Chapter 38—The Final Warning
“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.” “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.”
[
Revelation 18:1, 2, 4
.]
This scripture points forward to a time when the announcement
of the fall of Babylon, as made by the second angel [
Revelation 14:8
]
of
Revelation 14
, is to be repeated, with the additional mention of
the corruptions which have been entering the various organizations
that constitute Babylon, since that message was first given, in the
summer of 1844. A terrible condition of the religious world is here
described. With every rejection of truth, the minds of the people will
become darker, their hearts more stubborn, until they are entrenched
in an infidel hardihood. In defiance of the warnings which God has
given, they will continue to trample upon one of the precepts of the
decalogue, until they are led to persecute those who hold it sacred.
Christ is set at naught in the contempt placed upon his Word and
his people. As the teachings of Spiritualism are accepted by the
churches, the restraint imposed upon the carnal heart is removed, and
the profession of religion will become a cloak to conceal the basest
iniquity. A belief in spiritual manifestations opens the door to seducing
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spirits, and doctrines of devils, and thus the influence of evil angels
will be felt in the churches.
Of Babylon, at the time brought to view in this prophecy, it is
declared, “Her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remem-
bered her iniquities.” [
Revelation 18:5
.] She has filled up the measure
of her guilt, and destruction is about to fall upon her. But God still
has a people in Babylon; and before the visitation of his judgments,
these faithful ones must be called out, that they “partake not of her
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