"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."
The Spirit is not giving us the history of nations or ethnography of their mass migrations but is setting how the divine Will shall be fulfilled So the two worlds framed by the word of God shall have one speech. Faith connects every saint blessed under the everlasting Covenant as sanctified ones before His throne.
Thus the Spirit gives as the angel whose charge is over the river. "And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,/Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates./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."(9.12-15) These were kept from the time the Covenant came in force. What is the Command number for the word become flesh? Four and the hour, the day month and year all refers to him. How do we speak with certainty that the river is set in the world of the Spirit? The four river heads in Gen.2 references the four river heads. (vv.10-14)
'"nd the fourth river is Euphrates."It is same as the single measure man/ angel applies to the kingdom of his dear Son the river also is under his authority..(Rev.21.17;"four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth"-7.1) We have similarly the four angels under his authority over four winds.
In v.1 of Ch.16 we read,"And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth." The river Euphrates "and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared." The will of God is set in motion so there is parallel action in both worlds.
"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."
The Spirit is not giving us the history of nations or ethnography of their mass migrations but is setting how the divine Will shall be fulfilled So the two worlds framed by the word of God shall have one speech. Faith connects every saint blessed under the everlasting Covenant as sanctified ones before His throne.
Thus the Spirit gives as the angel whose charge is over the river. "And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,/Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates./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."(9.12-15) These were kept from the time the Covenant came in force. What is the Command number for the word become flesh? Four and the hour, the day month and year all refers to him. How do we speak with certainty that the river is set in the world of the Spirit? The four river heads in Gen.2 references the four river heads. (vv.10-14)
'"nd the fourth river is Euphrates."It is same as the single measure man/ angel applies to the kingdom of his dear Son the river also is under his authority..(Rev.21.17;"four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth"-7.1) We have similarly the four angels under his authority over four winds.
In v.1 of Ch.16 we read,"And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth." The river Euphrates "and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared." The will of God is set in motion so there is parallel action in both worlds.
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