REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Thirty Two - Giving Them Blood to Drink - Conclusion

 "The angel over the waters" that is, the angel who pours this bowl into the waters magnifies Jehovah as the Universal Judge, whose righteous decisions are absolute.  Therefore, he says of this judgment: "They deserve it."  Doubtless, the angel personally witnesses much of the bloodshed and cruelty fomented over thousands of years  by the false teachings  and philosophies of this wicked world. Hence, he knows that Jehovah's  judicial decision  is right. Even God's "altar speaks out.  At Revelation 6:9, 10,  the souls  of those who were martyred are said to be at the base of that altar.  So "the altar" adds powerful testimony as to the justice  and righteousness of Jehovah's  decisions.  "Certainly, it is fitting that those who have shed blood should themselves be force-fed with blood, in symbol of Jehovah's sentencing them to death.

Next time: REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Thirty Two - Scorching Men With Fire

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