This is the first of a series of blogs which address the process of coming out of Babylon and becoming one of YHVH’s called out and set-apart people. There are a group of men, with their wives and children, who will come completely out of the world before the tribulation begins; these special men are setting themselves apart as an example of what YHVH desires for all his people and will become some of the great ones in His kingdom.

YHVH in Jeremiah chapter 23 speaks of the good shepherds who will feed His sheep in the last days and says this.

“Therefore, behold, the days are coming,” says YHVH, “that they shall no longer say, ‘As YHVH lives who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt,’ but, ‘As YHVH lives who brought up and led the descendants of the house of Israel from the north country and from all the countries where I had driven them.’” (Jer 23:7-8)

When we left Egypt the first time, it was impressive; we saw the strong-arm of YHVH both in our exodus from Egypt and His provision, protection and instruction while we were in the wilderness and on our way to the Promised Land. It was just prior to our coming out of Egypt that YHVH raised up and set apart two men to lead us. Those men were Moses and Aaron.

Both Moses and Aaron left the jurisdictional authority of the Pharaoh by coming out of Egypt, on their own, well before YHVH brought the rest of Israel out. Moses, of course, had left 40 years prior to us and Aaron came out, as it were, in the eleventh hour.

“So when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, ‘Call the laborers and give them their wages, beginning with the last to the first.’ And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they [also] each received a denarius. (Mat 20:8-9)

Our Father is even now looking for laborers for His field; men that are 100% His and can be trusted to lead His people in the ways that they should, by their example. These men are no longer involved in any harlotry with the world.

YHVH spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the sons of Israel: Tell them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a blue thread in the tassels of the corners. And you shall have the tassel, that you may look upon it and remember all the commandments of YHVH and do them, and that you may not follow the harlotry to which your own heart and your own eyes are inclined, and that you may remember and do all My commandments, and be holy for your God. (Num 15:37-41

Listen to the sarcasm as YHVH speaks to his cast out people who are being personified as a harlot,

“Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you shall no more be called tender and delicate. Take the millstones and grind meal. Remove your veil, take off the skirt, uncover the thigh, pass through the rivers. Your nakedness shall be uncovered, yes, your shame will be seen; I will take vengeance, and I will not arbitrate with a man.” As for our Redeemer, YHVH of hosts is His name, the Holy One of Israel. “Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no longer be called The Lady of Kingdoms. (Isa 47:1-5)

And five chapters later YHVH speaks to the same people in the latter days saying “Wake up you sleepy people and make yourself free to serve only Me!”

Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments [righteousness], O Jerusalem, the holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean shall no longer come to you. Shake yourself from the dust, arise; Sit down, O Jerusalem! Loose yourself from the bonds of your neck, O captive daughter of Zion! (Isa 52:1-2)

Depart! Depart! Go out from there, touch no unclean thing; go out from the midst of her, be clean, you who bear the vessels of YHVH. For you shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight; for YHVH will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard. (Isa 52:11-12)

Zion, Jerusalem and the holy city are YHVH’s called out and set-apart men who are circumcised both in heart and in their flesh. These men who desire to lead YHVH’s people will leave their Babylon, their Egypt, ahead of all others and YHVH will help us do it; He personally will be lead us and be our rear guard.

But today there is no wilderness left for YHVH’s set-apart and called out men to flee to; and to separate ourselves from the world we must understand just how we are being held to it.

We are at the eleventh hour but it is not yet too late to be chosen as one of YHVH’s set-apart men and become one of the great ones in His kingdom. Please join me as we explore what it means to come out of Babylon and potentially become one of the 144,000, the virgin of Israel.

My journey in coming out of the world has taken many years; but as the last days approach I hope that many will be able to benefit from my experiences and come out more quickly than I did. Please watch for other writings under the new “Coming Out” link on my blog.

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Part 2 of this “Coming Out of Babylon” series continues here.