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Have absolute faith knowing that God is always in control There are Biblical Scholars, along with this author, that believe that there will be multiplied millions of millions of people that will receive Salvation in the areas of the Kings of the East to God's Glory!
While there is great quantities of people experiencing suffering and death, during the Kings of the East mission, God will always use every moment by moment opportunity for men, women and children to receive Salvation so that there is never a victory for Lucifer. All of us need to look through history and see God has always been in control, even in times of war. |
The Kings of the East scriptural reference comes from Revelation 16:12 which is dealing with a vast military force in the Tribulation Period. This vast military force will start a move towards Israel, as a result of the sixth bowl of wrath, to be at the Battle of the First Armageddon Event where initially it is to fight against the Antichrist's army.
The "Kings of the East" clearly identifies a power coming from Eastern Asia, because:
There are some older Biblical commentaries that have identified the "Kings of the East" was the country of Japan because of the power that Japan once had in Eastern Asia. Partially this is also because Japan being known as the country of the rising sun flag, were rising sun is a connotation of the East. Other more recent Biblical commentaries have been pointing out that the reference is China, but this also is too myopic. The "kings" reference is plural, thus meaning more than one country.
Revelation 16:12 | The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east. |
Today it is not hard to believe in China as a military and economic world-power, and Japan only an economic power, where the leaders could be called kingly. Regarding China, for a long time in history up until not too many decades ago, the country of China was an easy target for conquering by the Scythians, Mongols, Europeans and most recently by the Japanese in World War II. This led older Biblical Commentaries to discount China as a candidate in the Kings of the East prophecy.
Within the last few decades, Biblical Scholars began to improve on the interpretations because of the word "kings" in Revelation 16:12. This indicates the most likely interpretation that it will be multiple Eastern Asian countries including China, and most likely lead by China. Other countries that surround the country of China are becoming more dependent and falling under the political control of China.
There are most likely many more countries in the "Kings of the East" military group that are perceived today. Some considerations:
Revelation 9:13-16 | 13 The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God. 14 It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates. 15 And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. 16 The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number. |
In recent decades, China has been extending its political influence through economic and military means to many countries that are in southeast Asia. A possible list of the Kings of the East as of 2021 are: China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar and North Korea. There are other countries such as Taiwan, which China doesn't recognize as independent, along with Indonesia that are in the possible list of countries to control. All of these countries may contribute to the Kings of the East prophecy.
There will be Four Fallen Angels that are released from being bound at a spiritual location at the "great river Euphrates", as referenced in Revelation 9:14. The scriptural passage of Revelation 9:13-18 indicates the Four Angels will control the Kings of the East Army through demonic possession,
The release of the Four Fallen Angels event is part of the "Second Woe of Three" that starts in Revelation 9:13-18. Some Biblical Scholars, including this author, believe the
Revelation 9:12 | The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come. |
Revelation 9:13-18 | 13 The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the horns of the golden altar that is before God. 14 It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." 15 And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. 16 The number of the mounted troops was two hundred million. I heard their number. 17 The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur. 18 A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths. |
The scriptural tie to the river Euphrates is the river was the eastern boundary of ancient Israel (Genesis 15:18), and also the eastern boundary of the Roman Empire at different points in history. The Fallen Angel spiritual realm is a territorial realm with princes and rulers as explained in the Fallen Angels topic. It might be possible the action of being imprisoned on the outside of the eastern boundary connotes a specific type of additional judgment against the Fallen Angel spiritual realm's jurisdiction of the old Roman Empire that has now been reborn under the Antichrist.
Genesis 15:18 | In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: |
The Antichrist's rule in the Tribulation Period is over the same area of the ancient Roman Empire as given in the prophecies in Daniel Chapter 2 concerning the Statue in King Nebuchadnezzar's dream:
Excerpt from the King
Nebuchadnezzar topic: Approximately 602 BC, King Nebuchadnezzar has the first dream which Daniel interprets in Daniel 2:31-44. The dream entails "an enormous, dazzling statue, awesome in appearance". Here are the parts of the statue with Daniel's interpretation given to Daniel from God where Biblical Scholars, using history and Daniel Chapter 8's vision of the Goat and Ram, enabled the establishment of the two Empires after the Babylonian Empire. The establishment of the Iron Legs with the Iron and Clay Feet, gave the clue to the area which would point to the Roman Empire and then an Empire of the same geographical areas.
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Map of the Euphrates Location in relation to Israel and the other countries in the Middle-East geographical area:
This is a number that was completely unimaginable in the minds of anyone reading this scripture reference up until the last century. Even with information on the total numbers of military personnel of east Asian countries in the world today, shown below, it is hard to image a military the size of 200,000,000.
Revelation 9:16-18 | 16 And the number of the armies of the horsemen was twice ten thousand times ten thousand: I heard the number of them. 17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates as of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone: and the heads of the horses are as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceedeth fire and smoke and brimstone. 18 By these three plagues was the third part of men killed, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone, which proceeded out of their mouths. |
The Equation in Revelation 9:16 can be calculated by:
As of 2021, there is no country in the world currently that has a military
force comprised of 200,000,000 soldiers. The areas of east Asia, if
required to create an army of that size, could do so based on their current population
size. While this is feasible, it would
require a period of time to train citizens of a country to become military personnel
required.
