THE KINGS OF THE EAST - Russia & China
Revelation 16:12
KJV 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 purpose of the Kings of the East are actually never revealed in the
text of the scripture. The following
verse, 16:13, describes three froglike demonic entities emerging from the
mouths of the dragon, beast, and false prophet with the purpose of gathering
the kings of the earth for the battle of that great day of God Almighty. The site of the battle is later identified as
Armageddon
(Har-Megiddon) which is a
valley north of Jerusalem but which has been shown by other theologians to most
likely be the Mount of Olives as prophesied by Zechariah. According to Zechariah, the feet of Christ
will stand upon the Mount of Olives causing it to split or separate towards the
east and west. There is actually no
mountain in or around the plain of Meggido (also referred to as Esdraelon).
Zechariah 14:4 KJV And his
feet shall stand in that day upon Esdraelon mount
of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall
cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there
shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the
north, and half of it toward the south.
Revelation and the Old Testament Prophets
During my several years of last-days research, I have
noticed the correlation of the Revelation prophecies and those of the Old
Testament prophets. It could be said
that John’s Revelation is an orderly synthesis of OT prophecies which can be
found scattered around in various prophetic books. The “Kings of the East” statement is not
accompanied by a description of purpose or intent in the Revelation, but there
is quite a bit of information that can be comprehended and understood from the
book of Daniel.
The seventeenth and eighteenth chapters of the Revelation
reveals and describes the fall and destruction of Mystery Babylon. It is my contention that the original Babylon
is a type and shadow of the last days Mystery Babylon. The original Babylon was a city and the
mystery version is termed “a city” but it is not an actual earthly city as many
commentators and pundits have attempted to describe it. It is the political and monetary banking
system of fiat currencies that are plaguing the world and funneling the
majority of the assets into the hands of a few individuals. The last section of Revelation 16 could be an
introduction to mystery, Babylon and its fall.
Daniel and the
Kings of the East
During the days of Daniel the prophet and the actual city
of Babylon, the kings of the East were Cyrus and Darius, the rulers of Persia
and Media. It is almost certain that
Cyrus and Darius had no idea they were being used by God to conquer Babylon and
that Cyrus would grant authority for the Judeans to return to Israel, rebuild
the city, the wall, and the temple in preparation for the birth of the Messiah.
Cyrus came to power around 550 BC. Next, he conquered Media and Lydia and then
set his sights on Babylon, which was a city and an empire. The city of Babylon was built on both sides
of the Euphrates river which made it necessary for people to ferry across the
river to perform business in the other half.
It became apparent to the rulers that a bridge was needed to connect the
two halves of the city. The first
preparatory work was a 47 mile circumference basin north of Babylon. Large stones were prepared for the bridge
building. Then a canal was dug upstream
from the river to the basin, and the water was diverted so that the bridge
stones could be set in a dry river bed.
When the bridge was finished the canal was closed up allowing the river
to again flow through its bed and between the city.
It is written that Cyrus and Darius had little success
when they first arrived to siege the city of Babylon. Then someone came up with an ingenious
idea. Cyrus put his warriors at each end
of the city along the river where there were openings at the base of the wall
that allowed the river to flow through the walls and the city. The non-soldiers were taken to the lake,
which was now a marsh, and reopened the bypass canal which lowered the river
level to somewhat over knee deep. The
army was then able to enter the city with a minimum of conflict and conquer it
with virtually no loss of life.
Dr. Stephen Jones - Modern Babylon, of course, is no longer a
single city, but a worldwide economic and political system. As such, it no longer
requires the Euphrates River as its life blood. Modern Babylon’s “Euphrates” is
its banking system. The river banks of the Euphrates are now the banks that
hold money that is also called “liquidity.”
The army of Cyrus dried up the river Euphrates and
conquered the city of Babylon without hardly creating a fuss. Mystery, Babylon is no longer a single city
although scripture portrays it as a city which was obtained several candidates
over the years, such as: Rome,
Jerusalem, New York City, Mecca, and likely others I have overlooked or
forgotten.
