God's Anger Brought to a Finish - The River Euphrates Dried Up

 The sixth trumpet blast heralded the releasing of "the four angels that are bound at the great rver Euphrates." (Revelation 9:14) Historically, Babylon was the great city that sat on the river Euphrates.. And in 1919 the release of the symbolic four anngels accompanied a significant fall of Babylon the Great.  (Revelation 14:8) It is noteworthy, then, that the sixth bowl of God's anger also involves the river Euphrates: "And  the sixth one poured outhis bowl upon the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up , that the way might be prepared for the kings from the rising sun." (Revelation 16:12)  This too is bad news for Babylon the Great!

In ancient Babylon's heyday,,the abundant waters of the Euphrates were a major part of her defense system.  In 539 B.C.E. those waters dired up when they were diverted from their course by the Persian leader Cyrus. Thus, the way was open for Cyrus the Persian adn Darius the Mede, the kings from the rising sun"  (that is, the east), to enter Babylon and conquer it.  In the hour of crisis, the River Euphrates failed in the defenseof that great city.  (Isaiah 44:27-45:7;  Jeremiah 51:36)  Something similar  is due to happen to modern Babylon the worldwide system of false religion. 

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