Come Out of Babylon and Return to God’s Ways | KIB 551 Kingdom Intelligence Briefing DESCRIPTION COME OUT OF BABYLON AND RETURN TO GOD’S WAYS What happens when believers stop fighting the Word of God and simply begin asking: “Father, what are Your ways?” In this special Feast of Tabernacles edition of Kingdom Intelligence Briefing, […]
Welcome to Kingdom Intelligence Briefing Episode #550 with Dr. Michael Lake and Mary Lou Lake.
Why are so many Christians comfortable inside a system Scripture tells God’s people to leave?
In this episode, Dr. Michael Lake examines one of the most urgent calls in the Book of Revelation:
“Come out of her, my people.” — Revelation 18:4
The warning is significant because God addresses those inside Babylon as “my people.” The problem is not simply that Babylon exists. The danger is that God’s people can become entangled in its values, practices, loyalties, materialism, entertainment, counterfeit identity, and spiritual compromise.
Dr. Lake and Mary Lou explore the picture of a spider’s web as an illustration of the enemy’s systematic methods. Ephesians 6:11 warns believers about the devil’s “schemes” or “wiles.” The Greek term methodeia conveys calculated, systematic deception—the kind of strategy designed to entangle people gradually rather than capture them all at once.
The message then confronts lukewarm Christianity. Revelation 3 reveals that Laodicea believed it was prosperous and needed nothing, while Christ exposed its true spiritual condition. Material comfort can disguise spiritual poverty, leaving believers satisfied with Babylon while believing they are walking fully in the Kingdom.
In Kingdom Intelligence Briefing Episode 517, Dr. Michael and Mary Lou Lake expose a sobering reality: many believers are trying to build spiritual life on compromised foundations, and when the foundation is defiled, the fruit will be defiled—especially in the prophetic and charismatic streams.
Mary Lou shares what the Lord impressed on her this week about false havens Babylon offers—systems, groups, and “comfort structures” that create a counterfeit sense of security and dependency. She also shares a striking spiritual picture: a massive serpent beneath the charismatic church, contaminating the foundation and helping explain the confusion, deception, and counterfeit manifestations so many are encountering.
Dr. Lake then takes us into Scripture to show how the enemy targets foundations through “night arrows” (Psalm 11), how infiltration has worked throughout biblical history, and why the answer is not more spectacle—but a return to Christ as the Cornerstone, with the apostles and prophets (biblically defined) as the foundation.
In this sobering Kingdom Intelligence Briefing (Episode 506), Dr. Michael and Mary Lou Lake share a prophetic warning for the remnant—and a deep call to spiritual maturity from Jeremiah 12:5.
Mary Lou shares how the Lord interrupted her plans for a “pleasant” Feast of Dedication message and instead commanded her to sound the alarm: those who refuse to leave pagan practices—especially Christmas—will see their infirmities worsen and the enemy’s attacks intensify.
Dr. Lake then unpacks Jeremiah 12:5, “If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses?” showing how God is using today’s pressures to train the remnant to run with the horses of the Kingdom in the dangerous “thickets of the Jordan” in these last days.
