Bible Discussion Thread

1. Seventh Bowl: "It is done!" ( Rev 16:17-21)

The Seventh Angel pours the final bowl.

Cosmic judgment follows (earthquake, hail).

Babylon is "remembered." At this point she is already doomed, but the details are not yet given.

2. The Same Seventh Angel The Vision of the Harlot ( Rev 17:1)

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"And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls saying, Come, I will show you the judgment of the Great Harlot."

So the same angel who just poured out the final plague now turns to John and explains the fate of Babylon.

3. Literary Technique: Announcement Expansion

This is very St. John

In 16:19, the fate of Babylon is announced in one line.

In 17-18, the vision of the Harlot expands and dramatizes that fate.

That means we proposed tense shift -

"Babylon the Great was remembered; God will give her the cup"

- is fully justified:

At the Seventh Bowl she is already "remembered for judgment."

The execution of that judgment is unfolded narratively in the following chapters.

4. Theological Structure

Harlot destroyed (ch. 17-18) Bride revealed (ch. 19-21).

One city dies; the other descends.

Same angel links them, showing continuity: the wrath that ended Babylon prepares the way for the marriage of the Lamb.

Resolution - "God will give her the cup of the wine of His wrath" - fits both the grammar (future sense implied after remembrance) and the narrative flow (the same angel shows St. John the execution and judgment.

My propose is change text .