This from the vast crowd in heaven as they worship God the king in a praise song in Rev 19.1-2. Some might cringe at what appears to be the thirst for blood. I think it is better understood as the thirst to see God take his place for all time as king of all things. The people who murder God's servants are implacably opposed to God and all that he stands for, else why would they kill his servants. We think back to the cry of the martyrs in the great tribulation, "How long O Lord?" How long will you let this murder go on? How long until you stop these people who oppose and hate you?
The cry of the vast crowd in heaven is a cry that God would win out over his enemies; that he would act justly by punishing evil; that he would stop the murder of innocents. It is a good cry. It is a good prayer.
Come quickly, Lord, and avenge the murder of your innocent servants, in India, and Iraq, and North Korea, and China. and across the whole world.
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