1. Revelation 17:1 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

To what does the word “judgment” refer?

Revelation 17:1 (ESV)

1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters,

This term sets the theme of what this angel will show John. John does not get to see “the great prostitute” so much as “the judgment of the great prostitute.” The term translated as “judgment” refers in the first instance to the decision the Judge has made which in turn will bring about the execution of the decision.