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Colossians 1: 23-27, Philippians 2: 1-5, and the Call To Come out of Babylon
"If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
24.Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:
25. Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
26. Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
27.To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:" Colossians 1: 23-27
Christ in us is the hope of glory.
" If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
2. Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
3. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
4. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
5. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:" Philippians 2: 1-5
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.
That transformation or metamorphosis (Romans 12: 2), from being in the flesh, leaning to man's own understanding, in being captive to man made doctrines, never able to come to the knowledge of the truth, and resisting the truth (II Timothy 3: 7-8) happens when Christ is in us, so we have the mind of Christ.
In our timeline in which the falling away of II Thessalonians 2: 3-4 and the leavening of the churches (Mathew 13: 31, Luke 13: 18-21) began some decaces ago, when Christ comes to occupy our spirits, minds and hearts, this is a beginning of his Second Appearing (I Corinthians 15: 51-55). When this happens, those who have the mind of Christ began to understand what Revelation 18: 4 means.
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[TD="align: left"]"And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." Revelation 12: 15-17
Notice that the flood comes out of the mouth of the Dragon; it is words spoken by the many false prophets, under inspiration from the Dragon, that is the metaphoric flood which is cast out after the Woman and her seed the remnant. This is prophecy for the last time. Note that the remnant has the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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"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
Revelation 18: 23 explains , among other things, why those who have been indwelt by Christ are called out of Babylon. "And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived."
Revelation 18: 4 calls those in Christ out of the second Babylonian captivity seen in Revelation 17 and 18, which is spiritual captivity to man made false doctrines, because the light of a candle shines no more in Babylon, meaning the light of Christ does not shine there. We can also say that the life or ζωη (zóé) of John 10: 10 does not exist in spiritual Babylon, "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." Zóé is spiritual life in Christ, now, and more so in the life to come. Part of that spiritual life is the joy of the Lord in working with his word.
The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride is heard no more in the captivity of spiritual Babylon. So, those in Christ are called out of it.
"If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
24.Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:
25. Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
26. Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
27.To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:" Colossians 1: 23-27
Christ in us is the hope of glory.
" If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
2. Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
3. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
4. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
5. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:" Philippians 2: 1-5
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.
That transformation or metamorphosis (Romans 12: 2), from being in the flesh, leaning to man's own understanding, in being captive to man made doctrines, never able to come to the knowledge of the truth, and resisting the truth (II Timothy 3: 7-8) happens when Christ is in us, so we have the mind of Christ.
In our timeline in which the falling away of II Thessalonians 2: 3-4 and the leavening of the churches (Mathew 13: 31, Luke 13: 18-21) began some decaces ago, when Christ comes to occupy our spirits, minds and hearts, this is a beginning of his Second Appearing (I Corinthians 15: 51-55). When this happens, those who have the mind of Christ began to understand what Revelation 18: 4 means.
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[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: left"]"And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]<bdo dir="ltr">16</bdo>.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]<bdo dir="ltr">17</bdo>.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." Revelation 12: 15-17
Notice that the flood comes out of the mouth of the Dragon; it is words spoken by the many false prophets, under inspiration from the Dragon, that is the metaphoric flood which is cast out after the Woman and her seed the remnant. This is prophecy for the last time. Note that the remnant has the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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"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
Revelation 18: 23 explains , among other things, why those who have been indwelt by Christ are called out of Babylon. "And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived."
Revelation 18: 4 calls those in Christ out of the second Babylonian captivity seen in Revelation 17 and 18, which is spiritual captivity to man made false doctrines, because the light of a candle shines no more in Babylon, meaning the light of Christ does not shine there. We can also say that the life or ζωη (zóé) of John 10: 10 does not exist in spiritual Babylon, "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." Zóé is spiritual life in Christ, now, and more so in the life to come. Part of that spiritual life is the joy of the Lord in working with his word.
The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride is heard no more in the captivity of spiritual Babylon. So, those in Christ are called out of it.
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