NOTES ON LEAVING BABYLON II: A CHRISTMAS EVE CALL TO SPIRITUAL FREEDOM FROM THE TRUE KING OF CHRISTMAS

SCRIPTURE. “Do not participate in the worthless and unproductive deeds of darkness, but instead expose them [by exemplifying personal integrity, moral courage, and godly character]; for it is disgraceful even to mention the things that such people practice in secret.” – EPHESIANS 5:11-12, AMP

ANCIENT BABYLON. “The Tower of Babel stood at the very heart of the vibrant metropolis of Babylon in what is today Iraq. It was a city of open squares, broad boulevards and narrow, winding lanes. But the ‘City of Cities,’ as Babylon was known by the Ancients, eventually fell into ruin.[Founded by NIMROD, around 2250 BC], the son of Cush and grandson of Ham, whose name has become proverbial as that of a mighty hunter …[Significantly], Nimrod is the prototype of a rebellious people, his name being interpreted as ‘he who made all the people rebellious against God.’” – cf. EDITORS, Encyclopedia Britannica, Jewish Encyclopedia, ret. Dec. 18, 2022; edited

Selah.

QUOTATIONS

CODE. “When Anu the Sublime, King of the Anunnaki, and Bel, the lord of Heaven and earth, who decreed the fate of the land assigned to Marduk, the over-ruling son of Ea, god of righteousness, dominion over earthly man, and made him great among the Igigi, they called Babylon by his illustrious name [sic], ‘made it great on earth,’ and founded an everlasting kingdom in it, whose foundations are laid so solidly as those of heaven and earth.” ― HAMMURABI, ‘The Code of Hammurabi,’ 1755-1750 BC

PROPHECY. “As Professor Milligon, in 1885, wrote: ‘Babylon is not the Church of Rome, in particular. No doubt that Church has deeply sinned…but it is not the Spiritual Harlot. Babylon is all professed Christians who love the world’s favor, rather than its reproach.It is those who esteem the honor of the world, rather than its shame. It is those who love ease rather than sacrifice; grasping, covetous — but having no compassion on the poor. Babylon is all who anywhere profess to be Christ’s “Little Flock,” but who are not, because they deny Him by their actions.’” – DAVID WILKERSON, “Babylon is Falling!” Sermon delivered on Jan. 1, 1982; edited

1. FIRST THOUGHTS

THE MOVIE. There is a new film about to be released this December 2022 that bears the name about which I write today: “Babylon.” Though this mention is certainly not a recommendation that you go see it [viewing the Trailer will tell you why], I am struck by its decadent, perverse depiction, given our own times.

Here is a taste of the film’s content in a Synopsis written by ANNE BRODIE in, ‘What She Said Talk,’ December 23, 2022 (edited).

“If you can get by the lurid first act then you’ll find Babylon’s value. So an hour of scatological dreck and two hours of character development, plot, actual emotion replacing jolts-per-second, Hollywood history, and one filmmaker’s redemption. The idea, not new by any stretch of the imagination is that Hollywood’s early years were decadent as the industry sorted itself and found ingenious ways to make things happen onscreen and in the bank.”

Note: ‘Roots’ are always terribly, deterministically important.

THE 1920S. Without apology, I offer this to you as Introduction to what we’re going to cover today: ‘An America in breathtaking moral freefall.’ While I cannot say if these sorts of Bacchanalian orgies are going on behind closed doors across the land, I can tell you with considerable authority that its raw decadence and the underlying shattering of the American Moral Order is accurate Metaphor for our times.

I have written before that “The Roaring” 1920s serves as an historic Benchmark for the acceleration of America’s rapid Decline that began in 1900 at the turn of the century. Here is one illustrative commentary to bolster that claim by JOSHUA ZEITZ, American historian, author, and authority on American political and social history.

“The 1920s heralded a dramatic break between America’s Past and Future. Before World War I the country remained culturally and psychologically rooted in the Nineteenth Century, but in the 1920s America seemed to break its wistful attachments to the recent past and usher in a more Modern Era. The most vivid impressions of that Era are flappers and dance halls, movie palaces and radio empires, and Prohibition and speakeasies. Scientists shattered the boundaries of space and time, aviators made men fly, and women went to work. The country was confident—and rich.

