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

 John's next words point to a further fulfillment of the prophetic pattern: "And I heard another voice out of heaven say: "Get out of her, my people, if   you do not want to  share with her in her sis, and if you do not want so receive part of her plagues." " (Revelation  18:4) Prophecies of ancient Babylon's fall in the Hebrew Scriptures also include Jehovah's command to his people: "Take your flight out of the midst of Babylon." (Jeremiah 50:8, 13)  Similarly, in view of the coming desolation of Babylon the Great, God's people are now urged to escape.  In 537 B.C.E. the opportunity to escape from Babylon caused much rejoicing on the part of faithful Isralites.  In the same way, the release of God's people from Babylonish captivity in 1919 led to rejoicig on their part.  (Revelation 11:11, 12)  And since that time millions of others have obeyed the order to flee.  - Compare MATTHEW 24:15, 16. 

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