Wrath of God
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Wrath of God may refer to:
- Operation Wrath of God, a covert Israeli response to the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972); an independent German film written and directed by Werner Herzog starring Klaus Kinski
- The Wrath of God (1972); an offbeat western film starring Robert Mitchum
- Wrath of God (Magic: The Gathering), a Magic: The Gathering card
- Wrath of God Syndrome (WOGS); informal early name for AIDS at New York City hospitals[1]
- Wrath of God Syndrome, a psychedelic noise punk band from the UK[2]
[edit] Biblical quote
The phrase comes from the Authorized King James Version of the Bible. The Book of Revelation, chapter 14, verse 10 reads:
"...And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name."
This passage has been interpreted to mean that persons who reject God must drink the wine of the wrath of God and die.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Paula A. Treichler. AIDS, Homophobia, and Biomedical Discourse: An Epidemic of Signification. October, Vol. 43, AIDS: Cultural Analysis/Cultural Activism (Winter, 1987), pp. 31-70
- ^ NME: First for Music News. Wrath of God Syndrome @ Antifolk UK Winter Fest 2007
- ^ William J. Reid. Lectures on the Revelation. Stevenson, Foster and Co., Pittsburgh. (1878)
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