In one generation, the modern church has become the harlot of Revelation chapter seventeen.
There are uncompromising saints everywhere and the distinction is that they know something is terribly wrong. A multitude of these Bible-believers have tried to stay in those churches and help turn them back, but that is hopeless. That is not what the Lord Jesus wants us to do. He said, “Come out of her, my people, lest you be partakers of her sins”(Revelation 18:4b).
You must do that or you are going to be judged with “her.”
This “Great Whore” is soon to be judged. In fact, you can see judgment already at work. Effeminacy has gripped “ministers” and a great part of the male leadership of the church world—women utterly forsaking feminine characteristics and godly living. It's amazing to watch the men becoming effeminate and the women becoming masculine. The only term for such a dominating turn is the judgment of God. The Holy Spirit is giving them up to their distorted, carnal ambitions and passions. The worse is yet to come1.
Let's look at the judgment that is soon to fall on this “whorish” church world. At the command of Jesus Christ, which He received from the Father, an angel spoke to John,
"Come; I will show to you the judgment of the great whore that sits upon many waters” - Revelation 17:1b.
God's Word the Bible is infallible and every ministry, denomination, or local congregation that has forsaken any part of truth is ripe for the judgment.
The Son of God left no room for carelessness. Jesus said,
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God - Luke 4:4.
We are without excuse!
Drunkenness has become the dominating mood; not drunkenness from strong drink but drunkenness from the love of this world, its pleasures, and its perceived success. You must understand that conviction of righteousness and holiness has been withdrawn. This is the first sign of judgment. The Holy Spirit has been distorted, grieved, maligned, and imitated until at the Lord's command He has withdrawn from almost the entire church world.
If you try to tell those involved that this has happened – almost the entire church world — they will hate and destroy you if they can. Nothing is more evident in this “Great Whore” than total drunkenness and obliviousness to the developing judgment and God's call back to the Holy Word of God.
Not only is she drunk, but she is blind. The great hope of the Church has always been the return of Christ to rapture us and to remove us from the judgment to come. This is a New Testament theme. Those church groups that claim to still believe in The Rapture have become incapable of preaching the truth. Constantly, the good saints that are trying to remain with this blind church world are begging the ministers to preach the rapture, but they only get crumbs. The ministers will say little “nothings” that sound good to these thirsty souls, but they are only crumbs to keep the saints fooled.
The worship has turned from spiritual to soulish. The music excites the base desires for fleshly satisfaction instead of a sacred longing after Christ and His sweet Spirit. Watching contemporary musicians do their thing is like watching unsanctified flesh bouncing and gravitating. This new music will stir religious people to go ballistic emotionally but leave the godly part empty and depressed. Contemporary music is an imitation of spiritual music and worship. Watch the people — singers or worshippers — and their lives will be a perfect picture of the downward spiral from biblical godliness to utter compromise.
This Spirit said,
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication - Revelation 17:3-4.
The “Great Whore” church is “full of names of blasphemy.” Here are the seven blasphemous characteristics in her name:
Full of Names of Blasphemy:
1. Denies the absolute authority of Holy Scripture.
2. Blasphemes the single source for the cleansing of human sins.
3. Rejects the fear of God, which is God's lasting means of wisdom.
4. Denies the absolute demand of holiness in the human temple (our body).
5. Blasphemes the created sacredness of male and female.
6. Forsakes the great depth and beauty of the human spirit.
7. Transfers the centre of human life from the spirit to the soul or the fallennature.
Do not be fooled! At the beginning of the embrace of soulish music, the theology seems intact. It will only take a few months and then the drastic changes will begin. The change is called a paradigm shift and there is seldom any possibility of a return to the biblical mindset. The “Great Whore” is going to be judged at the conclusion of the seven years of this Great Tribulation. Most of the church world, where this woman reigns, has either forsaken the book of Revelation or is in the process of forsaking it.
Preaching or teaching on these strong prophecy trends is utterly absent or given only lip service. Any emphasis on separation from sin and worldliness has been deserted. The distinction of male and female is lost. The attire is effeminate for men and Jezebel-like for women: She will be burned with fire,
And the ten horns which you saw upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. For God has put in their hearts to fulfil His will, and to agree, and give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled - Revelation 17:16-17.
Even John the revelator was impressed with her magnificence and had to be rebuked. You may have the same emotions, but now the cover is blown. “Come Out of Her!” Quit hanging around a church world that God, by Jesus Christ, called “the Great Whore.” Unless you give up your bondage to this antichrist system, you will be judged with her.
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, lest you be partakers of her sins, and that you do not receive of her plagues - Revelation 18:4.
Do not repeat the worn out excuse, “I'm waiting for God to tell me to get out of my compromised church.” He already has. You must obey Him or you will suffer the judgment that is soon to fall.
JOSEPH CHAMBERS is pastor of Paw Creek Ministries, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. Like CWM he took a strong stand against Toronto & Pensacola. With slight reservations CWM recommends the Paw Creek ministry - see disclaimer below - http://www.pawcreek.org
