Why Wonder?

Why Wonder?

Have you ever wondered - why did John wonder?
“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.” — Revelation 17:6, KJV
John, the beloved disciple, was no stranger to visions. He had walked with Jesus, witnessed miracles, and received divine revelation. Yet in this moment, he was stunned. Not by beauty. Not by glory. But by the horrifying spectacle of a woman intoxicated with the blood of the saints—a symbol of spiritual corruption and persecution.
So why did he wonder?
John wasn’t just seeing a scene from his own time. He was peering across centuries, beholding a future where the very institution meant to reflect Christ had become entangled with worldly power, deception, and violence. He was trying to grasp the spiritual distortion—the CHURCH that had drifted so far from its original calling that it now persecuted the very people it was meant to nurture.
His wonder was not admiration—it was astonishment, a holy disorientation. He was grappling with the depth of compromise, the allure of false religion, and the cost of truth in a world seduced by power.
John’s vision invites us to wonder too—not with passive curiosity, but with spiritual urgency. What are we becoming? What are we tolerating? And are we, like John, willing to see clearly—even when the truth is hard to bear? Something to wonder about!

Blessings