Yes — God allows the severe judgments in Revelation because they are the righteous and deserved consequences of humanity's long history of shedding the blood of His saints and prophets.
The angels themselves confirm that God's judgments are true and righteous, saying the persecutors are receiving what they deserve. Les Feldick stresses that humanity has been bloodthirsty for 6,000 years and that this final generation inherits the accumulated guilt of those who martyred God's people. The entire world system stands guilty of the blood of prophets, saints, and all slain on the earth.
Revelation 16:5-6 — The angel of the waters declares God's judgment righteous and explains the blood-plague is repayment for shedding the blood of saints and prophets.
Revelation 18:24 — It reveals why the wrath is so severe: the world system is found guilty of the blood of prophets, saints, and all who were slain on the earth.
Revelation 6:16 — It shows the universal terror as the great and small alike plead for death to escape the wrath of the Lamb.
Scripture is clear that God's judgments in Revelation are not arbitrary wrath. In Revelation 16:5-6, when the waters are turned to blood, the angel of the waters declares, 'Thou art righteous, O Lord... because thou hast judged thus.' The reason is explicit: 'For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.' The severity of the judgment matches the guilt of shedding innocent blood. Revelation 18:24 identifies the source of that guilt: 'And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.' The book of Revelation also shows that these judgments are resisted rather than met with repentance. Revelation 9:20 says that even after repeated plagues, 'the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands' but continued worshipping idols that cannot see, hear, or walk. Meanwhile, Revelation 6:15-16 pictures the powerful of the earth hiding in the rocks and crying for death to hide them 'from the wrath of the Lamb.'
In Les Feldick's teaching, the severity of Revelation's judgments is a direct answer to humanity's 6,000-year history of bloodthirsty wickedness. He points to God's words to the bloodthirsty: 'You've been bloodthirsty now for 6,000 years, now drink it.' Rather than the angels questioning God, Les notes that they declare Him righteous and say the wicked are getting what they deserve (Clip 0). Les emphasizes that the world system has persecuted, martyred, and murdered God's people for the last 2,000 years — and even 2,600 years back to Babylon — and that this accumulated bloodshed is why God's wrath will be so tremendous (Clip 1). He also clarifies that the calamities the world has suffered in the last 1,900 years have not been the wrath of God; that wrath is still future and will be unleashed in Revelation (Clip 2). In fact, even after all the death and destruction, the survivors still refuse to repent and continue worshipping demons and idols (Clip 3). Les defends God's fairness by explaining that God dealt with the whole human race for 2,000 years before the flood; they had knowledge and yet trampled it underfoot, rebelling and ignoring Him (Clip 4). For Les, this is why the final generation suffers so severely: there are more people alive on the earth right now than have lived in all 6,000 years of human history combined, so the wrath in this generation falls on a larger portion of humanity (Clip 7). He describes the tribulation as the 'day of vengeance' in which God is no longer displaying grace but wrath, and he insists that Scripture itself tells us the judgment is fair and just (Clips 5-6).
Les answers the objection that a generation did not have a chance. He says God dealt with the whole human race for 2,000 years, with no one left out, and they all had knowledge of what He expected. Instead of obeying, they trampled it underfoot, ignored it, and rebelled, going gradually from bad to worse. God in His foreknowledge could see that humanity would not change one bit. Les also says the final generation suffers so horribly because there are more people living now than have lived all the way back to the beginning.
In the midst of the plague of blood, Les points out that the angel of the waters says, 'Thou art righteous, O Lord.' The angel never comes back to God and asks why He is bringing such devastation. Instead, the angel says the people are getting what they deserve. Les sees this as the answer to human outrage over the cataclysmic judgments — they are true, righteous, and deserved.
Les maintains that for the last 1,900 years mankind has not seen the wrath of God. There have been calamities, earthquakes, and wars, but these are not acts of God's wrath. The wrath of God is something yet future, and it begins in Revelation. When God stops being gracious, His wrath will be beyond comprehension.
Bloodthirsty Humanity Reaps What It Sowed
Les explains that man is intrinsically bloodthirsty, and God tells such people that after 6,000 years of bloodthirstiness, they will now drink blood as a plague. He also stresses that the angels never question God but declare His judgment righteous.
The Guilt of the World System
Les shows that the world system has persecuted, martyred, and murdered God's people for 2,000 years, even back to Babylon 2,600 years ago, and that this accumulated blood is why God's wrath is so tremendous.
The Wrath of the Lamb Is Coming
Les clarifies that the calamities of the past 1,900 years have not been the wrath of God; the Revelation judgments are a different, terrifying outpouring of divine wrath.
No Repentance Even After Plagues
Les observes that even after all the death and destruction of the trumpet judgments, the rest of mankind still refused to repent and kept worshipping demons and lifeless idols.
God's Fairness Toward Humanity
Les answers the charge that God was unfair by noting God had dealt with the entire human race for 2,000 years, and they all knew what He expected but rebelled; God knew nothing would change.
The Day of Vengeance
Les connects Isaiah's language of the day of vengeance to the display of God's wrath in Revelation, showing this is not the God of grace but the God of wrath trampling His enemies.
Wrath Beyond Comprehension
Les says when God stops being gracious, His wrath will be beyond comprehension, and the Spirit through Scripture assures us that what He does is fair and just.
Why This Generation Suffers
Les explains why this final generation endures such horror: more people are alive on earth now than in the entire 6,000 years of human history combined.
Revelation 16:5: And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
The angel of the waters publicly declares God's judgment righteous in the middle of the blood plague.
Revelation 16:6: For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
Gives the reason for the blood plague: the wicked shed the blood of saints and prophets and now receive blood to drink because they deserve it.
Revelation 18:24: And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
States that the world system is found guilty of the blood of prophets, saints, and all slain on earth.
Revelation 6:16: And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
Shows the terror of the world's leaders as they beg rocks to fall on them to escape the wrath of the Lamb.
Revelation 9:20: And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk.
Highlights that the survivors of earlier judgments still refuse to repent and continue worshipping lifeless idols.
Isaiah 63:4: For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
Reveals that the day of vengeance is God's own intent, which Les connects to the wrath displayed in Revelation.
Les says God dealt with the entire human race for 2,000 years and they all knew what He expected, but they ignored and rebelled. The angels in Revelation 16 declare God righteous and say the targets of judgment are receiving what they deserve.
Les answers that there are more people alive right now than have lived from the beginning of human history combined. The final generation experiences the climax of centuries of accumulated guilt from the blood of God's people.
According to Revelation 9:20, after the trumpet plagues the survivors still do not repent of their works of worshipping idols. Les points out that even after all the death and destruction, they continue worshipping demons and idols.
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