Re: Russia Holds Biggest War Games in Decades--160,000 troops
That's what I'm thinking. Prepping for the Gog-Magog war. We'll be gone but isn't Gog a principality or the spiritual demonic prince over Russia?
I never understood the thing about the locusts either. Where people who recieve the mark are killed by them. Are they real or are they demonic in nature or both?
Re: Russia Holds Biggest War Games in Decades--160,000 troops
HEY SPARKLES!
DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS BOOK, IT WOULD HELP YOU
IF YOU WOULD BUT READ IT
from Footsteps of the Messiah
by Arnold Fruchtenbaum
ariel.org
pp 227-229
On Revelation 9:13-21
With the sounding of the sixth trumpet, four fallen angeLs bound at the Euphrates River are released, for they are the leaders of the second
demonic invasion (vv. 13-14). While the first demonic invasion was led by one fallen angel, this one is led by four. While the first demonic inva- sion was able to torment but not to kill, this one is commissioned to kill one-third of the earth’s population (v. 15). So the second woe is indeed worse than the first.
The number of demons involved in the second invasion is given as two hundred million (v. 16). Sensationalism has had a field day with this figure, resulting in some fantastic speculation. In order for this specula- tion to stand, the two hundred million figure must be pulled out of its context. The speculation all rests on current events. Communist China once declared that they can field an army of two hundred million. With- out even so much as questioning the truthfulness of this assertion, many have concluded that the two hundred million must involve a Chinese invasion of the Middle East. The context just will not allow for this.
In support of a Chinese invasion, the ones who adhere to this theory say that this invasion is led by the kings of the east and that the east must refer to China. First of all, the kings of the east are found in chapter six- teen and are not connected by the text with the two hundred million of chapter nine. The kings of the east are part of the Bowl Judgments, and the two hundred million belong to the Trumpet Judgments. So they are not connected in any way. The events are separated by a period of time. Furthermore, the consistency of usage requires identifying the kings of the east as referring to Mesopotamian kings rather than to China.
Who the kings of the east are will be explained in Chapter 14, The Campaign of Armageddon and the Second Coming of Jesus the Messiah. For now, it is sufficient to point out that the east in Scripture is always Mesopotamia and never China. This army of two hundred million are demons and not Chinese. The fact that they are led by four fallen angels shows that they are demons rather than humans. Furthermore, the location of the source of this invasion is the Euphrates River, which is not located in China, but in Mesopotamia or ancient Babylonia, a place the Scriptures often connects with demonism.
The announcement of the number in this army is followed by a de- scription of what this army looks like (vv. 17-19). A person would be hard pressed to find just one Chinese person who looks like this, let alone two hundred million of them. The description given of the army clearly rules out their being human and requires that they be demonic. Furthermore, the means by which the destruction of one-third of the world’s population is accomplished (fire, smoke, brimstone), involves the supernatural rather than the natural.
To summarize why these two hundred million are demons and not Chinese, four things should be noted: first, they are led by four fallen angels; second, the location of the army is stated to be the Euphrates, where Babylon is located (which in the future will be the headquarters of the counterfeit trinity); third, the description given in the text rules out this 10 army’s being human; and fourth, the kings of the east are not connected with this at all.
