Chapter Seventeen/'Slaughtered Souls' Rewarded - Continue

 The scenario continues to unfold: "And they cried with a loud voice, saying: 'Until when, Sovereign Lord holy and true, are you refraining from  judging and avenging our blood upon those who dwell on the earth?' " (Revelation 6:10) How can their souls, or blood, cry out for vengeance, since the Bible shows that the dead are unconscious? (Ecclesiastes 9:5) Well, did not righteous Abel's blood cry out after Cain murdered him? Jehovah then said to Cain; "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground." (Genesis 4:10, 11; Hebrews 12:24) It was not that Abel's blood was literally uttering words. Rather, Abel had died as innocent victim, and justice called out for his murderer to be punished. Similarly, those Christian martyrs are innocent, and in justice they must be avenged. (Luke 18:7, 8) The cry for vengeance is loud because many thousands have thus died. - Compare JEREMIAH 15:15, 16. 

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