Warnings.

Taking this from yesterday I want to study it more closely- reading all the Bible verses given. May God bless us with comprehension that will only, ever draw us closer to Him!

(Excerpt)

'CHAPTER 38

The Final Warning

"I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 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." "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." Revelation 18:1, 2, 4.

(((We do NOT want to be among those receiving the plagues. If only no one had to receive them. Sadly, many will not choose to know God, to know Christ as their Savior, preferring to believe the delusions Satan has used since the first sin by mankind. ))))

This scripture points forward to a time when the announcement of the fall of Babylon, as made by the second angel of Revelation 14 (verse 8),is to be repeated, with the additional mention of the corruptions which have been entering the various organizations that constitute Babylon, since that message was first given, in the summer of 1844.

Rev 14:8  And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. 

(((We know that Babylon fell originally in 539 BC, Revelations was written long after that, so when we read of Babylon in a future prophecy it truly is prophetic Babylon which will fall.))))

 A terrible condition of the religious world is here described. With every rejection of truth the minds of the people will become darker, their hearts more stubborn, until they are entrenched in an infidel hardihood. In defiance of the warnings which God has given, they will continue to trample upon one of the precepts of the Decalogue, until they are led to persecute those who hold it sacred. Christ is set at nought in the contempt placed upon His word and His people. As the teachings of spiritualism are accepted by the churches, the

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restraint imposed upon the carnal heart is removed, and the profession of religion will become a cloak to conceal the basest iniquity. A belief in spiritual manifestations opens the door to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils, and thus the influence of evil angels will be felt in the churches.

(((We can't fathom one commandment alone causing great persecution by its being kept. There is a lot we can't comprehend fully because we do NOT know the exact conditions that will be happening at the time. Right now in my society I can't comprehend it, but ask those of the Holocaust if they'd ever have imagined what happened to them, happening. The subtly of things - horrific things- can be so deceiving. Things ARE set in motion for this sort of situation to occur. There will be catalysts that cause everything to fall into place. We can't know every single detail. The reason for prophecy is to foretell what is going to come to pass in such a way that it strengthens the faith of God's people. Prophecy isn't for mass confusion, why would God do that? And yet again I hear the faint voice of the naysayers telling me that everyone puts their own spin on the Bible, every verse can be taken differently by different people so it really doesn't matter what you believe. Truth is subjective to the interpreter. I honestly can't comprehend that God would give truth and then leave it up to us to believe whatever we want to believe. The prophecies will come to pass, as they have since they were given. NOTHING is going to stop the rest of prophecy from taking place and we do NOT have to figure out how. Is anything impossible with God? No.))))

Of Babylon, at the time brought to view in this prophecy, it is declared: "Her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities." Revelation 18:5. She has filled up the measure of her guilt, and destruction is about to fall upon her. But God still has a people in Babylon; and before the visitation of His judgments these faithful ones must be called out, that they partake not of her sins and "receive not of her plagues." Hence the movement symbolized by the angel coming down from heaven, lightening the earth with his glory and crying mightily with a strong voice, announcing the sins of Babylon. In connection with his message the call is heard: "Come out of her, My people." These announcements, uniting with the third angel's message, constitute the final warning to be given to the inhabitants of the earth.

(((A final warning. There has to be a final warning, one last warning, one last cry of alarm for people to hear and heed, or, hear and not heed. Come out of Babylon, come out of the sins. The sins of Babylon reach to heaven. Those sins will no longer be ignored. The cup is filled and once it is filled it will only overflow. A single sin placed in a sin filled cup will not overflow because our God will step in once the fulness is reached and that drop will be stayed. We need to heed the warning and come out of Babylon before it is too late! Please do not wait, waiting too long to heed this warning has an eternal fate that cannot change.))))

Fearful is the issue to which the world is to be brought. The powers of earth, uniting to war against the commandments of God, will decree that "all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond" (Revelation 13:16), shall conform to the customs of the church by the observance of the false sabbath. All who refuse compliance will be visited with civil penalties, and it will finally be declared that they are deserving of death. On the other hand, the law of God enjoining the Creator's rest day demands obedience and threatens wrath against all who transgress its precepts.

Rev 13:16  And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads

(((You see, we can't imagine such a thing happening in our world today, not in America at least. Could we imagine a country like Russia and China enacting such laws? We could a lot easier than America because already they have such restrictions on religion. But here in the land of the free, can we imagine such a law? No. Something stops us from imagining. Satan stops us. Satan puts it in our hearts that this can't happen, it's impossible. Yet, I say HE IS WRONG! If God says it, then it WILL come to pass! Things will fall into place. God will, that we will be HIS and not Satan's!))))

More tomorrow by the grace and mercy of our LORD and SAVIOR. All in His love!