REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Thirty Six - "Get Out of Her, My People" - Continue

 Strong words, those!   So action is required. Jeremiah urged the Israelites in his day to act, saying: "Flee out of the midst of Babylon. . . . for it is the time of vengeace belonging to Jehovah. There is treatment that he is paying back to her. Get  out of the midst of her, O my people, and provide each one his soul with escape from the burning anger of Jehovah. (Jeremiah 51:6, 45) In a similar way, the voice out of heaven warns God's people today to flee from Babylon the Great in order not to receive part of her plagues. Jehovah plaguelike judgments on this world, including Babylon the Great, are now  being proclaimed. (Revelation 8:1-9:21;16:1-21) God's people need to separate themselves from the false religion if they themselves do not want to suffer these plagues and ultimately die  with  her.  Besides remaining within that organization would make them share in her sins. They would be as guilty as she of spiritual adultery and of shedding the blood "of all those who have been slaughtered on the earth." - REVELATION 18:24; Compare EPHESIANS 5:11; 1 TIMOTHY 5:22. 

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