Come out of her, my people,’ so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues…” (Rev.18:4a).

Once we sense the taint of ‘Babylon’ on anything, along with it we will hear the call to ‘leave.’

If God is calling you to leave anything behind, don’t hesitate to respond promptly.

I think about John’s words:

 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever. (1 John 2:15-17).