Revelation 9 - Lake Erie Bible Church
Revelation 9 - Lake Erie Bible Church
Revelation 9 - Lake Erie Bible Church
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Chapter 9<br />
THE REVELATION TO JOHN<br />
42. If it is the former, these four angels were bound (we are not told where, but most<br />
surmise that it was the abyss) and released in the vicinity of the Euphrates.<br />
43. If it is construed with the participle, it indicates that these demons have been bound in<br />
the area of the Euphrates, the most grammatically logical in terms of sentence<br />
structure.<br />
44. In either case, these four angels clearly have some relationship with this river that is<br />
further quite significant.<br />
45. Since the Euphrates River is only mentioned twice in the NT (only in this book), it<br />
only makes sense that these passages have something to do with one another. Rev.<br />
9:14, 16:12<br />
46. This leads to the conclusion that the sixth trumpet and the sixth bowl are in some<br />
way connected to one another, since the phrase the great river Euphrates (9:14;<br />
16:12) and the verb prepared (9:15; 16:12) are used in both of them.<br />
47. Our verses will emphasize the initiation of events that prompts the kings from the<br />
East to become involved in the warfare that will assume worldwide proportions, and<br />
cross the Euphrates into the Middle East.<br />
48. The 6 th bowl judgment will look to the terminus ad quem for this military campaign.<br />
49. The two passages together denotes the beginning of a massive military campaign that<br />
will endure for the next 42 (28 our time) months of Daniel’s 70 th week.<br />
50. Our 4 powerful demons that have been bound in the past will be released in the area<br />
of the Euphrates to wreak havoc upon the human race.<br />
51. The instrument they use will be the Eastern Oriental Block confederation (The<br />
Leopard of Dan.7:6) that has the ultimate goal to invade and conquer Israel.<br />
52. The Euphrates River is here modified by the adjective “great/m e , g a j – megas” since<br />
it is very large and due to its prominence and importance in the <strong>Bible</strong>.<br />
53. It is some 1800 miles long and has always served as a boundary between the east and<br />
the west.<br />
54. This river was the traditional eastern boundary of the Promised Land and also served<br />
as a boundary between the Roman Empire and the Parthians to the east.<br />
<strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Erie</strong> <strong>Bible</strong> <strong>Church</strong><br />
P-T Ken Reed<br />
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