“And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.”
I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God's holy people, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus; and when I saw her, I was greatly astonished - Babylon is drunk with the blood of martyrs; her intoxication is with the murder of believers. Her violence against the faithful reveals her demonic nature beneath her seductive veneer.
Church Fathers on Revelation 17:6
“There came one of the seven angels, which have the seven bowls, and spoke with me, saying, Come, I will show you the judgment of that great whore who sits upon many waters. And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs.” The decrees of that senate are always accomplished against all, contrary to the preaching of the true faith; and now already mercy being cast aside, itself here gave the decree among all nations.
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