Look now at what the harlot has in her hand. John must have gasped at the sight of it-a golden cup "full of disgusting things and the unclean things of her fornication"! This is the cup containing "the wine of the anger of her fornication" with which she has made all the nations drunk. (Revelation 14:8; 17:2 ) It looks rich on the outside, but its contents are disgusting, unclean. (Compare Matthew23:25, 26) It contains all the filthy practicess and lies that the great harlot has used to seduce the nations and bring them under her influence. Even more revolting, John sees that the harlot herself is inebriated, drunk with the blood of God's servants! In fact, we later read that "in her was found the blood of prophets and of holy ones and of all those who have been slaughtered on the earth." (Revelation 18:24) What massive bloodguilt!
Next time: REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Thirty Three - A Name, a Mystery - Conclusion
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