Daily Devotional, Year 3 – December 28 (Come Out of Her, My People! Part 57: “Drinking Babylon’s Wine”)
By admin On February 17th, 2021.
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Daily Devotional, Year 3 – December 28
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Come Out of Her, My People!
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Part 57:
“Drinking Babylon’s Wine”
To read Part 1, click here… “May 12th (Come Out of Her, My People?)”
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“Stay yourselves, and wonder;
cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken,
but not with wine; they stagger,
but not with strong drink.”
Isaiah 29:9
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“COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE”
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The Bible pronounces a curse upon all those who refuse to, “Come out of Her (Babylon) My people!” Revelation 18:4
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This New Testament reference to Babylon actually concerns our captivity in the apostate church-world, as this website has painstakingly attempted to make that spiritual connection.
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James Tissot – The Flight of the Prisoners – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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“TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND”
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A radio Bible teacher gave a very nice 25-minute Bible study on that incredible Passage from Romans 12:1, 2
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Listen…“I beseech you therefore, brethren,
by the mercies of God,
that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable service.
And be not conformed to this world:
but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,
that ye may prove what is that good,
and acceptable,
and perfect, will of God.”
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This amazing passage should be emblazoned upon the hearts on each and every child of God.
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And to his credit, that pastor really gave a great discourse on those two verses.
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Audience hands – cropped & altered – Wikimedia – Universal Public Domain
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“FOOLISH TALK AND JESTING”
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But in spite of his nice presentation, he unfortunately mingled into his study, a whole lot of funny little quips, jests and laughs.
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In other words, this 25-minute plea for Christians to become transformed into the image of Christ was salted with unchristlike behavior!
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So sad to witness such a contradiction between a pastor’s correct teachings and his duplicitous behavior!
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Audience hands – cropped & altered – Wikimedia – Universal Public Domain
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DRINKING BABYLON’S WINE
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Now, as far as this particular Bible teacher, he may indeed be a sincere child of God.
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unknowingly, he has been drinking of that intoxicating wine of Babylon.
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Yes, as Revelation 2:20 warns…
“Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee,
because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel,
which calleth herself a prophetess,
to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication,
and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.”
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And that Old Testament vixen, Jezebel, was symbolic of the New Testament Harlot, “Mystery Babylon, Mother of Harlots”.
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And bringing in all her false doctrines and world-loving ways, that congregation begins to become spiritually drunken with her idolatry.
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DRUNKS ACTING SILLY
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And as most people know, people who are intoxicated often behave in a silly and giddy manner.
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And so, it should be no surprise that congregations today will love to hear such worldly behavior from their pastor.
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We’ve all been drinking Babylon’s wine!
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“THOU HYPOCRITE!”
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Well, it should make any of us very uncomfortable to criticize anyone else, especially when most of us are likewise guilty of the same sins!
Yes, those of us who have behaved in the same way need to hang our heads in shame too!
We’re all in the same boat!
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Because, let’s face it! Neither Jesus, nor Paul, nor John, nor Peter, nor any other New Testament role-models ever engaged in such silly behavior, according to Scripture.
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ABOVE PICTURE: the accusing finger share-alike license www.signsofheaven.org
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JOKING AROUND ONLY CHEAPENS THE MOMENT!
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And truth-be-told, to mingle the great commission of warning the world “to flee from the wrath
to come”, with jokes and quips and foolish talk greatly sets our audience at ease!
And such foolishness lessens the utmost seriousness and solemnity of the moment, when hearts are deciding for or against Salvation!
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And as Paul warned…
“But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness,
let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting…”
Ephesians 5:3-5 (Condensed)
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Laughing – (cropped and color added) – Fotothek df roe neg – Wikimedia – Share-alike License
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THOMAS BROOKS ON JOKING IN THE PULPIT
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Listen to that great Church reformer, Thomas Brooks as he speaks about false teachers in the pulpits…
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Listen…“They preach more to please the ear than to profit the heart…
False teachers handle holy things rather with wit and trifling, rather than with fear and reverence.
False teachers are soul-murderers.
They are like evil surgeons, that skin over the wound—but never heal it…
False teachers are Hell’s greatest enrichers.”
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Here are some very scathing words concerning those who think it’s a good thing to keep the congregation laughing.
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Thomas Brooks on, “The 7 Characteristics of False Teachers”
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Laughing – (color added) – Fotothek df roe neg – Wikimedia – Share-alike License
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END-TIME EXODUS OUT OF BABYLON
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Well, the Good News in all this is, that it’s still the Day of Salvation!
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And all those who truly desire to “come out of her (Babylon) My people”, can cry and plead for Jesus to come and cleanse his or her compromised and polluted heart!
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And all those who escape out of Babylon, will joyfully join the end-time spiritual exodus away from this Babylonish world!
And these Heaven-bound pilgrims will be delighted to discover that the love, joy and peace that Heaven offers is of far greater value than any earthly treasure or trinket that we might have to forsake to become disciples of Jesus!
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James Tissot – The Flight of the Prisoners – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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TO READ PART 58, CLICK HERE…
February 12 (Come Out of Her, My People! Part 58: “The Final Destruction of Babylon”)
James Tissot – The Flight of the Prisoners from Babylon – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Give me the incredible and wonderful gift of Salvation.
Open my eyes that I may behold this world as You see it.
Let me not be deceived by the counterfeit gospels which pervade the today’s church-world…
Woman Praying – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Ark of the Covenant Constellation, Pt. 2: How To Enter The Most Holy Place”…
…or you can also read… ” April 7th (1 Preacher! 2 Sermons!)” …
…or you can also read…JANUARY 10th (How a Joke Killed!)
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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THE PLEIADES: TALE OF TWO WOMEN
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The Constellation, Pleiades, is a two-fold constellation. In other words, it can either be seen as the “Harlot, Mystery Babylon” (click to read), or it can also be seen as the “Captive Angel” (click to read). Admittedly, the Captive Angel is much easier to find when looking at this great cluster of stars. It actually looks like an angel.
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Nevertheless, both these two women represent the two portions of God’s people: the church-apostate and the church-faithful: the foolish virgins and the wise virgins: antichrists and true Christians. (Study Galatians 4:21-31, and begin reading this “Come Out Of Her, My People” (click to read) series of articles, to gain a full understanding)
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ABOVE PICTURE: The Pleiades: Mystery Babylon: Mother of Harlots
ABOVE PICTURE: The Pleiades: The Captive Angel Constellation
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read…“October 22nd (THE PLEIADES: “The Mystery Harlot & Captive Angel”)”
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TOMORROW
December 29 (The City of Morality, Part 10: “What’s My Badge of Honor?”)
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90-MINUTE OPEN FORUM
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ALL‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO LISTEN TO THIS DEBATE REGARDING WHETHER THE CHURCH-AGE HAS ENDED.
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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN…The Open Forum Harold Camping April 11, 2003
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