"There are two voices abroad in the land today. Each of these voices purports to be the voice of the Spirit of God. One of these voices rings out loud and clear, “Come out of her, my people!” The other voice issues forth from the mouths of men who profess to be Spirit-filled, tongues-speaking, Holy Ghost anointed leaders, teachers, apostles, and prophets of the Charismatic Movement, exhorting the people, “Stay in her, my people!” “Stay in your denomination, for, after all,” they croon, “the Holy Spirit will make you a better Methodist, a better Baptist, a better Presbyterian, a better Catholic — a BETTER BABYLONIAN!” You will have to write a very large book, my brother or sister, if you are going to convince me that this voice is the voice of the Holy Spirit, for it requires but little of the spirit of wisdom and revelation from God to discern which of these voices is the voice of the Spirit and which is the voice of the beast which has two horns as a lamb, but speaks as a dragon. The voice which urges people to remain in Mystery Babylon is unquestionably the voice of rebellion and blasphemy against the clear word of the Lord! “Come out” never means “stay in!” I have no hesitation whatever in declaring to you that God is not today in the business of blessing, renewing, or perfecting Mystery Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth. He is in the business of calling out a people for His name, that is, to take His name, to be a bride unto Him. He is in the business of gathering together unto HIM. He is in the business of washing, cleansing, and sanctifying the virgin bride of Christ. He is in the business of building and preparing and adorning the HOLY CITY, NEW JERUSALEM!"
Much more in the text:
The Book of Revelation is for every generation. Every generation is given the same call.
I am not so sure I buy into the idea that by staying in a denomination that is somehow demon inspired.
We are called to walk with God in Spirit. That is where the rubber meets the road. No matter how many "churches" are created they will all wind up being the same.
Where two or Three gather in my name there am I with them. Matt 18:20
That does not mean you need a "church". At the same time it is important that there is a community that together seek God. Even if that community is only two or three.
It's a hard word, I was apprehensive in sharing it, the whole thing is about purity, no outside influence, no harlot taking what belongs to Christ alone. I agree the book of Revelation is for all generations, it is written in archetypes, you have to go all the way with archetypes, half way won't do, so the Word of the spirit can minister to us whether we are ready or not. Preston Eby is teaching what was given him to teach, many want it watered down a little. He calls out all sectarianism within Christianity as being the other woman.
I understand the whole idea that the "church" has gone astray. I don't have a problem with that.
The church is run by man. That says it all.
While many in the "church" just follow whatever the church says there is always a remnant that seek God.
Here is what I think is the problem in all churches...
Churches try to get as many people in as possible.
The way Jesus spoke to the masses would not be accepted in most if not all churches.
Jesus spoke in parables.
Matt 13:10-15 explains why he spoke in parables. I will add that just below. The point is this. Jesus was seeking people that desired to seek Him. In other words the gospel is free but it is not cheap.
On the other hand the church is seeking people to convert and/or direct into a "godly" life.
It may sound the same but it is really completely different.
10 And the disciples came up and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?” 11 And Jesus answered them, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted. 12 For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him. 13 Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. 14 And [d]in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says,
‘[e]You shall keep on listening, [f]but shall not understand; And [g]you shall keep on looking, [h]but shall not perceive; 15 For the heart of this people has become dull, With their ears they scarcely hear, And they have closed their eyes, Otherwise they might see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their heart, and return, And I would heal them.’
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt+13&version=NASB
Thank you for that, "Jesus was seeking people that desired to seek Him", hits the nail on the head!
"“Behold, the Bridegroom cometh — go ye O-U-T to meet Him!” (Mat. 25:6). In order to meet the Bridegroom, one must go “out.” And “out” does not in any way indicate UP! The great truth that the Holy Spirit would now make real to our hearts is just this: the only way one may go “out” to meet the Bridegroom is to “come out” from among the world and the flesh and the harlot churches with their idolatries and miserable distortions of truth, to be JOINED UNTO THE LORD in intimacy of fellowship and vital union!"
"One cry of the book of Revelation is for us to “Come up hither” into a higher realm of life and glory. The important truth for us to understand now is that in the Revelation there is both a coming out and a coming up."
Then, after He called us out of the religious systems of man, and had consumed the spirit and ways of those systems out of our minds and hearts, we heard another Voice as of a trumpet talking with us, inviting us to “Come up hither” to a higher spiritual realm. When we came up to a higher place in the Spirit, He then said to us, “I will show thee things which must be hereafter.” Then we were immediately in the Spirit and saw “a throne set in heaven (or in the realm of the Spirit), and One sat on the throne.” When, at our Father’s invitation, we ascended in the spirit into the throne zone, we beheld the Lord seated upon His throne of majesty and power. And what a revelation that was! Yet here is the wonder of it all — not just to see God in Christ seated upon His throne, but to comprehend the deep and eternal significance of His invitation to us to “Come up hither.” Not just to see Him upon the throne — but to join Him! Thus His word comes: “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” (Rev. 3:21). Ah, beloved, experiences like this teach us the wonderful fact that the book of Revelation is not meant to be understood — it is meant to be EXPERIENCED!
"The Holy Spirit imparts a revelation on how much the institutional religious system is Babylon the Great, and then He whispers in our heart the solemn secret that not only is Babylon judged and destroyed as a system "out there" — it must first be judged and destroyed right within the heart and experience of every member of God’s called and chosen elect!"
"Before the marriage of the Lamb, before the One riding the white horse smites the nations, before Satan is cast into the abyss, before the holy city, New Jerusalem, descends out of the heavenlies, before all men stand before the great white throne, before the nations walk in the light of the city, before all things are restored and made new — before any of these and many other wonderful events — BABYLON IS JUDGED AND DESTROYED! Therefore, on a personal level we must begin by judging all the elements of Babylon in our own hearts! I do not believe that there is a corruption in any of the carnal church systems of man (or any other realm of the world) of which I could not find the germ in my own heart. That is the mystery!"