But the 1920s were an ‘Age of Extreme Contradiction.’ The unmatched prosperity and cultural advancement was accompanied by intense social unrest and reaction. The same decade that bore witness to Urbanism and Modernism also introduced the Ku Klux Klan, Prohibition, Nativism, and Religious Fundamentalism. America stood at a Crossroads between Innovation and Tradition. Many Americans were looking boldly ahead, but just as many were gazing backward, to cherished memories of a fabled National Innocence.” – “The Roaring Twenties,” ‘The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History,’ ret. Dec. 19, 2022; edited

CULTURAL REVOLUTION. We can clearly see the Rebellious Spiritual Platform on which the United States was rebuilding itself, unearthing the faulty foundation that would ultimately prove our destruction as we repeated it many times over in the 1960s.

So it is that 100 years ago in the 1920s, we embarked upon the 2020s Redux that for me at least, telegraphs not only the End of an Era, but from my perspective, steeled by the Harsh Realism of the last six years, the End of the American Order.

1. THE BABYLON OF THE LAST DAYS

Theologians have written for generations about TWO MANIFESTATIONS OF BABYLON at the End of History. One refers to ‘Political Babylon,’ the other to its counterpart as an underlying animating force, ‘Spiritual Babylon.’ Here I will take a little time to review each in order to better grasp their relationship to the Great American Decline.

COMMENTARY ON BABYLON. “In Revelation 17 and 18, respectively, John mentions Two Babylon’s that will rise to prominence shortly before the Advent of Christ. The one is ‘Mystical Babylon,’ referring to an evil ideology, or false system of religious worship, and the other one a ‘Commercial City’ with all kinds of worldly pleasure and immoral practices in it. Both these chapters in Revelation are based upon the supposition that there will be a RECONSTRUCTED BABYLON as an End-Time manifestation of the Ancient Babylonian Empire, and also as a fitting Centre of operations for the Babylonian World Religion.

The one Babylon is called: ‘Mystery, Babylon the great, the mother of harlots and of the abominations of the earth’ (Rev. 17:5), and the other one: ‘Babylon, that mighty city!’ (Rev. 18:10). Because the City of Babylon is the place of Origin of the Pagan religions, the Apostate end-time world religion with its unbiblical unification of all religions, is aptly described as ‘Mystery Babylon.’ It is opposed to Biblical Christianity and is already in the process of establishing an Ecumenical Body, or parent organisation, called ‘The Mother of Harlots’ in Revelation 17:5. This Woman rides on the back of ‘The Beast’ [Antichrist’s System], and will be recognised, supported and used by him.” – EDITORS, “Religious and Political Babylon,” ‘Indaweb,’ ret. Dec. 19, 2022; edited

For centuries Bible scholars have speculated about WHO these Two Babylon’s are, the most conventional views subscribing to a literally Reconstructed Babylon in Iraq as Political Babylon, and the Catholic Church as Spiritual Babylon.

I take a considerably different view here.

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AMERICAN BABYLON HYPOTHESIS. We start with an extremely controversial Thesis published by the late DAVID WILKERSON in his widely read book, ‘Set the Trumpet to Thy Mouth’ (1985). In this work, elaborating upon a Vision that he saw and wrote about in 1973, Wilkerson proposes an America and Church that in the 1980s hardly anyone recognized. His explosive idea was found in the following, stunning proposition.

“I believe modern Babylon is present-day America,’ including its corrupt society and its whorish Church System. No other nation on earth fits the description in Revelation 18 but America, the world’s biggest fornicator with the merchants of all nations. America is going to be destroyed by fire! Sudden destruction is coming, and few will escape. Unexpectedly, and ‘in one hour,’ a hydrogen holocaust will engulf America—and this nation will be no more. It is because America has sinned against the Greatest Light.”

Caveat. It is important to note that historically, a number of David Wilkerson’s predictions have not come true. That is why I would never refer to him or frankly anyone in the Church Age as “a prophet.” However, he was a deeply spiritual and unquestionably sincere student of the Word and the Times who was grieved over what he very early discerned as the beginning of an Apostate America and Church.

I have gradually come to agree with him on this gravest of matters.

THIRTY REASONS FOR AN AMERICAN BABYLON. Several years ago, while pondering all this I wrote an essay that quoted an eschatologist named R. A. COOMBS, who published his own commentary entitled, “60 Reasons for an American Babylon” (1998). I republish here the 30 Core Reasons I found most compelling for our discussion purposes.

