Page 5 - The Road from Babylon to Zion

become entangled by the affairs of this life, striving for that which perishes, or would
she remain faithful to the One who chose her? Would Zion walk in the midst of a
wicked and unbelieving people and remain true to her God?

The citizens of Babylon have hardly suspected that there was another people
dwelling in their midst. Babylon has been focused on her own pursuits and
endeavors and she has considered herself to be the chosen one of God. Babylon has
continued to build and to enlarge her borders. She has continued to strive to attain
to greater heights, and she has considered herself to be successful.

On occasion Babylon would note some member of Zion that was not involved in the
same pursuits and she would think it odd. At times she might even get annoyed that
there were some who did not share the same values and goals as she. At times her
annoyance would turn to rage when she came to understand that the citizens of Zion
were not impressed by all that Babylon had built, but that they were rather appalled
by it all.

At the end of this age, now six days since Adam (six thousand years), and two days
(two thousand years) since Yahshua the Messiah was crucified and rose again,
Yahweh is doing a work of separation. Even as Judah and Jerusalem were released
from Babylon after seventy years of captivity and were invited to return to Zion, so
the people of God, the Overcomers, are being called out of spiritual Babylon.

Revelation 18:4
I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come out of her, my
people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive of her
plagues...”

Though those who are heeding the call may be a mere remnant of all that dwell in
Babylon, yet they are a considerable people. Many are coming out. But this
separation is not devoid of difficulties. For many, Babylon has been the only home
they have known. Certainly this was true of those freed from Babylon so many years
ago. In seventy years a whole generation had died and another had been raised
entirely in a land of captivity. Although Babylon was a land of great idolatry and
spiritual harlotry, it was also a land of great material wealth and prosperity. Many
who had been born in this land, even the majority, chose not to leave when they were
free to return to Zion. Their hearts had grown attached to the things of the world. To
travel the road to Zion meant hardship, and physical difficulty, and many dangers
along the way. It was much easier to remain in the artificial security of a prosperous
land, sleeping in a soft bed inside a house of luxury.

Yet many struggled with leaving simply because Babylon was all they knew. Babylon
had truly been a mother to them. They had been raised in her, and Yahweh had told