THE ANTONINE PLAGUE
In the days of the height of the early Roman Empire the road system was highly developed throughout Europe but this allowed a great plague to spread freely. The Book of Revelation (chapter 18) had foretold plague because of sins of Rome. So even the merciful God did not stop this plague. God only warned against sharing in Rome’s sins and therefore being subjecf to Rome’s punishments. God’s warning then as now was to dissociate from Rome and from the associates of Rome who shared in the sins of Rome (of Babylon the Great). Nowadays the system left by Rome continues to spread the same deeds Rome had perpetrated. The punishments are stored up just the same. The new equivalent of the road system is the air travel system. A plague such as the brewing Ebola outbreak of East Africa can spread through this system of fast connections between airports. The connections are so fast that symptoms do not emerge during short flight times. Coming out and being separate is still the solution God provides for His own followers who heed His call. Maybe others who do not follow can be saved by being caught up in the obedient dissociation too.
