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Scripture Meditation No. 1695
AATHAVAN – 28.09.2025, Sunday
"Ho, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.” For the Lord of armies says this: “After glory He has sent me against the nations that plunder you, for the one who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.” (Zechariah 2:7–8)
The verse for today emphasizes that as people belonging to Christ, we must escape from the Babylonian life—life enslaved by worldly pleasures and sin—and live the spiritual life of Zion, pleasing to the Lord. When we break free from Babylon, God’s blessing and protection will surely rest upon us.
When the people of Judah had been in captivity under the Babylonians for nearly seventy years, they began to forget their homeland and Jerusalem. They became content with the prosperity of Babylon. In today’s passage, God calls such chosen people of His “Zion.” Their state was like men who, forgetting their own families, run after other women and dwell with them. The people of Judah chose to settle with the daughter of Babylon.
Therefore, through the prophet Zechariah, God spoke to them: “Ho, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon. After glory you will have honour. You are the one chosen by the Lord—do not forget it. To declare this to you, He has sent me to the nations (Babylon) who plundered you.” As we have often mentioned in many Aathavan meditations, the Old Testament is a shadow of the New Testament. So, today’s verse must be read in the light of the New Testament truth.
Just as the people of Judah, who belonged to the Lord, lived as slaves in Babylon, fascinated by its prosperity, so too we, the people of Zion, fall into bondage to sin and continue to live as if dwelling with the daughter of Babylon. To such people God says: “Zion, who destroys yourself being deceived by Babylon’s beauty, escape! Then you will have glory,” says the Lord of armies.
Yes, beloved, today we who are caught in the charms and deceptions of the world, living enslaved to them, must come out of the Babylonian life if we long for glory in our lives. When we do so, the Lord Himself will give us full protection.
Slavery is never permanent; its prosperity will not last forever. But when we escape from the Babylonian life, God’s blessing and protection are assured. That is why at the end of today’s passage we read: “The one who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.” (Zechariah 2:8). Indeed, when we turn to Him wholeheartedly, He considers us as the apple of His eye. Therefore, He will not allow anyone or anything to harm us.
To those who return to Him from Babylon, the Lord declares: “Shout for joy and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming, and I will dwell in your midst,” declares the Lord. (Zechariah 2:10). Let us examine ourselves today. If we still find traces of Babylonian ways in us, let us correct ourselves. Then God’s protection will surely be ours.
Message of God :- Bro. M. Geo Prakash
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