Chapter Thirty-Two/God's Anger Brought to a Finish - Giving Them Blood to Drink -Conclusion

 In Moses' day, when the Nile River was turned into blood, the Egyptians were able to keep alive by seeking other sources of water.  (Exodus 7:4) Today, though, during the spiritual plague, there is nowhere in Satan's world that people can find life-giving waters. The pouring of this third bowl involves proclaiming that the world's "rivers and fountains of the waters" are as blood, bringing spiritual death to all who imbibe them. Unless people turn to Jehovah, they reap his adverse judgment. - Compare EZEKIEL 33:11. 

"The angel over the waters," that is, the angel who pours this bowl into the waters, magnifies Jehovah as the Universal Judge, who righteous decisions are absolute. Therefore, he says of this judgment: "They deserve it." Doubtless, the angel personally witnessed 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 "the altar" adds powerful testimony as to the justice and righteousness of Jehovah's decisions. Certainly, it is fitting that those who have shed and misused so much blood should themselves be forced-fed with blood, in symbol of Jehovah's sentencing them to death. 

Next time: Chapter Thirty-Two/God's Anger Brought to a Finish - Scorching Men With Fire

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