There can be no surprise that those who do not know the gospel of Jesus Christ would seek their treasure in the (passing) things of this life and do it on the backs of fellow people. Yet the effort is doomed to fail. Over the course of centuries, so many of the rich have fallen, kings have tottered, and merchants ended up broke. In fact, civilization after civilization that promised an earthly paradise ended up imploding, be it from internal decay or from external invasion. So the Lord’s people do well to distance themselves from the values of any Babylon
on this earth and focus their hearts and minds on King Jesus and his eternal kingdom.
4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues;