The angel wielding the sixth trumpet of judgment releases the four angels bound at the great river Euphrates (Revelation 9:14-15). A demonic prison long hidden beneath the Euphrates River in modern-day Iraq is opened. Four bound demonic generals, burning with murderous rage in their black hearts, are unshackled and set free from their watery dungeon.

Though the angel standing before God’s altar had called these four “angels,” we recognize them for what they truly are—demons. Beneath those soggy shores, they remain chained, thrashing about as they anxiously wait for the hour, day, month, and year God had planned to set them free. The Four Horsemen of the Euphrates, once unleashed, attack mankind with such malice that they will kill (get this)—a third of the world’s population—a staggering number!

According to the Revelation narrative, a quarter of humanity had already been wiped out by the fourth seal judgment. Then millions more died between that time and Revelation 9. The sixth trumpet judgment further prophesies that a third of the remaining population will perish as well. Adding these death tolls together, we learn that a staggering half of the world’s population—four billion people based on today’s figures—will have perished, all within just the first three and a half years of the Tribulation. No wonder Jesus stated that unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved (Matthew 24:22).

The 200 Million Soldier Army

“Now the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them” (Revelation 9:16). The Four Horsemen of the Euphrates will not strike out on their genocidal rampage alone. Rather, the four demonic generals will lead the largest army the world has ever seen—200 million! Such a figure must have staggered the apostle John, for that was the planet’s entire population in his century.

The identity of these troops has been widely debated among Bible prophecy scholars. Are they human or demonic? Those who argue they are human note that China has claimed since 1965 that it could assemble 200 million soldiers. However, I don’t believe the 200 million are comprised of humans. Context suggests they are armies of released demons. The next group of angelic beings should make that clear.

The Chimera

John describes the fearsome beasts the generals ride, and they are unlike any living animal (Revelation 9:17-19). Instead, these “horses” are demonic chimeras—hybrid creatures that exhibit features from multiple species. Often found in classical mythology, the term “chimera” originated in Greek mythology.

The bile-choking sight of the Chimeras’ three plague weapons—fire, smoke, and brimstone—will terrorize a world that, over the last three years, thought it had seen every horror that legend and modern warfare could conjure. By incendiary flame and serpent’s bite, the Chimera will gleefully participate in slaughtering a third of the world’s population.

The Real Tragedy

The real tragedy of this demonic plague, authorized by God and enacted by the trumpet judgment angels, is not the body count. More tragic than even a billion people incinerated by monsters from the deep is the sad state of the hearts of the remaining three billion survivors.

Revelation 9:20, to me, stands out as the most disheartening verse in the whole Bible: “But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols.”

Years earlier, when people hid in caves to escape the sixth seal judgment, the world conceded that behind the wrath was the Lamb, and His judgment served as a clarion call for the people to repent (Revelation 6:12-17). Some responded in repentance, but many more did not. Will they finally repent under the assault of demonic overlords? Not even this time! Instead, the survivors will continue to worship the very demons that are slaughtering them. The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked (Jeremiah 17:9).

These five sins characterize behavior during the tribulation: idolatry, murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft. The people will refuse to repent because they’re junkies. The Antichrist’s followers are hooked on their next high, whether through drugs, magic, or sexual perversion. These manic addicts of evil steal and kill to satisfy their vilest passions. Instead of recognizing the fulfilling wonders of Jesus Christ’s unmatched love and grace, these denizens of the Devil will reject Christ’s priceless spiritual riches and cling to the fleeting, unfulfilling pleasures of sin. Tragically, during the Tribulation, the unredeemed will degenerate into beings as evil as demons.

So heed Christ’s call to repent and turn to Him for salvation! Don’t face a future in which you could devolve into such a wretched creature and an eternity of punishment in the Lake of Fire.

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Since God is in control and determines ALL that happens here on Earth and in the universe, we shouldn’t be surprised that he is increasingly shaking the world right now. In his great mercy, he is doing it only incrementally to wake people up from their deep spiritual slumber. After all, how are we any better than the people who lived in Noah’s time or even better than the Sodomites who were destroyed by flaming sulfur falling from the sky? If he didn’t do something to wake us up to validate his existence and holy demands, then he would have to apologize to the people who perished during those days of damning judgment.

As terrific rainstorms pummel the earth, one verse of scripture comes to mind: “As it was in the days of Noah, so shall the coming of the Son of man be” (Matthew 24:37).

Another thing I noticed as I reread the Old Testament for the umpteenth time was that the patriarchs weren’t as holy as presumed. They were just like us – liars, backstabbers, connivers, and absorbed with sex. They made babies like there was no tomorrow. There were only two men who were righteous: one was Enoch, and the other was Elijah. All the rest were just common men like us. Even the highly exalted Moses was a murderer – as was David. Yet God saw fit to use them both—for his glory—because they worshiped God in spirit and in truth.

God knows most of us humans are incapable of living godly and blameless lives (including me). That’s why Jesus came—to take away our sins by dying on the cross.

Today we have naked sodomites parading in the streets of America and flaunting their “gay rights” as well as teaching in our public schools that such lewd behavior is acceptable. These very same people (if you can call them that) are acting like animals even under the rainbow flag as if the rainbow absolves them of their vile misdeeds. They have been invited to teach and preach their sordid way of life even in our so-called Christian churches! Our children and young people don’t stand a chance of living a normal life anymore, and some are even daring to commit suicide while we elders look the other way.

As if that weren’t enough, even our churches are being bought and remade into mosques all over America, while Christians in Africa are being slaughtered by the hundreds, if not thousands. I’m afraid that if God tarries, we in America will come under persecution too. World unrest is at an all-time high with Satan making his one last attempt to destroy mankind. What a world we live in today!

Last night I watched an episode of Dateline on television, and the story was about a young lady who had learned to fly. Long story short, she crashed in the middle of nowhere in a box canyon surrounded by endless high mountains. Although her little Cessna crashed upside down, she survived. But alas, she had no survival gear and no way to communicate, so she began following a creek at the bottom of the valley, hoping to find a road or anything to help her survive.

After leaving a message to her parents on her cell phone, she feared she would soon die without water or food. It was a pitiful message, with her crying. Still, she trudged on. (My guess is that she was praying, “God, help me—please help me.”) I mean, who doesn’t cry out to God when there is no other recourse? She was finally saved by a man who was hunting sheep and spotted the crash as it was happening through the binoculars he was using to spot sheep – miles from civilization. Miracles still happen today, and God seldom gets the credit.

In the interview by the jaded and self-absorbed reporter, she never once gives God credit – not once! That’s how jaded we Americans have all become.

Miracles is the title of my movie, which is well underway and looking good. God willing, I should have it completed by the end of the year – if we’re still here. It details many, but not all, of the miracles I experienced in my forty-five-year ministry, in which I experienced miracle after miracle as I leaned on our gracious and exalted heavenly Father – who provided for me in my time of need and consoled me in my darkest hours.

While we human beings are resourceful, clever, and resilient, the weight of the world can be too much to bear. We have a tendency to despair when things don’t go our way – and only then do we cry out to Almighty God. However, most of us don’t even thank him for our food at mealtimes, nor for anything else, for that matter.

Admittedly, though, there were times when I thought I was going under, but as he did with Peter, Jesus grabbed me by the hand and saved the day. I’ve come to the conclusion that this was the right way to go. So today I speak my concerns to God or Jesus, and I’ve quit fretting about every little thing that besets me.

Book report:

At this juncture, I will go back to reading History of the Jews (a 600-page book). Any other reading has become just rehashed drivel, again and again, and does nothing to prepare us for the hereafter. All is manmade thought and philosophy. Although I love reading and have learned many things, the writings of other men have not enlightened me like the Bible has.

It seems to me that I know all I want to know about life – after all, I’ve lived life to the full and know mankind to the core through spiritual discernment gleaned from the Bible through the Holy Spirit.

Maybe I’ll read a little more – but to what avail? I’ve lived two lifetimes and seen it ALL.

YBIC

Jim Towers

You can write me at jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com or visit me at www.dropzonedelta.com. You can also find me on my newly restructured website www.propheticsignsandwonders.com, which now features the Gospel and videos of worldwide events taking place in present time, as well as proof of God’s existence and the reality of biblical places, and Moses himself.

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