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The problem with interpretation and application is not with me, nolidad.
In Revelation 9:16-18, it is describing the armies of the kings of the east, given the size of the armies. In particular, tanks, and artillery of land based armies.
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(1) by the fire, and (2)by the smoke, and (3) by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
It appears to me the four angels, their role is to influence the leaders of four Asian nations, which combined would have the manpower for that size of army.
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
Noticewhat tgeh angels were loosed for?
The bible says to kill a third part of men!
the 200,000,000 do not kill anyone- but their horses seem to do so!
And show SCripture that says the angels were loosed to influence the Asian leaders!
I have never even seen a tank or APC or remore artillery do the kind of stuff these horses do! Even symbolically tanks don't so that nor artillery.
And while we are at it. If REv. 9 shows an attack from the again forces now allied together, Why does REv. 16 say that is when they cross the euphrates?
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.
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.
YOu know it is much easier to keep verses together in the same chapter!
REad Chapter 9 again- the bottomless pit is opened and out comes hideous beasts. But they bear similarities to each other! and the latter verses could simply be adding more features the earlier verses did not. That is common in Scripture!
These creatures also slay 1/3 of all mankind! Now let us assume that of the current7.5 billion alive on earth say 40% have been killed by this point.
That still leaves 4 billion people! So are there really going to be 1.33 billion peaople easat of the euphrates (Iraq) to say the meditteranean? C'mon man!
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