Coming Out Of BABYLON And End Time WEALTH TRANSFER! (Chap 4)

The counsel of GOD’s Word in the end times is for the Church to come out of Babylon in order not to participate in her sins and thereby not share her plagues when judgment come upon her. Implying that if Israel and the Church are actually in the world Babylonian system and if they do not come out of her, it would be impossible not to participate in her sins and share her plagues.

Rev 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.” [KJV]

And while both Israel and the Church are commanded to come out of Babylon, the issue is, how are we to obey this command? Does coming out of Babylon mean to physically leave an organization or a country that we are presently in, or does coming out of Babylon mean just to depart from worldly values and practices of greed and idolatry? Are we to come out of her on a personal and individual basis, as and when each person is ready? While spiritually coming out of Babylon has to be on a personal individual basis, is that all there is to this command of the Lord? Should all believers come out or should only some come out?

Centuries ago, it used to be that serious Christians tried to come out of the worldly world, by retreating into seclusion. The churches built monasteries and nunneries and various man and woman of GOD carried the torches. Decades ago, others come out of the worldly world by going into full time Christian ministries or charities. But of course, lust can catch up with some even in monasteries and greed with others even while in full time service for the Lord. In modern day terms, what many Christians meant when they say that they left Babylon is that they left their jobs or positions in secular organizations, which they perceived or interpreted to be Babylonion. And people do walked out of their 'so-called' Babylon individually, as and when each is spiritually and otherwise prepared to do so.

While coming out of Babylon is very much a personal, inward and spiritual journey, Babylon is spoken of in the Bible not just as personal worldliness, greed and idolatry. It is unequivocally the present physical economic system of trade and money (Rev 18). And I believe that Rev 18:4 which commands both Israel and the Christians to come out of her addresses us as ‘a people’. The Church is after all meant to be a ‘called out’ people.

GOD Himself, prophesized to Abraham that the Israelites shall come out of Egypt with great possessions, after 400 years of slavery in Gen 15:13-14. In fact, I believe that if we do not come out of Babylon, there will be no transference of wealth for us. If Israel did not walk out of Egypt, there would not have been any transference of wealth but they would have remained slaves in Egypt. Clearly, what has been provided for us in Biblical examples, is that the whole household of faith is to LEAVE! None shall be left behind, whether weak, young or old and all our possessions are to leave with us.

In Ex 10:8-12, we saw that Pharaoh asked, “You may go and worship the Lord your GOD but who exactly will go?” Moses said, ‘we will all go, young and old, including all our possessions’. Then Pharaoh swore by the Lord that the women and the children should not go but only the men may go. With that Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh’s presence and GOD commanded the next plague, the locusts. Then we see in Exodus 10:24-26 that, Pharaoh relented and tried to negotiate, and he said, ‘OK, even your women and children may go with you but your sheep, goats and cattle must stay here’. To that Moses replied, ‘all our possessions must go with us, not one animal will be left behind’.

But of course, the Pharaoh of this world will say, “No! No way.” This coming out of Babylon will be a collective spiritual warfare, with the Lord going on ahead of us as the Captain of Host. It will happen by the shear will of GOD and the power of His Word. GOD will deliver us with a mighty outstretched arm as when He delivered Israel from slavery in ancient Egypt but as a people, not just individually. Is it not biblical that the Lord will shephard His people corporately as 'a flock' out of Egypt, through the wilderness and into the Promised Land?

Other prophetic types of this biblical event also testify of this same fact, that the church (with Israel) must in obedience come out of Babylon as one family or as a people and in doing so, wealth transfer takes place in the midst or in the process of it.

In Gen 12:10 - Gen 13:2 we find the wealth transfer account of our father Abram. He went down to Egypt because there was a famine in the land. And his wife, Sarai, a type of the bride of Christ was taken captive by Pharaoh. But GOD protected her and later Pharaoh had to release her. But as a result of this event, Abram went out from Egypt with his family and all that he had very rich in cattle, in silver and in gold (Gen 13:1-2).

The patriarch Jacob, also experienced Wealth Transfer when he left Laban to go back to the land of his fathers, i.e. Cannon Land. In Gen 30:29 - 31:21, we saw how the Lord GOD brought him back. According to Jacob, GOD gave him a prophetic dream of Wealth Transfer. And we know that Laban cheated Jacob of his wages 10 times, which figuratively speaking means that Laban paid Jacob only a miserable one-tenth of what Jacob thought he is worth. Yet with the dream GOD gave him, Jacob left Laban exceedingly rich, and had large flocks, maidservants and menservants and camels and asses (Gen 30:43). It is to be carefully noted, that Jacob also left with his whole family, his 2 wives, 2 concubines and all his sons and all his possessions. It was a journey which in the natural and to the natural mind is filled with difficulties, dangers and fear. This is why we have what GOD said to the exiles of Israel in Is 43:2 when calling them to come back to their land, "When you pass through the waters I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you; and when you walk through fire, you will not be burnt, and the flame will not consume you". For the Jews coming back to their land, yes, it is a fearsome journey filled with many dangers, toils and snares but the Lord GOD will undertake it. Same for us who wants to enter our heavenly Promised Land, we have to journey forward and pass through this great perilous passage of time and history, as if we fear not death or destruction because we have already pass over from death to life (Jn 11:25-26).

And of course, we have the classic prophetic type of Wealth Transfer in the Book of Exodus. We saw how GOD delivered the nation of Israel out of slavery in Egypt in 15 long chapters. Now, wealth was transferred as a result of the plagues or judgments that GOD inflicted on the gods of the land of Egypt and not because the Israelities had any power, they were slaves (Ex 11:1-3). In their hearts, many must be sorely afraid, hopeful as they might be.