The Scriptures clearly describe MYSTERY BABYLON in the following ways.

1. The chief City of Mystery Babylon [referenced later as New York] is a “deep water port city.” – Rev. 18:11-13, 17-19

• That City is the key commercial nation and engine of wealth for the world’s economy. – Isa. 47:15; Rev. 17:2, 18:3, 9, 11-3, 15-23, 19:2

• She is also known as the “world’s policeman.” – Jer. 50:23

• The City is known for “showing the flag” or “gunboat diplomacy.” – Isa. 18:1-2

• It is noted for its elegant, luxurious, refined and rich lifestyles. – Isa. 47:1-8; Rev. 17:4-5, 18:2-24

• It is without question, extremely wealthy. – Jer. 51:13; Rev. 18:2-19

• It is also sensual, materialistic, and excessive in its lifestyle. – Is. 47:8; Rev. 18:14

• It exhibits the highest living standards among the nations. – Isa. 47:1; Rev. 18:14

• Again, it offers its citizens an elegant, sumptuous lifestyle. – Rev. 18:14, 23

1. It is noted for its bright, gaudy-colored lights and nightlife with round-the-clock partying. – Rev. 18:14

1. It is also noted for its drugs and drug use. – Isa. 47:9, 12; Rev. 18:23

1. The city is noted for exporting its culture abroad. – Rev. 18:14, 22

1. It is also known for being wasteful and extravagant. – Rev. 18:3, 7, 9, 14-15; imp. 17:2

1. It has a massive population. – Rev. 17:1, 15; 18:15

1. It is a land of immigrants. – Jer. 50:16; 51:13; Rev. 17:1, 15

1. It is unique and awe-inspiring (‘Exceptional’) from its birth right up to its demise. – Isa. 18:2

1. It has a remarkably different and special heritage. – Isa. 18:2

1. It is respected and envied and yet hated by the whole world at the same time. – Isa. 18:2

1. It is powerful and oppressive. – Isa. 18:2

• It is a land of rebels in its birth. – Jer. 51:1; Isa. 47:9

• It is cosmopolitan and urban. – Jer. 50:32

• It is also a land of great agriculture. – Jer. 50:16

• It is an International City. – Rev. 17:18; 18:15

• It exhibits grand architecture, buildings and impressive skylines. – Isa. 13:22

• It is a “land of many waters” (fresh waters). – Jer. 51:13, 36, 42; Isa. 18:12

• It is where the world’s leaders “stream to meet.” – Jer. 51:44; 17:18

• It is the last of the Superpowers. – Jer. 50:12; Rev. 17:18-19

• It has no fear of invasion. – Isa. 47:5, 8; Rev. 18:7

• Its defenses reach up to outer space. – Jer. 51:53

• It also displays occult aspects, especially within the government leadership. – Isa. 47:9, 12-13

IN SUM. While I fully realize how controversial this Thesis is, I have come to find Mr. Coombes’ 1998 theological indictment even more compelling as I watch the perilous trajectory of an ‘America gone rogue’ since the year 2016. We are in a Death Spiral beloved, and I cannot deny the severity of it further.

1. THE TEACHING

SCRIPTURE. “Do not participate in the worthless and unproductive deeds of darkness, but instead expose them [by exemplifying personal integrity, moral courage, and godly character]; for it is disgraceful even to mention the things that such people practice in secret.” – EPHESIANS 5:11-12, AMP

By now it goes without saying that the arguments presented thus far constitute a Divine Prime Directive for every sincere follower of Jesus Christ: ‘Leave Babylon!’

But before getting into the practical details about how one goes about that, let’s first do our standard deep dive into the MAIN IDEAS that come from this powerful passage.

I am purposely placing each of these in the exclamatory form to emphasize the terrible importance of each command.

• HAVE NO FELLOWSHIP! The word used here is from the Greek, ‘Sugkoinóneó’ [συγκοινωνέω]:“To be a partaker; become an accomplice; to share or have company with or be a partner of; closely identified [or substantially in alliance with]; to communicate or commune with; results in sharing the same guilt as the sinners with whom you join.”

• WITH WORKS OF DARKNESS! From the Greek term, ‘Skotos’ [σκότος]: “A reference to obscurity or ignorance; to be overcome by night and forced to stop [sharing the light]; spiritual blindness; serious error; works practiced by men in darkness or secrecy; denotes infernal spirits opposed to Christ; a thick dark fog or cloud that brings misery, punishment and eternal damnation.”

