Isa 48:21 | KingComments | STEP | To live in that peace, separation from evil is an essential condition ( ; ). The people must leave Babylon. It is not only a departure, but also a runaway. It is also about an inner detachment from Babylon and not merely an outward departure. All the years in Babylon have tainted them internally in many cases. We recognize this in the books of Ezra and of Nehemiah. That is why through the prophets Haggai, Zachariah and Malachi sounds the call to inner conversion, to spiritually flee from Babylon. This is also the call to the believers in our time regarding the church as an institution where people dominate over others. We live in the midst of a professing Christianity defiled by erroneous doctrine and moral evils that proliferate like a cancerous tumor. Therefore, within the religious confusion, we must separate ourselves from what is not according to the will and honor of the Lord ( ). It is also good to remember that deliverance is the result of separation and that that separation is accompanied by the sound of joyful shouting and joyful testimony. Israel is instructed to let the good news of their deliverance be heard “to the end of the earth”. This the God-fearing remnant will do in the coming day. Until then, the worldwide testimony of the gospel has been entrusted to us. We see the elements of the gospel in the water flow out of the rock for the thirsty ( ). This water is made freely available to all ( ; ). It is the water that Christ gives ( ), while He Himself is also the rock ( ).

‏ Isaiah 48:21

Separation From Evil

To live in that peace, separation from evil is an essential condition (Isa 48:20; Isa 52:11). The people must leave Babylon. It is not only a departure, but also a runaway. It is also about an inner detachment from Babylon and not merely an outward departure. All the years in Babylon have tainted them internally in many cases.

We recognize this in the books of Ezra and of Nehemiah. That is why through the prophets Haggai, Zachariah and Malachi sounds the call to inner conversion, to spiritually flee from Babylon. This is also the call to the believers in our time regarding the church as an institution where people dominate over others.

We live in the midst of a professing Christianity defiled by erroneous doctrine and moral evils that proliferate like a cancerous tumor. Therefore, within the religious confusion, we must separate ourselves from what is not according to the will and honor of the Lord (Rev 18:4). It is also good to remember that deliverance is the result of separation and that that separation is accompanied by the sound of joyful shouting and joyful testimony.

Israel is instructed to let the good news of their deliverance be heard “to the end of the earth”. This the God-fearing remnant will do in the coming day. Until then, the worldwide testimony of the gospel has been entrusted to us. We see the elements of the gospel in the water flow out of the rock for the thirsty (Isa 48:21). This water is made freely available to all (Isa 55:1; Rev 22:17b). It is the water that Christ gives (Jn 4:10 ; 13-14), while He Himself is also the rock (1Cor 10:4).