26/03/2026
Come Out of Her!
By Chris McCann
Revelation 18:4 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.
Babylon, is a figure the Bible uses to represent the world, or the kingdom of Satan (the nations). In the verse above, which is set in the context of the fall of Babylon (Revelation 18:2) which spiritually represents the fall of this world-God commands "come out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.".
Of course, the obvious question for us is, if Babylon is a type and figure of the world, then how is it possible to "come out of her"?
As is typical with the Bible, the Lord does not give all the information in a single verse. God requires the Bible student to compare Scripture with Scripture in order to get a more complete understanding of what He is instructing us. And it so happens, that there is an assisting Scripture that helps us more clearly understand God's command to come out of Babylon. It's found in:
2 Corinthians 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, ...
Here, we find a similar command to "come out from among them" If fact, the same Greek words are used above as are found in Revelation 18:4. Only, in this verse the Lord further states:
2 Corinthians 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
The command to "come out from among them" is obeyed by being SEPARATE. This is the additional piece of information that can be understood to be in view in Revelation 18:4's command to "come out of her"-which is accomplished by being separate from the world.
If one of God's elect, presently living on the earth in this current Day of Judgment, were too attached to the things of the world, let's say it sports teams, for example, and God's stretched out hand touched upon his favorite team to the point of public humiliating them, or shaming them, or even shutting them down for a time, the elect child of God would experience a degree of torment (troubling of mind) as many other unsaved people of the world experience a similar torment (troubling of the mind). But, if the elect child of God, by God's grace, were obedient to the command to come out of the world in this particular area of sports, then they would not experience or suffer the various plagues (stripes) God was pouring out on the sports world institutions.