• RATHER EXPOSE THEM! Here we have the word, ‘Elegchó’ [ἐλέγχω]: “To reprove with conviction upon the offender; To rebuke; discipline severely; to show to be guilty with solid compelling evidence; to prove wrong; bring to God’s light; chasten; to convince of error, refute, confute; to chastise in a moral sense; to detect hidden things spoken in darkness; to convict thoroughly.”

• DISGRACEFUL! To ignore the strong admonitions here is nothing less than a scandal in the eyes of God. From the Greek, ‘Aischron’ [αἰσχρόν]: “That which is indecorum; base, venal, filthy; shameful; reproachful; dishonorable; procuring shame; sinking reputation; as with cowardice which is a supreme disgrace to the one exhibiting it; shockingly unacceptable.”

COMMENTARY. “‘Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness.’ — To ‘have no fellowship’ with such works is not to refuse to take part in them (for this surely might be taken for granted), but to keep no terms with them! – have no sympathy or indulgence or excuse for them. So the word is used, in Philippians 4:14, of ‘communicating with my affliction;’ and in Revelation 18:4, of ‘being partakers with the sins of Babylon.’ It is through such weak or cowardly indulgence, more than the actual love of evil, that sin is suffered to prevail. Hence St. Paul adds, ‘rather reprove them.’ Our Lord Himself has declared in all such cases, ‘He that is not with Me is against Me.’

‘The unfruitful works of darkness.’ — St. Paul has a similar antithesis in the Epistle to the Romans (Romans 6:19-22). They who are in sin ‘yield their members servants to iniquity unto iniquity.’ Iniquity has no result but iniquity; and hence he goes on to ask, ‘What fruit had ye then in those things of which ye are now ashamed?’ This weary fruitlessness is at once the sign and the penalty of sin, so that men have fancied it to be one chief element of the suffering of the lost. But they who are in Christ ‘yield their members servants to righteousness unto holiness’ ... ‘Every branch that beareth not fruit he taketh away’ (John 15:2).

‘Rather reprove them.’ — In the word ‘reprove,’ whether in its application to the witness of the Holy Ghost (John 16:8), or to the witness of men (as in 1 Corinthians 14:24; 1 Timothy 5:20; Titus 1:9-13, et al.), there is described a double function—to ‘convince,’ if it may be, the sinner in himself; to ‘convict’ him, if the other function fails, before men and angels. Both these functions St. Paul urges here. It is not enough to ‘have no fellowship with them.’ To this tacit reproof open reproof in word and deed is to be added; only in such reproof it should be remembered that it would be disgraceful ‘even to speak’ in detail of the actual ‘things done in secret.’” – CHARLES ELLICOTT, ‘An Exposition of the Old and New Testament for English Readers,’ 1878, 1897; edited

TIMIDITY OF THE AMERICAN CHURCH. One of the great travesties of American Christianity is found in its ‘New Gospel Command to never criticize another believer,’ and especially one’s pastor. Good heavens! Had MARTIN LUTHER not nailed his incendiary 95 Theses to the Wittenberg Door at All Saints Church on October 31, 1517, we would have no Protestant Church to attend or critique!

I recently came across an obscure but courageous little piece by someone named STEVE SIMMS, entitled, “If Luther Could Criticize, Why Can’t We?” in ‘Hope Thoughts,’ published on August 31, 2021. He opened with these refreshingly candid words.

“Any condemnation that has come on you for sincerely questioning a pastor, is not from God. Be healed and be free to ‘follow Jesus.’ Martin Luther criticized Church (and is honored for it today). Honest criticism of Church is often needed and shouldn’t be silenced. If you’re not Catholic or Eastern Orthodox, then Luther’s rebukes of Church opened the door for ‘your’ Church. Luther criticized the Church and then established churches that didn’t tolerate criticism, leading to centuries of Church splits!”

NEVER JUDGE? We have already been over this ground more than once concerning the catastrophic doctrinal error of teaching congregants to never criticize or ever judge. So I won’t belabor it much more here except to remind you that if we do not hold each other accountable concerning ‘Doctrinal purity,’ we shall never be able to correct the disastrous course that the American Church is upon today.

