Revelation 18:4

And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. COME OUT OF HER, MY PEOPLE. From ; ; . Even in Rome, God has a people; but they are in great danger: their safety is in coming out of her at once. So in every world-conforming church there are some of God's true Church, who must come out. Especially at the eve of God's judgment on apostate Christendom: as Lot was warned to come out of Sodom before its destruction, and Israel, to come from about Dathan's tents, So the first Christians came out of Jerusalem, when apostate Judah was judged. 'State and Church are precious gifts of God....

1-8 The downfal and destruction of the mystical Babylon are determined in the counsels of God. Another angel comes from heaven. This seems to be Christ himself, coming to destroy his enemies, and to shed abroad the light of his gospel through all nations. The wickedness of this Babylon was very great; she had forsaken the true God, and set up idols, and had drawn all sorts of men into spiritual adultery, and by her wealth and luxury kept them in her interest. The spiritual merchandise, by which multitudes have wickedly lived in wealth, by the sins and follies of mankind, seems principally intended. Fair warning is given to all that expect mercy from God, that they should not only come out of this Babylon, but assist in her destruction. God may have a people even in Babylon. But God's people shall be called out of Babylon, and called effectually, while those that partake with wicked men i...

Verse Revelation 18:4. _COME OUT OF HER, MY PEOPLE_] These words appear to be taken from Isaiah 48:20; Jeremiah 1:8; Jeremiah 51:6; Jeremiah 51:45. The poet Mantuanus expresses this thought well:- _Vivere qui sancte cupitis_, discelite; Romae _Omnia quum liceant, non licet esse bonum._ "Ye who desire to live a godly life, depart; for, although all things are lawful at Rome, yet to be _godly_

AND I HEARD ANOTHER VOICE FROM HEAVEN - He does not say whether this was the voice of an angel, but the idea seems rather to be that it is the voice of God. COME OUT OF HER, MY PEOPLE - The reasons for this, as immediately stated, are two: (a)That they might not participate in her sins; and, (b)That they might not be involved in the ruin that would come upon her. The language seems to be derived from such passages in the Old Testament as the following: “Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing,” Isaiah 48:20. “Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul; be not cut off in her iniquity,”...

EXPOSITION REVELATION 18:1 AND AFTER THESE THINGS I SAW ANOTHER ANGEL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN; _after _[omitting "and"]… _coming down, _etc. The usual form of introduction to a new vision (cf. Revelation 4:1; Revelation 7:1, etc.). The "mystery" of the beast and the harlot having been declared, the angel now describes the doom in store for them. The angel is _from heaven_,_ _as carrying the news of the judgment which is sent from heaven (cf. Revelation 10:1;...

AND I HEARD ANOTHER VOICE FROM HEAVEN,.... Either of another, or of the same angel, or rather of God, or Christ himself, since the persons addressed are called his people: SAYING, COME OUT OF HER, MY PEOPLE; meaning either his elect ones, till now uncalled, being such whom God had chosen for his people, and were so by virtue of the covenant of grace, were given to Christ as his people, and were redeemed by him, though, till this call, in an unconverted state; or else such who had been secretly called by the grace of God, but had not made a public profession of the Gospel, nor bore an open testimony against the Romish idolatry; for as the Lord had a righteous Lot in Sodom, and saints where Satan's seat was, Rome Pagan, so he will have a people in Rome Papal, at the time when its destruction draws near; and these wilt be called out, not only in a spiritual sense, to quit the communion of...

SINS SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...

CHAPTER 18 Revelation 18:1 . Babylon is now seen under another aspect. In the former chapter we have the religious center of Rome and her wicked idolatries, in the present chapter it includes also the whole system of apostate Christendom in its social and commercial aspect, the so-called “Christian civilization” in its final apostate condition and doom. Papal Rome in her short revival becomes the head of apostate Christendom and controls everything till her appointed doom comes upon her. While we saw in the preceding chapter the desolation of the whore by the ten kings and the beast, here we see how God views her and that He dethrones this system in His judgment. A strong angel comes down to announce her doom and to lay bare her inner and most awful corruption. A strong descending Angel whose glory lightened the earth, shows what the boasting thing, she, who bore the bless

REVELATION 18:1. ANOTHER ANGEL: we have no means of identifying this angel of doom. Revelation 18:2. habitation. bird: _ cf_. Isaiah 13:21 f; Isaiah 34:14, where the rained cities of Babylon and Edom become the haunts of unclean spirits. Revelation 18:3. kings of the earth: Revelation 17:2 *. Revelation 18:4. come for

THE DOOM OF ROME (Revelation 18:1-3)...