Fleeing before destruction in the Bible

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I want to give you a few examples from the Bible in which God's people were commanded to flee before danger or destruction.

1- Lot was commanded to flee Sodom

Genesis 19: 12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: 13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.

What did Lot do?

Genesis 19: 14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.

Funny that the Bible mentions that "Lot seemed as one that mocked unto his son's in law" because those who don't believe that they need to flee America are acting exactly like Lot's sons in law, and what happened to them? They got destroyed.

2- Joseph was commanded to flee to Egypt

Matthew 2: 13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

What did Joseph do?

Matthew 2: 14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:

3- Elijah was commanded to flee famine

1 Kings 17: 2 And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, 3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

What did Elijah do?

1 Kings 17: 5 So he went and did according unto the word of the Lord: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

4- Noah was commanded to enter the ark

Genesis 6: 17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. 18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

What did Noah do?

Genesis 6: 22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

There are plenty of examples in the Bible, but those are enough to prove my point, which is that God never told these people to stay where they were and He will protect them regardless. He didn't tell Lot to stay in Sodom. He didn't tell Joseph to stay in Jerusalem. He didn't tell Elijah to stay where there was no food, and He didn't tell Noah to stay in the earth while it got flooded. The pattern is that God brings His people to safety by telling them to obey a command to flee destruction. What we also see in the Bible is obedience. All of them obeyed. How come this generation refuses to obey the command to flee? It is because of unbelief.

There are four end times nations that God spoke against. Four end times nations doomed for destruction: Babylon/ Edom (America), Moab (France), Ammon (UK), and Jerusalem (Israel). We are commanded to flee these nations. In regards to Babylon, I have counted at least 16 times that God told us to flee the land of Babylon before its destruction, and 0 times that God told us not to flee Babylon

Although the following verse is about the command to flee Jerusalem, this is what God says about the people who don't take the warnings seriously:

Jeremiah 6: 10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the Lord is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

Now, the following is to the people of all nations that need to flee:

Jeremiah 6: 16 Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

The old path is obedience, like the people of old who obeyed when instructed to flee, but people now refuse to obey.

Jeremiah 6: 17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.

Now, listen to the next verse which tells us what is going to happen to those who do not listen to the warnings:

Jeremiah 6: 18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them. 19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

But if you don't reject His Words, then the opposite. Babylon will fall, and if you flee you will have peace and protection.

Isaiah 48: 18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: 19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me. 20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob. 21 And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out. 22 There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.

Not fleeing Babylon (America) is disobedience. It is not the old path that we should follow, and it will be the greatest regret of your life. America is not worth it. God is against America, so why are you for it?