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“Then I heard another voice from heaven say: ‘Come out of her, my people,’ so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues” (Revelation 18:4 [NIV]).

The purpose of Revelation was never to fill in the blanks of the last days so we could be frightened by various events or people as things “line up.” John was given a vision and was told that it must be shared immediately. He wrote down this vision and sent it out to address the current struggles of seven first-century churches. Clearly, the world hasn’t ended. So, why was it so important th...