Nehemiah 5 & 6, Revelation 18: 1-17, Proverbs 30: 1-10
Revelation 18: 4-5 (ESV)
“Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of
her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues; for
her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.”
Verses 4 and 5 from Revelation 18 is the call to people of
faith to separate from Babylon. Some Biblical scholars have said that Babylon
is ruled by the anti-Christ and is a dwelling place of demons. But according to
Biblical scholars Babylon is seductive as a woman, and many will be tempted to
align with Babylon and its principles. Some Biblical scholars equate Babylon
with a great commercial city, and we have seen in our modern times how the big
cities seem to drive trends in our country for good or bad.
I think people who don’t live in big cities tend to see city
people as more sophisticated than themselves, and when they see a trend emerge
in a big city they want to adopt it. It doesn’t seem to matter if the trend
makes sense for someone living in a big city and not for personal not living
there, people glamorize the trend and want to emulate it. As people of faith, we
need to review any trend that is happening in culture and see if it aligns with
Biblical principles. If the trend goes against Biblical laws and principles, we
need to reject it. We must always look to the Bible for how to live our life
and not from cultural trends.
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