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The
battle of that great day of God Almighty.
What
is the battle spoken of?
Has
it occurred? When?
And
what is "that great day of God Almighty"?
Rev
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.
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.
Michael
Lim
Referring
to Roman Catholicism?
Sing
Read
the question, Michael!
The
BATTLE!
Michael
Lim
if
looking at verse 13 and verse 14, it seems to be a symbolic. i dont think the
battle has started yet since verse 13 and verse 14 is happening now. i am not
sure how it relates to verse 12 though.
This
battle is to be in the future (date unknown yet)
Mark
Thomas
The
siege and destruction of Jerusalem. Yes. 69-70 AD.
Craig
Kennedy
Yes. I agree warmly Mark.
Michael
Lim
Err,
but how is ad70 related to deceiving miracles and the drying up of the river Euphrates?
Sing
Michael, a good question deserves a good reply.
Read
Mat 24:24-25
24 For
there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs
and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very
elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
Michael
Lim
Err,
how about drying up river Euphrates in v12? Should we take this literally or
symbolically?
Mark
Thomas
Hard
to tell Br. Michael. Lots of strange things happened geologically at that time
period. Like the eruption of Vesuvius and the burial of Pompey in deadly
volcanic ash in 69 AD.
Earthquakes
in the USA once caused the Mississippi River to run backwards for a day.
Strange things can happen.
Michael
Lim
Ah
yes, a lot of disasters happen during ad70. Due to these disasters, ppl
thought it is happening in the last days
Mark
Thomas
It
was the last throes of the Levitical priesthood. The end of the Jewish world
under the dead letter of the law of Moses. Old things were folded up and put
away. A new and living way had already begun.
Michael
Lim
I
guess drying up the river Euphrates should be in history records. Maybe Jospehus
wrote it down, u think?
Joe
Chin
If the Euphrates River had dried up, then who were the kings of the East? Would it
make any sense? I have looked up the Euphrates River, stretching from north Turkey,
through Syria and all the down to modern-day Kuwait. Were there any kings of
the East during 70AD?
Michael
Lim
It
says the ways of the kings of the east are prepared..but what r they preparing for?
Matthew
Carl Eastland
The
easiest way to understand the prophetic language of Revelation, especially when
grand statements like these are made is to look at other similar biblical
passages (I Cor 2:13).
My
favourite for this kind of thing is Isaiah 13. The trick to this passage is to
read verses 2-16 and not outside of that and ask yourself what it means. The
things said in many places match almost exactly the same as those used in
various parts of Revelation. However, once viewed in context, you understand
what they mean.
The
huge lesson from that chapter is that you don't need to be looking for some
great literal fulfilment of all of the events listed in a prophecy, because
the language itself is symbolic to make a point.
Looking
at some of the language from Isaiah 13, you have things like God bringing an
army together, including from Heaven and with His "sanctified ones"
(verses 3-5), destroying the land and the sinners out of the land (v 5 and 9),
called the "day of The Lord" (v 6 and 9); the stars of heaven,
constellations, and the sun being darkened while the heavens are shaken (v 10
and 13), and punishing the world for its evil (v 11).
However,
the entire chapter is about the conquest of Babylon by the Medes and Persians
(see verses 1 and 17). None of the events that I just listed happened literally
at all, they were all figurative to demonstrate how great and unexpected an
event it was.
Charles
Page
What
of the princes who gather the Kings of the earth to do battle?
Sing
Matthew,
the greatness of that event was indicated thus by the Lord in these words,
"For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning
of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be."
Sing
What
of the princes who gather the Kings of the earth to do battle?
++++++++++++++++++
Rev
16
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.
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"He
gathered them" - the pronoun "he" refers the the nearest
antecedent, i.e. the Lord who said, "Behold, I come as a thief..."
The Lord of Hosts - God Almighty - gathered the kings of the earth and of the
whole world to execute His judgment.
He
gathered them to a place called Armageddon - "the hill or city of
Megiddo" - famous in the OT as the place "for two great disasters,
the deaths of Saul and Josiah. Hence in Revelation a place of great slaughter,
the scene of a terrible retribution upon the wicked."
The
slaughter and destruction of wicked Israel was at hand when John wrote
Revelation.
The
Lord Jesus gave an indication of the magnitude of the tribulation:
21
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the
world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but
for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
Charles
Page
You
can say that again!!!
Sing
What's
"that"?