Jesus taught this: “Do not judge by appearance [superficially and arrogantly], but ‘judge fairly and righteously’” (John 7:24). Paul followed with this: “For what business is it of mine to judge outsiders (non-believers)? Do you not judge those who are within the church [to protect the church as the situation requires]?” (1 Corinthians 5:12).

Hoy! Does anybody read the Scriptures anymore, beloved? I wonder!

AMERICA’S BETRAYAL OF GOD. So do I on this special day, Christmas Eve 2022, bring an ultimate accusation to the American Church and all of its increasingly corrupted doors. You are become Apostate more and more each day, and are racing down the path to finally becoming nothing less than what the Scriptures call:

‘Mystery Babylon, the Great Harlot of the Last Days’ of history.

1. ON FLEEING BABYLON

I can hardly believe what I’m about to write since it may appear that I am trivializing an existentially vital issue, but I assure you that would not be the case. As a lifelong admirer of much of the music that came out of the 1960s and early 70s, my inarguably favorite artists were PAUL SIMON AND ART GARFUNKEL.

Their music was brilliant and relevant, and out of their December 1975 album release was one particular song that I’m using here to set up this part of our discussion: “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” [or favorite thing or place].

With only a little bit of artistic imagination then, here is the Chorus from that song that speaks to the spirit of what I’m going to propose in this section.

“You just slip out the back, Jack,
Make a little plan, Stan,
You don’t need to be coy, Roy,
Just get yourself free.
Hop on the bus, Gus,
You don’t need to discuss much,
Just drop off the key, Lee,
‘And get yourself free.’”

THE CALL. Even though I’ve done it in almost ludicrously contemporary terms, I tell you the Truth of it. God is issuing a Trumpet Blast from highest Heaven to the lowest parts of the Earth to all:

“Depart, depart, go out from there [the lands of exile]! Touch no unclean thing! Go out of the midst of her [Babylon]; cleanse yourselves and be clean, you who bear the vessels of the Lord [on your journey from there]. For you will not go out with haste, nor will you go in flight [as was necessary when Israel left Egypt]; for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.” – ISAIAH 52:11-12, AMPC

Lucid Commentary on this powerful passage is offered to us through the pen of theologian JOSEPH BENSON:

“‘Depart ye, go ye out from thence! — Out of Babylon into your own land,’ that there I may meet with you, and bless you, and perform those further and greater things for you which I have promised to do there. And this Invitation was the more necessary, because God foresaw that a great number of the Jews would, upon worldly considerations, continue in those foreign countries in which they were settled, and would be very backward to return to the Holy Land. 

‘Touch no unclean thing’ — Carry not along with you any of their superstitions or idolatries. ‘Be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord’ — And especially you priests and Levites, who minister in holy things, and carry the holy vessels of the temple, keep yourselves from all pollution. ‘Ye shall not go out by flight’ — But securely, and in triumph, being conducted by your great Captain, the Lord of hosts. ‘The God of Israel will be your reward’— So that none shall be able either to oppose you in your march, or to fall upon you in the rear.” – ‘Notes on the Holy Bible,’ 5 vols., 1811-1818; edited

PRACTICAL APPLICATION. That being said, how is it in the most practical terms do Americans who follow Christ actually “Leave Babylon?” I mean, if God actually called you to “Flee!” to a place or circumstance unknown to you, that’s a terrifyihng prospect for any of us. So just what would it take for me to be able to answer such a Call?

As always, The Scriptures are our Rudder, two in particular that constitute the KEYS TO SUCCESS as an obedient disciple of Jesus Christ.

• 1 CORINTHIANS 15:31 (AMPC). “[I assure you] by the pride which I have in you in [your fellowship and union with] Christ Jesus our Lord, that ‘I die daily’ [I face death every day and die to self].”

• REVELATION 12:11 (AMP). “And they overcame and conquered him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, ‘for they did not love their life and renounce their faith even when faced with death.’”

·        COMMENTARY. “We, too, can say, ‘I die daily.’ Paul was totally sold out to God, and we can be, as well. Sin, the flesh, and this world will continually vie for our attention and demand our participation. But when we die daily, we consider ourselves unable to respond to those temptations. ‘A dead man has no personal agendas or rights.’ He is not tempted to sin because he is dead to everything around him. ‘You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world’ (Colossians 2:20, NLT).” – EDITORS, ‘Got Questions,’ ret. Dec. 21, 2022; edited

THE ULTIMATE QUESTION. During the process of drafting my first book about Last Things around seven years ago, I recall a particular morning when the Lord asked me a central, burning Question:

          “Son, are you willing to die for me if I require it of you?”

