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people of God out of her, does not come from any heavenly messenger,
or any human agent inspired by the Spirit of God.
The True Witness says, “I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in
the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest
be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and
anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I
love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I
stand at the door, and knock; if any man hear my voice, and open the
door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even
as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne”
(
Revelation 3:18-21
).
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“I Rebuke and Chasten”
Jesus is coming in to give the individual members of the church
the richest blessings, if they will open the door to Him. He does not
once call them Babylon, nor ask them to come out. But He says, “As
many as I love, I rebuke and chasten” (with messages of reproof and
warning) (
Revelation 3:19
). These reproofs I am not ignorant of. I
have given warnings because the Spirit of the Lord has constrained
me to do so, and have uttered reproofs because the Lord has given me
words of reproof. I have not shunned to declare the whole counsel of
God, which has been given me for the church.
I will say in the fear and love of God, I know the Lord has thoughts
of love and mercy to restore and heal them of all their backslidings.
He has a work for His church to do. They are not to be pronounced
Babylon, but to be as the salt of the earth, the light of the world. They
are to be the living messengers to proclaim a living message in these
last days.
Babylon of Revelation 18
“And after these things I saw another angel come down from
heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his
glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the
great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the
hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication,