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REVELATION - Behold, I am Coming Soon
Studies in the Book of Revelation
BOOK 5 - ANTI-CHRIST AND THE LAMB OF GOD (REVELATION 13:1 - 16:21)
PART 5.7 - THE SEVEN BOWLS OF THE WRATH OF GOD (REVELATION 15:5 - 16:21)

6. The Sixth Bowl of Wrath: Preparations for the battle against God and His Lamb (Revelation 16:12-16)


REVELATION 16:12-16
12 The sixth poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates. Its water was dried up, that the way might be prepared for the kings that come from the sunrise. 13 I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, something like frogs; 14 for they are spirits of demons, performing signs; which go out to the kings of the whole inhabited earth, to gather them together for the war of that great day of God, the Almighty. 15 “Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn’t walk naked, and they see his shame.” 16 He gathered them together into the place which is called in Hebrew, Armageddon.

Water means life in the Orient. Where there is no water, the desert rules pitilessly. The river Euphrates has provided various cultures for several thousands years with water likewise as the river Nile has sustained Sudan and Egypt for the last 4000 years. The wrath of God over the peoples of the river Nile and the river Euphrates and the intermediate areas is now so great that the Bible speaks of drying up these two rivers. Isaiah writes, “And the waters of the Nile will be dried up, and the river will be parched and dry; and its canals will become foul. And the branches of Egypt's Nile will diminish and dry up, reeds and rushes will rot away.” (Isaiah 19:5-8) Today Egyptians subliminally fear that the Aswan Dam may break and the water of this 500 kilometers long artificial lake flood the Nile valley by a glassy wave of death and eradiate every life. The prophesy which we read in the book of Revelation prophecies the opposite: The crumbling limestone under the huge artificial lake shall burst and the whole water flow subterraneously into the Red Sea, as sources of fresh water in the Red Sea already indicate. Today it is easily conceivable that this 4000 kilometers long lifeline may dry up.

The river Euphrates rises from the up to 5000 meters high Taurus Mountains in Turkey, runs through North Syria, waters the west of Iraq, forms together with the river Tigris the Shatt al-Arab at the border to Iran and finally empties into the Persian Gulf. Syria constructed an embankment dam at Aleppo and impounded a 100 kilometers long artificial lake so as to water the north of the Syrian steppe and desert. Thus Iraq became dependent from the grace of Syria. In the meantime Turkey constructed in the deeply cut valleys of the Taurus Mountains a system of bigger and smaller embankment dams so as to guarantee sufficient electricity and water for the southeast of Turkey. Since then Syria and Iraq are dependent from Turkey which may shut off the water supply at any time with the result of drying up the important river Euphrates. Thus the prophesy of the book of Revelation has become realizable. We are living in the midst of the apocalyptic End Times. Because of water and oil pitiless wars are pre-programmed in the Middle East.

A previous trumpet warning already spoke of the disastrous storm of the 200 million army which break forth from Asia across the river Euphrates against Israel and its allies (Revelation 9:13-19). In the sixth bowl of wrath judgment it now becomes obvious that these movements of armies and the disastrous invasions in foreign countries in the Middle East are due to satanic backgrounds. The kings and lords of the countries of the sunrise do not come out of their own accord but are influenced, persuaded and forced by demons. The dried up river Euphrates will not be a barrier any longer for the military advancement of the army despite of destroyed bridges.

The Satanic Trinity: The seer John now saw the seven-headed fierce-red dragon (Revelation 12:3-18; 13:2.4.11; 16:13), the seven-headed beast from the sea (Revelation 11:7; 13:1-18; 14:9.11; 15:2, 16:2.10.13; 17:3.8.11-17; 18:2; 19:19-20; 20:4.10 and other verses) as well as the beast from the earth, the lamb with its voice of a dragon, the false prophet (Revelation 13:11-17; 16:13, 18:2, 19:20; 20:10), as they cooperate to instigate the kings of the whole world for the last fight against God and His Lamb. This vision (Revelation 16:13-14) is one of the few passages in the Bible where the trinity of the devil is unveiled. Here its character is entirely expressed. Three unclean spirits like frogs are coming out of the mouth of the satanic trinity. Each of these three spirits is equally unclean, corrupt, evil, full of hatred, cunning and leveled against God and his Lamb. Three times it is spoken of the throat or the mouth of these three satanic beasts, out of which come forth each kind of blasphemy, lie, deception, calls for rebellion and obscenities. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of! The words of these three ones are slick, sleazy, unbelievable, and arrogant – a croaking in a vulgar harmony! Who listens to their tirade, can realize that here unclean spirits speak, devil spirits, full of perfidy and lies.

Armageddon: The purpose of these frog-like unclean spirits is unambiguous. They want to instigate all those being in authority on the earth against the Lord of the Old and New Covenant, against the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. From those church members who were to be killed or translated they squeezed in part under torture that their Lord will return to judge the living and dead. This arrival of the Messiah the demon driven rulers want to thwart in their unbelievable hubris. They aim at shooting him off even before his arrival in the air or pulverizing him with nuclear warheads on missiles at his appearance and making his remaining angels and returning saints to vanish into thin air by means of neutron bombs. The egotism of the possessed one is unlimitedly naive. The international mobilization of the armies of many countries is already being exercised.

The place of this decisive battle between the alliance of Satan, his evil son and his unclean spirit together with all armies of the earth on the one side and the almighty Creator of heavens and the earth together with his Son returning in glory with his followers on the other side is called Armageddon, the plain in front of Megiddo between Carmel and Nazareth. This plain has been an ancient battlefield for the kings of Israel and Syria as well as between ancient Egyptian forces and Assyrian rulers. Here the decisive rebellion of mankind against God and His anointed is to take place. This day will not give a victory to the anti-Christ, but God Almighty and his Lamb will gloriously triumph in the midst of a horror vision.

Jesus replied to the horror-stricken John, “Don't be worried! They are powerless. Behold, I am coming like a thief in the night, silently, when they sleep and do not reckon with a break-in into the atmosphere of the earth. Be watchful together with your churches. Remain staying upon my righteousness so that I can cloth you with the garments of salvation. Don’t imagine that you may cloth or protect yourself with a good conduct and pious deeds. Your own cloths are worthless and burn in my holiness so that all your sins become visible. Only my atoning sacrifice sanctifies you, and my blood covers you so that you are able to receive me clean and without blemish.

Blessed is he who is watching, waiting, looking around for and being ready for the return of Christ. He will rejoice, when Satan, the anti-Christ, and his prophet will be destroyed and the Lamb of God, his Father and his Spirit will triumph. Those who are waiting and watching for Jesus will at the day of his arrival be on the side of the victor. And their jubilations will drown out the screams of terror of the enemies of the Risen Crucified One.

PRAYER: Holy Mighty Lord, the thing that did not cross anyone's mind has become a reality: that the weak created man will prepare to fight the Creator and His Lamb to exterminate them, while You keep silent knowing the end. Please help that the rest of Your children be kept save so that they may not have to share in the bitter disobedience against their heavenly Father and beloved Savior. Amen.

QUESTIONS:

  1. How did the unity of the satanic trinity appear in the Revelation of John, and what is its purpose?
  2. Where will the devil gather his armies for his battle against God?

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