Rev 9:12The first woe is past; behold, two woes are still coming after these things13Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God14one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." 15And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released, so that they would kill a third of mankind. 16The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them.18A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which proceeded out of their mouths.19For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents and have heads, and with them they do harm.20The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;21and they did not repent of their murders nor of their sorceries nor of their immorality nor of their thefts.
Here we are, Satan is in control of the world. Some say that there is already a third of the world worshiping the beast, or something similar. Now, without the Holy Spirit to guide, without the church here to help, without that neighbor to pray for you, the world is at war. Neighbor against neighbor, man against man, nation against nation. Satan has been trying (and succeeding) to trap men with questionable theories and some philosophies which can only be titled as unholy. Think about the theory of Evolution, direct contradiction to the Holy Bible. Consider philosophies like Scientology, Hedonism, Satanism, etc. Not to mention Agnostic and Atheist believers are in staggering numbers at present.
The four horns for the golden altar (the one Moses made his golden alter for the tabernale) which is before God. This is where the order originates.
Remember back in Revelation Chapter 4 where there are four angles being kept from letting go the four winds of the earth? Well, they are back. We see that in Chapter 8 verse 3, they were requested, "Loose the four angles which are bound..." The angels are restraining the demonic hordes from blanketing the land. They are here to kill a third of mankind. Note, good angels are never bound, these are, and they will be the ones leading the 200,000,000. There is a theory that the horsemen are solders from armies but this is false, they come from the abyss all at the same time and they all go at the same time. In addition, they are not ordinary men, read the description. Verse 17 alone says they are indestructible by men.
Why the Euphrates? it is a natural boundary in Israel. Remember in Genesis 15:18? It was Gods promise to Abraham! There is a Jewish Book of Enoch (supposed to be written by the Great Grandfather of Noah) In this book, there is mention of Angels of Punishment, they were to avenge God. This could be 4 of those, again, just a guess at this time in the Bible.
Now remember, it is John seeing this vision, at that time, the worst "bad asses" of all were the Parthians. They lived beyond the Euphrates, to John's vision , two hundred million of (something like) these warriors were let go!
Rev 9:17And this is how I saw in the vision the horses and those who sat on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and brimstone.
What a frightening picture.Wouldn't you think the remainder of the people left would straighten up? But sadily no. The evil, the blood, the destruction, the waste of life, the torture and still evil, continuous evil.
The Holy Bible helps us to see and warns us of this future:
look at Isaiah 9:15 "the Prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail." What did it say came form the tail? It is these lying prophets that lead the people into the destruction, even today.
It goes on to say that those left are not repenting, but continue on the wicked path.
One final woe left, this second woe ends chapter 9. Please continue to join me in Chapter 10.
Blessings on all,
Calabash
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