Loose the Four Angels in Euphrates Revelation 9:14

As John the apostle continued to share about the “tribulation” that was to come upon the earth, he told about the first six seals Jesus removed from the “scroll” in God's right hand. He began to write about what happened when Jesus, “had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets … And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. The first, second, third and fourth angels” blew their trumpets, and great judgment fell upon the earth. John continued, “And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabitants of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!” The “fifth angel sounded” and fearsome “locusts” were released from the “bottomless pit” to cause havoc upon the earth, and at that time, “One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.” John added, “And the sixth angel sounded,

and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God”, and in chapter nine and verse fourteen John shared how the sixth angel was to “loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates” where we read:

Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet,

Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

The verse reads, “Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, ...” John began with the word, “saying” which means “uttering, proclaiming and declaring” “to the sixth angel” or “toward the sixth messenger, envoy and one sent” “which had the trumpet” which refers to “who owned, possessed and held the reverberating and quavering instrument”. John heard the “voice” before God's “golden altar” give instruction to the “angel” who blew the “sixth trumpet”.

The verse continues, “... Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.” John added the word, “loose” which means “unfasten, unbind and release from bonds” “the four angels” or “the four messengers, envoys and ones sent” “which are bound” which means “that are fastened with chains, knit and tied” “in the great river” or “within the massive, spacious and abundant torrent, stream and flood of running water” “Euphrates” which means “the good and abounding river” and is “a large famous river which rises in the mountains of Armenia Major and flows through Assyria, Syria, Mesopotamia and the city of Babylon and empties into the Gulf of Persia”. The message to this “sixth angel” was to “release” “four angels” which were “imprisoned” within the “massive” “Euphrates river”.

When we think through John's words in this verse, we note the significance of these “four angels” which were “bound” within the ancient “Euphrates river” of Babylon until this time when the “sixth angel” sets them free. These “four angels” shall govern over armies of troops throughout the world that cause death and destruction on a level the earth has never seen before, and although these “angels” are destined to be released, those who receive Jesus Christ as their personal “Savior and Lord” shall never experience their terror. God desires to have a personal relationship with every person through His Son Jesus, and He sent Jesus to die for the sins of the whole world to prove it. Jesus rose from the grave three days after His death, and everyone who “believes and trusts” in Him not only shall receive “everlasting life” but also escape such horror as these “four angels” shall inflict. May all who read these words hear the word of the Lord and yield their lives to Jesus who alone can save from all these things.

Next time John shares the timing of when, “the four angels were loosed”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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