I remember being stunned by the Question, since it had never been asked of me before. Ever. My second reaction a clearly off center mumbling that went something like: “I, I don’t really know, Lord. Can I get back to you on that?”

Months rolled by after that Question was posed to me, though I cannot recall exactly how many. Some days it would overwhelm me, but most days I just forgot about it, buried it actually. Some time later, however, I had for some reason come to terms with it once and for all.

“‘Yes, Lord, I’m willing to die for You.’

THE PRINCIPLE. From these last seven years I have learned a number of things that might be called, ‘Principles by which to live my life for Christ.’ But of all of them taken together, the most important one that I have learned is this:

Complete Freedom in Christ is only possible when we are no longer afraid of death and dying.

I tell you the absolute Truth here my friends, it is as simple and as powerful as that. I have learned that this Principle begins with a daily “dying to self” on the smaller things: material possessions, physical attributes, popularity or social acceptance, needing to have fun. Hardly sinful, but they cannot be the driving force for why we get up in the morning.

As one theologian put it in response to this compelling idea: “The thought of believers’ suffering for righteousness’ sake leads inevitably to this sublime passage on ‘our great example, the Lord Jesus.’ No one was ever treated as unjustly as He, or bore it as patiently. We have been called to act as He acted, ‘Suffering for the wrongs of others.’” – WM. MACDONALD, ‘Believer’s Bible Commentary,’ 1995, 2265; edited

CODA. As I have matriculated in what I derisively call “The American Gospel”during the past 40 plus years, I can’t count the number of times I have heard the phrase: “Becoming a Christian costs you nothing! The price has already been paid!” And yes, I get the technically sound theology in that cultural catch phrase.

But it carelessly ignores a much deeper, more gripping reality of walking out our Christian Faith. DIETRICH BONHOEFFER both lived and said it best in this powerful passage from his classic, ‘The Cost of Discipleship,’ published in 1937 (edited).

“‘CHEAP GRACE means grace sold on the market like cheapjacks’ wares.’ The sacraments, the forgiveness of sin, and the consolations of Religion are thrown away at cut prices. Grace is represented as the Church’s inexhaustible treasury, from which she showers blessings with generous hands, without asking questions or fixing limits. Grace without price; grace without cost! The essence of grace, we suppose, is that the account has been paid in advance; and, because it has been paid, everything can be had for nothing. Since the cost was infinite, the possibilities of using and spending it are infinite. What would grace be if it were not cheap? …

‘COSTLY GRACE is the Gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock.’ Such grace is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus Christ. It is costly because it costs a man his life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life.It is costly because it condemns sin, and grace because it justifies the sinner. Above all, it is costly because it cost God the life of His Son: ‘Ye were bought at a price,’ and what has cost God much cannot be cheap for us. Above all, it is grace because God did not reckon his Son too dear a price to pay for our life but delivered Him up for us. Costly grace is the Incarnation of God!”

FINAL WORD. I am not quoting Bonhoeffer willy-nilly, because it’s eloquent and righteous. No. I am quoting the great saint because America is becoming a Fourth Reich even as I type these words, beloved. We are lapping at its edges, and if only a few more pieces fall into place, we shall have it, I tell you, all of it!

If I am correct in this historic assessment, then it is left to us not so much to save a nation any more than Bonhoeffer saved Nazi Germany from its utter destruction. No, ours is left with the more daunting charge of ‘Preserving the soul of the True Church, the Remnant.

It is ‘that’ Church and that Church alone that the Messiah addressed as He called His first disciples to His side at his First Coming. Rendered in the Amplified translation, for the full impact of Christ’s Promise.

“And on this rock [Greek, petra—a huge rock like Gibraltar] I will build My church, and the gates of Hades (the powers of the infernal region) shall not overpower it [or be strong to its detriment or hold out against it].” – MATTHEW 16:18

Unto Courage. Truth. Compassion. Honor. Endurance. These are the Hallmarks of the Faith that must steer us every single day. THE LION IS ROARING, beloved, but can anyone hear Him –

“Leave Babylon! While there is still some time.”

Ever your servant, DK

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