“This scripture points forward to a time when the announcement of the fall of Babylon, as made by the second angel [REV 14:8] of Revelation 14, is to be repeated, with the additional mention of the corruptions which have been entering the various organizations that constitute Babylon, since that message was first given, in the summer of 1844. A terrible condition of the religious world is here described. With every rejection of truth, the minds of the people will become darker, their hearts more stubborn, until they are entrenched in an infidel hardihood. In defiance of the warnings which God has given, they will continue to trample upon one of the precepts of the Decalogue, until they are led to persecute those who hold it sacred. Christ is set at naught in the contempt placed upon his Word and his people. As the teachings of Spiritualism are accepted by the churches, the restraint imposed upon the carnal heart is removed, and the profession of religion will become a cloak to conceal the basest iniquity. A belief in spiritual manifestations opens the door to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils, and thus the influence of evil angels will be felt in the churches. Of Babylon, at the time brought to view in this prophecy, it is declared, "Her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities." [REV. 18:5.] She has filled up the measure of her guilt, and destruction is about to fall upon her. But God still has a people in Babylon; and before the visitation of his judgments, these faithful ones must be called out, that they "partake not of her sins, and receive not of her plagues." Hence the movement symbolized by the angel coming down from Heaven, lightening the earth with his glory, and crying mightily with a strong voice, announcing the sins of Babylon. In connection with his message the call is heard, "Come out of her, my people." These announcements, uniting with the third angel's message, constitute the final warning to be given to the inhabitants of the earth.” Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy, pg. 603-604.
30. How then is the Loud Cry of the fourth angel, the loud cry of the third angel’s message? Here is the answer.
a. The additional information about Babylon (of Rev. 18) shows how God thinks about her evils/sins, thus why her false doctrines especially as manifested as the mark of the beast should not be followed. (Rev. 18:5,24; Rev. 17:6; Rev. 20:4).
b. To come out of Babylon and escape the plagues is to be justified by faith and thus be made obedient to the Law of God by the Faith of Jesus Christ. (Rev. 18:4; Rev. 14:12; Rom. 3:28,31).
c. Thus the fourth angel’s message is the third angel’s message that swelled into a loud cry with exposure of the corruptions of Babylon. (Rev. 18:1; Rev. 14:9).
The following chat thus illustrates exactly what is the Loud Cry of the fourth angel:
THE THIRD ANGEL’S THE FOURTH ANGEL’S
MESSAGE, SWELLED MESSAGE, ADDITIONAL
TO A LOUD CRY MENTION OF THE
CORRUPTIONS OF
BABYLON FALSE
RELIGIONS
JUSTIFICATION AND
RIGHTEOUSNESS BY
FAITH
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