seekeroftruth
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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,
so that you will not receive any of her plagues;
5 for her sins are piled up to heaven,
and God has remembered her crimes.
6 Give back to her as she has given;
pay her back double for what she has done.
Pour her a double portion from her own cup.
7 Give her as much torment and grief
as the glory and luxury she gave herself.
In her heart she boasts,
‘I sit enthroned as queen.
I am not a widow;
I will never mourn.’
8 Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her:
death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,
for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.
so that you will not share in her sins,
so that you will not receive any of her plagues;
5 for her sins are piled up to heaven,
and God has remembered her crimes.
6 Give back to her as she has given;
pay her back double for what she has done.
Pour her a double portion from her own cup.
7 Give her as much torment and grief
as the glory and luxury she gave herself.
In her heart she boasts,
‘I sit enthroned as queen.
I am not a widow;
I will never mourn.’
8 Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her:
death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,
for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.
From what I read in the commentary.... This was a "last call"!Repay her double according to her works: This passage presents a three-fold sin. First, self-indulgence (lived luxuriously). Second, pride (glorified herself… sits as a queen). Third, avoidance of suffering (am no widow, and will not see sorrow). All these things are characteristic of worldliness and materialism.
Therefore her plagues will come in one day: The destruction of commercial Babylon will come suddenly and with completeness (utterly burned with fire).
Money makes the world go around, the world go around, the world go around... and money will lure everyone to Babylon. Food and water will be extremely scarce in the days right before Jesus returns. Humans are required to have the mark of the beast to purchase food and water. Humans need food and water to survive. So.... naturally... Humans will be drawn to where the Beast has set up shop. Christians won't take the mark so they won't be able to buy anything anyway.
Yesterday we learned that God is going to wipe out Babylon just as He wiped out Sodom. Just as God had an angel warn Lot and Lot's family.... God is warning us. Don't go to Babylon, no matter how hungry or thirsty you are. Don't take the easy road.
The battlefield is being made ready. Get out of the way!!!!
Get out of the way!!!!
