Why do the leaders sit quietly, doing the inner work of the kingdom – rather than battling for righteousness by buying prime time slots on TV, holding huge rallies, or shouting hellfire against the sin centers of the world. Even the missionaries are encouraged not to contend, but to preach with love.
Could it be that evil really is supposed to have the upper hand, to do its work … almost unhindered (at least for the time being)? Is it really possible? The Book of Revelation in the New Testament provides an answer. It shows us that the path of the church is not to actively fight against Babylon or to put her down. She is to grow fat and sassy and to grow ever more arrogant and strong; and to remain ignorant that the day of her destruction is not far distant.
The church does not have the resources to fight against principles, institutions, or people. Every ounce of energy (financial and human) must be used for people, for morality, for goodness – not for actively opposing Babylon. In the Book of Revelation, neither the 144,000 nor the Saints take part in any opposition against Babylon, the dragon, the beast, or false prophets. The Saints are absent from all battlefields. The 144,000 are engaged only in the gathering of those of Israel who will come to the church of the firstborn. The only task that The Book of Revelation assigns to the Saints is to worship God and not the beast, to endure in faith, maintain virtue, to withstand persecution, and to preach the gospel of God.
Evil really does have to have its day! Therefore, the church, for the present, is in a kind of isolation mode – concerned mostly with itself and internal affairs, strengthening its doctrinal and theological foundation – adding to its membership all who will come and leaving the rest of the world to build that part of hell in which they will soon fall.