This is a continuation of the previous study. It will focus upon a single phrase in Revelation 16:12. And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
Notice, the vial was poured out upon: “the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.”
This 6th trumpet occurs a few months before the Rapture of the saved, since the previous 5th trumpet may indicate the remaining 5 months of a Biblical 30 day period to the end of the Great Tribulation Period, including the 45 days of the Wrath of God (the seven vials). Therefore, if this trumpet is 150 days in length, minus the 45 days during the Wrath of God (the seven vials) and if the 7th trumpet (the Rapture occurs on the blowing of the 7th or last trump) is proportional at 30 days, it leaves 75 days in which the saved will still be on the earth during this 6thtrumpet event. The events detailing the drying up of the Euphrates River occurs after the Rapture and a few weeks before the end of the Great Tribulation Period.
Revelation 9: [12] One woe is past; and,behold, there come two woes more hereafter. [13] And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, [14] Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. [15] And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. [16] And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. [17] And thus I saw the horses in the vision,and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. [18] By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. [19] For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. [20] And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: [21]Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
Revelation16: [12] And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. [13]And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. [14]For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. [15] Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. [16] And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
From the previous trumpet, we learn the pathway to the “bottomless pit” has been opened, which are volcanic vents, leading downward into the earth's interior and has allowed certain warrior type demonic beings to escape and roam freely upon the earth for the purpose of tormenting the spiritual lost for the remaining five months before the end of the Great Tribulation Period. The 5th trumpet is a worldwide event, while the 6th trumpet is a local event, because it is related to the “great river Euphrates” with the primary fact “and the water thereof was dried up.”
The Euphrates river is located at its’ beginning in the mountains of Turkey and flows though Syria and Iraq then into the Persian Gulf
The headwaters of the Euphrates River begin in the mountains of Turkey.
Even though the headwaters of the Euphrates River begin in the mountains of Turkey, the true force of the river flows through Syria and Iraq. To better define the statement, “and the water thereof was dried up,” it would be logical to ask the question, “Where did the water go?”
To better answer how to answer this question, we should learn something about the structure of the land in the area of the Euphrates River. The following links will help towards understanding how God will use earthquakes, to break up the land in the Middle East, to divert the Euphrates River.
In order for the waters of the Euphrates River to dry up as it flows through Syria and Iraq, there must have been something happen to the headwaters system. As long as the rain falls from the sky, it has to flow somewhere on a downward path. The simplest way to dry up any water path, such as a creek, stream or river, is to change or divert the path it has been flowing
The main emphasis of the Great Tribulation Period has been “EARTHQUAKES” and the local or worldwide effect afterwards. The counties of Turkey, Lebanon and Israel have had many large earthquakes in the past. When this sixth angel pours out the vial of wrath upon the Euphrates River, the effect will cause a collapse of the underling layers of rock strata south of the river's headwaters and it will be diverted from it's present southeast flow through Syria, Iraq and into the Persian Gulf to a southwest direction through Syria, Lebanon and Israel, into the Jordan River and finally into the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea.
Check out these images for the location of the Euphrates River. Notice it's headwaters, then how it flows southeast. During the Great Tribulation Period, the earthquakes will cause it to be diverted southwest into the Jordan River.
The
land of Syria has many earthquake faults and a massive earthquake will collapse
the Palmyride folds, which will allow the Euphrates River to flow southwest
towards Israel.
Check out these links for information about the Palmyride Folds:
These
geological changes will begin, when the Antichrist or the Islamic leader of the
ten Arab confederation of nations attack the nation of Israel.
Ezekiel 38:[17] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art
thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of
Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee
against them? [18] And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog
shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall
come up in my face. [19] For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath
have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a
great shaking in the land of Israel;
[20] So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the
beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all
the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my
presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall
fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
When
the Euphrates River is diverted southwest through the collapsed Palmyride
folds, it will begin flowing into the Jordan River. This great river will flow
west into the Mediterranean Sea and south into the Gulf of Aqaba. This river is
described in the vision of Ezekiel, concerning the geological changes in the
land of Israel during the Millennial Reign of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ezekiel 47: [1] Afterward he brought me
again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the
threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward
the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house,
at the south side of the altar. [2] Then brought he me out of the way of
the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the
way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.