Conclusion
The ancient “kings of the East” were Persia and
Media. The modern “kings of the East”
would be Russia and China. The Persian army
literally dried up the Euphrates River and the soldiers physically conquered
Babylon using actual manpower.
During one of the final episodes of the end times
(Revelation 16), will the Euphrates literally be dried up? No, I believe it is just a symbolic
fulfillment of the typology of Daniel.
Will be Russians and the Chinese march an invasion force across the
Euphrates? No, it would be a good setup
to get nuked and I doubt that will ever happen.
Please don’t confuse Revelation 16, 17, and 18 with Revelation 13 which
describes the sixth trumpet. There won’t
be 200 million Chinese troops marching into Israel regardless of what Hal
Lindsey and his minions portray.
So by what means will the modern “kings of the East”
destroy the current worldwide banking system?
Of course, the majority of the banking cartel may destroy itself through
massive debt caused by greediness. China
and Russia are now setting up a system of trade payment that bypasses the
Bretton Woods petroleum dollar. Having
recently purchased a huge amount of gold, China is establishing a gold backed
currency system. Many countries have
bought into this plan, although not the USA.
According to Benjamin Fulford, and a few others (probably
parroting Fulford), a group of Chinese billionaires known by the name of “the
White Dragon Society” is attempting to peacefully change the world for the good
side. This society is currently offering
to give (or perhaps loan) large amounts of gold to various countries if they
will transition to a gold backed currency, protect the environment, and beat
their swords into plowshares. This plan
sounds somewhat similar to the Millennium Kingdom of God. The actual truth of the above paragraph is
unknown to me but it sounds good anyway.
Russia is currently assisting Syria by thwarting the
country’s planned overthrow by the Horrendous Four: USA, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey who
created and armed various terrorists groups to perform their dirty work. The USA is helping Israel by creating failed
states in the Middle East so that it will later be easier for Israel to conquer
their countries and expand to a “Greater Israel” similar to the Kingdom of
David and Solomon when they believe the one world government will be
accomplished (the only one world government will be the Kingdom of God). The USA and Saudi Arabia also want a failed Syria
so they can run a gas pipeline through Syria to Europe and bypass Russia’s
pipeline. It’s always about the money,
or should I say “Mystery, Babylon in action”.
According to various internet articles Turkey’s goals are
stolen Syrian crude oil transported by ISIS and sold primarily to Israel. According to some sources, ISIS is a creation
of the CIA, Senator John McCain, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and others.
Russia and China are also responsible for the creation of
BRICS, the AIIB, and the SCO. The SCO is the new Shanghai Cooperation Agreement
with China, Russia, and now Pakistan and India, previous long term enemies
brought together at the time of the Brexit vote by a common rejection of the
Cabal’s private central FIAT Banking system which they expect to fail.
There are also numerous new trade deals between many
nations that are not based on the use of the now doomed US Bretton Woods Petroleum
Dollar. All these nations involved in
these new banking and trade systems minus the US Petro Dollar are now forming a
strong financial firewall against private Fiat western central banking.
Addendum
Some people, particularly Americans, think or believe
that the fulfillment of the Revelation prophecies will be highly literal and
supernatural. If you visit Before Its
News one will find a plethora of articles describing a coming asteroid storm,
demonic locusts rising from hell and stinging people, a one world government
ruled by a beast (antichrist) who will destroy many and force all to take a
mark of some type to be able to buy or sell.
They predict 200 million horsemen to rise from the Euphrates and rampage
the world. Vast plagues, all water
turned to poisonous blood, a mountain sized rock hitting the ocean from space
and many other things. Most of it sounds
preposterous and if these events actually happened, it is doubtful if anyone
would repent. Of couse the pre-trib
crowd think they will be “out of here” and it will all be the loser’s
problem. The online SkyWatchTV crew
headed by Tom Horn produce a steady stream of this material. I suppose it helps to sell books and gain
viewers.