As of 2021, according to
International Institute for Strategic Studies on the
wiki site, the following table shows proposed countries that might make up
the Kings of the East military force.
8 Countries as of 2021 that might be part of Kings of the East | Active Military | Reserve Military | Paramilitary | Total | |
Two countries for size comparison: | |||||
United States | 1,388,100 | 844,950 | 0 | 2,233,050 | |
Russian Federation | 1,014,000 | 2,000,000 | 554,000 | 3,568,000 | |
1 | China | 2,185,000 | 1,170,000 | 660,000 | 4,015,000 |
2 | Cambodia | 124,300 | 0 | 67,000 | 191,300 |
3 | Laos | 29,100 | 0 | 100,000 | 129,100 |
4 | Malaysia | 113,000 | 51,600 | 267,200 | 431,800 |
5 | Myanmar | 406,000 | 0 | 107,000 | 513,000 |
6 | Vietnam | 482,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,040,000 | 10,522,000 |
7 | North Korea | 1,280,000 | 600,000 | 5,889,000 | 7,769,000 |
8 | India (if they were to join) | 1,455,550 | 1,155,000 | 2,526,950 | 5,137,500 |
Total of a possible Kings of East | 28,708,700 | ||||
Scriptural Reference | Size: | 200,000,000 | |||
Current Approximate Percent 2021 | 14.3% | ||||
Population of China as of Oct 2021 | 1,446,615,024 | ||||
Percent of China's population required to create a 200,000,000 person Army | approx. 14% |
Points of the statistical table above:
Because of the "Kings" plural reference in Revelation 16:12, this means other countries can contribute to the military force, which will happen based on the prophecy.
Note as of 2023, India and China are at peace but there have been many border skirmishes along with aggression from China where there was a war in 1962, which India lost in a humiliating defeat. There have been other skirmishes such as Depsang in 2013, Chumar in 2014, Gawan Valey in 2020 and Tawang in 2022, Currently, as of 2023, China is now using a tactic called "Salami-Slicing" to take land from areas in Tibet which are contest lands between India and China.
This author believes that India's military will most likely be part of the great 200,000,000-person army either by choice, deception or coercion, which is discussed further in this topic in the "Logistics of Movements" section that will result in the death of one third of mankind.
The end of the mission of the Kings of the East is to be at the valley of Armageddon, with many others at the end of the Tribulation Period. Along the way, they and when arriving before their purpose is changed, they will have the mission "to kill a third of mankind".
Revelation 9:13-16 | 13 The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God. 14 It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates. 15 And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. 16 The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number. |
At the valley of Megiddo, the Kings of East's armies are gathered there to initially fight different groups representing:
At some point, that is not determined in the scriptures, they gather to fight against God, which has scriptural corroboration from Psalm 2 and other scriptural passages in the Gog and Magog prophetic verses.
Some Biblical Scholars and this author have the theory that the Antichrist and Lucifer will persuade all the military groups at the First Armageddon Event that they need to fight against an Extraterrestrial Entity from somewhere else in the universe. This can be theorized by:
Revelation 16:12-17 is detailing the Seventh Seal's part containing Seven Angels blowing seven trumpets, where this is the Seventh' trumpet that contains seven bowls of wrath. In this passage the sixth and seventh angel are pouring out the last two bowls of wrath from God. The seventh bowl of wrath is against the entire Fallen Angel and Demon world on Earth.
Revelation 16:12-17 | 12 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East. 13 Then I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 They are spirits of demons performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty. 15 "Behold, I come like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes with him, so that he may not go naked and be shamefully exposed." 16 Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon. 17 The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying, "It is done!" |
The following is an excerpt from the Tribulation Period Topic, which contains scriptural reference/inferences to the Kings of the East during the Tribulation Period:
Chapter | Seventh Seal | Second Woe of Three | ||||||
6th Angel | 7.6 | Voice comes from Golden Altar Before God | Rev 9:13 | |||||
Release Four Fallen Angels Bound | Rev 9:14 | Uniquely Punished and Bound | ||||||
Four Fallen Angels work against Antichrist | Mission of Four Fallen Angels | Rev 9:15 | To kill 1/3 of Mankind | Bound from Possibly Lucifer's Rebellion | ||||
Two Hundred Million Troops | Rev 9:16 | Kings of the East under their command | ||||||
Using three Types of Weapons | Rev 9:17-19 | (a) Explosive Weapons | ||||||
(b) Weapons to remove breathable air or dissolve flesh (Smart Weapons) | ||||||||
(c ) Sulphorized types of weapons to burn through metal and all substances | ||||||||
Third Woe of Three | ||||||||
11-16 | 7th Angel | 7.7 | Antichrist is reminded of his fate | Two Witnesses | ||||
Seven More Angels with Seven Last Plagues | Rev 15:1 | |||||||
7.7.1 | