Around 1450 B.C., Moses led the Twelve Tribes out of Egypt. All of them went into the wilderness before settling down in the Holy Land. Things changed over the next twelve hundred years.
In 720 B.C., the ten Northern Tribes were deported by the Assyrians. They were sent to the North. Few of them returned. In 586 B.C., most of the Tribe of Judah was deported to Babylon. The city of Jerusalem was then destroyed.
By 538 B.C., give or take a few years, the Jewish people were allowed to leave Babylon. Unlike the Exodus from Egypt, many Jews stayed behind. They preferred Babylon’s lush living to rebuilding the City of God and His Temple in Jerusalem.
The division continues. All mankind is separated into those who leave comfort and ease for their love of God and those who don’t.
Some Catholic Fundamentalists use that to categorize people. When we look at political figures who try to keep bubbles inflated by spending money their nations don’t have, we see people who have chosen to live in Babylon.
