![]() For a while they seemed to be victorious, but ultimately they were conquered. When we go to the First World War they were there in the ANZAC cove, fighting to defend, and trying to sustain, a diminishing power. And since that time the coalition of nations bound by the Islamic faith was weakening. The waters were still there, but they weren’t flooding anymore. ![]() Before that it flowed strongly but from that time onwards the waters of that river were retarded. Since 1840, that river commenced to be retarded. The river Euphrates in Revelation 9 applied, not to the papacy, but to the Arab world, the Ottoman Empire, to Turkey, being the watershed of that river. Under inspiration the correct appreciation of the river Euphrates as we have been describing it so far, is actually shown to be the truth. Haskell, one of the pioneers of Adventism, said in his Bible Handbook:Ī river, flowing through a country, is taken as a type of the country hence, the drying up of the Euphrates would indicate the drying up of the Turkish empire under the sixth plague. They correctly appreciated that the seas represent peoples, nations, and tongues and that a river represents the nation through which it flows. That is how the early Adventists read their Bibles. In this prophecy a river represents a particular power that comes to conquer and as it overflows it conquers Israel. Isaiah 8:7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: 8 And he shall pass through Judah he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach to the neck and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. We have a very clear representation of that in connection with the king of Assyria, which kingdom later on became Babylon. It is not many nations it is the nations through which that river runs. The waters of the sea represent multitudes, and nations, and tongues, and peoples (cf. There is much more to it, but I have just given you a quick overview.īut when we come to prophecy, the waters of a river, like the waters of the sea, represent a nation or a people. This is the modern teaching of the subject of the river Euphrates and Armageddon. And the force of their power over God’s people is interpreted to be Armageddon. So the appreciation of Armageddon and the drying up of the river Euphrates has been presented, in this modern day, as the drying up of the papal power as they want to force their authority over God’s people. Lately the subject of the drying up of the river Euphrates has been taught and interpreted this way: The river Euphrates runs through the city of Babylon (and this is indeed true, it does run through the city and at one time the river was even drained so that Cyrus, the Persian king, and his armies, could get in underneath the walls that was the river Euphrates) and the observation that is being made is that, if that was the river that ran through Babylon, and Babylon is a symbol of the papal church, then the drying up of the river Euphrates running through Babylon, represents the drying up of the power of the papacy. But we will take a brief overview of what this error is, so we can contrast it with the truth that was once taught. There is a view that is dispersed in modern Adventism today which is different to the view that was held by original Adventism therefore I will coin it as error. To know what association this has to our spirituality.To receive a clear understanding of what is meant by the river Euphrates drying up (which brings forth the comprehension of Armageddon),. ![]() Revelation 16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. Jesus makes it important by saying those words in regards to the subject of the sixth plague – the plague of verse 16: Our appreciation of this subject has everything to do with our salvation. There is here something to understand because in verse 15 a blessing is pronounced on those who watch and keep their garments, lest they walk naked, and others see their shame. Here is the description of something drying up. ![]() Revelation 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. ![]() This is the pouring out of the sixth plague: This statement is couched among the words of the sixth plague of Revelation 16. Blessed he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. Scripture reading: Revelation 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. ![]()
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