Why are the persecutors in Revelation given blood to drink?
They are given blood to drink because they shed the blood of saints and prophets, so their punishment matches their deeds. The altar declares God’s judgments true and righteous, and the text says this retribution is what they had coming and that they are worthy.
Les explains that the persecutors who shed the blood of saints and prophets receive blood to drink as a just consequence. The angels say, “You’ve given them blood to drink,” and the text adds that it is what they had coming and that they are worthy. Verse 7 reinforces this with the altar’s declaration that the Lord God Almighty’s judgments are true and righteous. Les also addresses the human reaction that God is unfair, noting that a generation can bring to a head what previous generations sowed, and God visits iniquity to the third and fourth generation.
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
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Who does Revelation 16:6 say is guilty of shedding the blood of saints and prophets?
In Revelation 16:6, the 'they' who have shed the blood of saints and prophets refers to the whole human race.