[3] And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward,
he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters
were to the ankles. [4] Again he measured a thousand, and brought me
through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand,
and brought me through; the waters were to the loins. [5] Afterward he
measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the
waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over. [6]
And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and
caused me to return to the brink of the river. [7] Now when I had
returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side
and on the other. [8] Then said he unto me, These waters issue out
toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea:
which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. [9]
And it shall come to pass, that everything that liveth, which moveth,
whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very
great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they
shall be healed; and everything shall live whither the river cometh. [10]
And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En-gedi
even unto En-eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish
shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding
many. [11] But the miry places thereof and the marshes thereof shall not
be healed; they shall be given to salt. [12] And by the river upon the
bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat,
whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it
shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they
issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the
leaf thereof for medicine.
When
the Islamic leader, along with the ten Arab confederation of nations and the
other Eurasian nations who respond to his call for the Battle of Armageddon, it
will be the time in which the Lord will return as King of Kings and Lord of
Lords. The Lord will cause the Mount of Olives to split in two and the western
section of Jerusalem will be lifted, exposing a newly formed spring. This will
be the spring in which the Prophet Ezekiel mentions and will flow east to
connect with the Jordan River, which has been increased to a great river,
because the Euphrates River has been diverted to form this single mighty river.
Zechariah 14:[1]
Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst
of thee. [2] For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle;
and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and
half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people
shall not be cut off from the city. [3] Then shall the LORD go forth,
and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. [4]
And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before
Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst
thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great
valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it
toward the south. [5] And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains;
for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like
as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and
the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. [6] And it
shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: [7]
But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night:
but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light. [8]
And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem;
half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in
summer and in winter shall it be. [9] And the LORD shall be king over
all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one. [10]
All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem:
and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate
unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of
Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.
The Jordan River is a river in Southwest Asia flowing through
the Great Rift Valley into the Dead Sea. Historically and religiously, it is
considered to be one of the world's most sacred rivers.
It is 156 miles long. Its tributaries are:
The Hasbani, which
flows from Lebanon.
The Banias, arising
from a spring at Banias at the foot of Mount Hermon.
The Dan, whose
source is also at the base of Mount Hermon.
The Iyon, which
flows from Lebanon.
The four merge to form the Jordan in northern Israel, near kibbutz Sede Nehemya. The river drops rapidly
in a 75 kilometer run to swampy Lake Hula, which is slightly below seal level in the Galilee Sea. Exiting the lake,
it drops much more in about 25 kilometers to the Sea of Galilee. The last section has less gradient, and the river begins to meander before it enters the Dead Sea, which is about 400 meters below sea
level and has no outlet.
After
all the geological changes have occurred, resulting in the diverted Euphrates
River and the new spring from Jerusalem, the Jordan River will begin to flow
out of the Dead Sea into the Gulf of Aqaba. The Sinai Peninsula will be pushed
into the African continent allowing this new river to flow freely. The Sinai Peninsula
is “the tongue of the Egyptian sea.”
Isaiah 11:[15] And the LORD shall utterly
destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake
his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men
go over dry-shod. [16] And there shall be a highway for the remnant of
his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the
day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
The Gulf of Aqaba is a branch of the Red Sea,
running to the east of the Sinai Peninsula and west of the Arabian mainland, touching Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. The
gulf is 160 km long, and has a maximum width of 24 km. The gulf passes through
the Straits of Tiran at its junction with the Red Sea. Geologically, the Gulf
of Aqaba is part of the Rift Valley that runs through most of eastern Africa.
The
earthquake that occurs when the Mount of Olives splits in half will cause the
southern section of the Dead Sea Fault Zone to also split apart and/or possibly
subside, allowing the Jordan River to flow south into the Gulf of Aqaba and
finally into the Red Sea.
When the Euphrates River, the Jordan River and Ezekiel’s
spring combine their water sources, in addition to hundreds, perhaps thousands
of newly formed springs, along with the transformation of the southern end of
the Dead Sea Fault Zone, the “New River”
will be able to support an abundance of freshwater fish for the 1,000 years in
which Israel will become the breadbasket of the world.
Isaiah 56:
[7] Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them
joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall
be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house
of prayer for all people.
Philippians 2:
[1] If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of
love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, [2] Fulfill
ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of
one mind. [3] Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in
lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. [4] Look
not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. [5]
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: [6] Who, being
in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: [7] But
made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was
made in the likeness of men: [8] And being found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. [9]
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above
every name: [10] That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of
things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; [11]
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of
God the Father.
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Lightning
Fire:Then the LORD caused it to rain upon Sodom
and upon Gomorrah an inflammable sulfurous brimstone and a burning, hot
flaming fire from the LORD Jehovah out of the sky of heaven; And he looked
toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld,
and, lo, a cloud of ashes, smoke and vapor of the land went up as the fume
and smoke of a smelting furnace.---
Thou shall be visited
by the Lord Jehovah of Hosts with a peal of thunder, with earthquake and
vibration, with fierceness, shaking and vapor; and great noise, with whirlwind, storm and tempest and the flash of bright, flaming, devouring, burning
fire.---
and I will rain upon him and upon his army and
crowd of troops, upon many people as a collective unit, that are with him, an
over flowing gush, and conquering overflowing rain, and a great weight of a
peal of hail stones, of a hot, burning, fiery, flaming fire and an inflammable,
sulfur resin of brimstone.---
And I will show a token, a
sign and wonders in the air of the heavens, in the visible arch of the sky,
where the clouds move; and in the field, in the ground, in the wilderness and
throughout all the land of the earth; it will have the appearance of blood
along with a burning, hot, flaming fire; and columns and pillars of clouds, of
angry dust, smoke and vapor.---
For,
behold, the day shall come, it will burn as a furnace, a fire pot and an
oven; and all the arrogant and proud, yes all that do wickedly, will be as
stubble: and the day that comes, shall burn and set them ablaze with a flaming fire,
saith the Lord Jehovah of Hosts, that it shall leave them neither root or
branch.---
and there will be great signs of terror and
fearful sights from heaven.---
But, moreover, the same day that
the patriarch Lot went out of Sodom, it rained a lightning fiery fire and a
sulfurous hellish brimstone, from the sky of heaven and destroyed, and caused
them all to perish. Even like and even thus, in the same way and manner,
shall it be, in the day when the Son of Man is disclosed and revealed.---
And I will bring forth a rare event, so extraordinary, it will inspire wonder; for
it will be in the elevated area of the sky, in heaven above and a token and
sign of these events will be throughout the entire regions under the surface of
the soil, of all the land of the world, in the earth beneath; for it will be a
visible wonder of flowing substance like blood and of flashes of lightening and
fire, with a mist of vapor of smoke: The rising of the sun in the east and
the rays of light, will become as an outlining shadow and shall be turned into
darkness, and the bright shining moon, will appear to be a blood red color;
before that great, mighty and notable, visible day of the Lord, the One in
Supreme Authority will come:---
And the sky of heaven rent
apart, departed and separated as a writing scroll when it is rolled
together;---
And he opened up the holes in the ground, the
cisterns and wells of the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the
bottomless pit, from the depthless infernal, from the holes in the ground, in
the manner as the smoke of a great burning, smoking furnace; and the sunlight
as rising in the east and the blowing air from its’ original place was darkened
from the smoke of the holes in the ground, the cisterns, the wells, the abyss
and the pit.---
And thus, I saw the horses in the
inspired appearance of the vision, and them that sat on them, having a chest
and breastplate of flaming red fire; and of jacinth, deep blue; and a yellow
sulfurous-like brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of
lions; and out of their mouths proceeded a lightning fire and smoke and a
sulfurous brimstone. By these three was the stroke, calamity and
plague that caused the third part of human beings to be outright killed and
slain to death, by the lightning fire;and by the smoke,andby the
yellow sulfurous like-brimstone, which proceeded out of their mouths.---
and there were bright, glaring, shining lightning; and a
tone of sounds, noises, voices and thundering; and an earthquake, a shaking, a
commotion and tempest; and exceedingly great, large, mighty hail.---
And there were voices and noises, sounds of a tone; and roaring thunders, and
a bright, shining glare, lightning’s; and there was an exceeding great,
large and mighty earthquake and earth-shock; a shaking of the ground, a
commotion and tempest; such as this, so vast of a magnitude; such as was not
since human beings were upon the earth; so mighty an earthquake, and so
exceedingly great, large and mighty, so full of power.---
and there descended and fell upon human beings, a great, large and mighty
hail out of the sky of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent-like:
and human beings blasphemed, defamed and spoke evil of the very exceeding God;
Deity, because of the plague, stroke and calamity of the hail; for the
plague, stroke and calamity thereof was exceeding and vehemently, in high
degree, very great; for it was extremely severe and terrible.
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