When Heaven Calls

An ambassador in a foreign land always keeps one ear open for orders home. The ambassador listens for messages from his government and passes them on to the rulers of the land to which he is assigned; as he works hard at his job, he does not want to miss the call to come home. In the Revelation, there is a prophecy of the fall of Babylon the Great. After notice is given by an angel of the doom of the evil world power, a voice from Heaven calls, "Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues." (Rev 18:4) That is a message we don't want to miss.

I often wonder if we will recognize Babylon the Great when that time comes. Are we living there now? We may do well to keep an ear open for that message from Heaven, for I believe that yesterday the floodgates opened in our land. With the same legal reasoning, others will come to define a privilege that states must not infringe. Bigamy and polygamy must surely follow now, but where will it end? What activity is a privilege and which a crime? Reading the end times prophecies, we often thought that Babylon the Great would form almost overnight and be easily recognized for its sin and depravity. Now we know, Babylon the Great will be raised up one law, one court decision, one executive order, at a time. God's people will be living in the land, and one day may be shocked to hear a message called out over the land they love, "Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins..."

Bucky