es that put pleasure ahead of all else. Babylon of old was described as of the "lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life," (1 John 2:16).
             In Revelation 18 John writes, "And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come out of her, my people, that you may not participate in her sins and that you may not receive of her plagues." Here John is talking about Babylon (see verse 2). Christians are to live in the world, but they are not to be of the world. Paul writes in 2 Cor. 6:17, "Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate," says the Lord.
             "and do not touch what is unclean; And I will welcome you." Babylon is the world, the seduction of the world, at any moment of history, which would draw away a Christian from God. In John's day Babylon would have been represent
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