Revelation 9 - Lake Erie Bible Church

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