“Leave, leave, go out from there! Do not touch anything unclean; go out from her, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the Lord.” (v. 11)

Here’s something for the redeemed—those who are in the world but not of the world—to remember:

When God made the way for you, in Christ, to be called out of the death and darkness and sin-slavery you once knew…He didn’t immediately transport you out of this life and into the next. He called you to worship here, in this broken place, until He comes again at the end. Like Israel, you have been freed from captivity, though your world is still a sin-cursed mess.

And, like Israel, He has urged you on your way:

Don’t touch anything! Don’t pick up their idols, don’t grasp at their treasure, and don’t add their stuff to your worship lives!

You and I are called to walk out of, yet still in, a wayward place. Keep your hands and your heads and your hearts clean, then, so that we can worship our Redeemer rightly.

— Tyler