விரிவுரை தற்போது ஆங்கிலத்தில் மட்டுமே கிடைக்கிறது. தமிழ் மொழிபெயர்ப்பு நடைபெறுகிறது.
Revelation 18 — Come Out of Her, My People
An angel from heaven — Babylon the great is fallen. Another voice — Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins. The kings, the merchants, the shipmasters weep over her — in one hour so great riches is come to nought. The voice of harpers and musicians and craftsmen shall be heard no more. In her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
“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 18:4
- v.1-3 Babylon's fall announced
- v.4-8 Come out of her
- v.9-19 The world's lament
- v.20-24 Rejoice over her; her ruin
I sit a queen. Babylon's self-deception. Her felt invulnerability is the marker of her judgment — pride before destruction.
Every culture that thinks itself a permanent queen receives a Revelation 18 chapter in its own time. The pattern recurs because the heart that imagines it owns history is repeatedly wrong.
The saints are told to rejoice — not at the suffering, but at the vindication. The same God who said vengeance is mine (Romans 12:19) has executed it.
The martyrs' cry from 6:10 — how long? — is answered here. Heaven's rejoicing is not at human pain but at long-delayed justice.
Verse 4 issues a perennial summons. Come out of her. The Christian's relationship to the surrounding world-system is meant to be visibly distinct. Where you have settled into Babylon's patterns, the verse is the alarm clock. Step out — not into isolation but into the company of those who have come out.
Babylon's fall is the negative side of the kingdom's coming. The world-system Christ called His followers out of will be brought down; the church will stand. The chapter sets up Revelation 19's great hallelujahs — the world's harlot is judged; the Bride is presented to her Husband.
Come out of her, my people. God has His own in the city of corruption. The call is not to attack Babylon but to leave it — distinctly, recognizably, before judgment falls.
Partnership with the world's sins invites partnership with its plagues. Distinction is for protection as well as holiness.