Revelation 16 records the pouring out of the seven bowls of God's wrath. What had been announced through the seals and trumpets now reaches its completion. These judgments are neither random nor excessive. They are the righteous response of a holy God to a world that has persistently rejected His mercy. Revelation 17 then introduces one of the Bible's most memorable images—Babylon the Great, portrayed as a wealthy and seductive woman whose apparent power hides spiritual corr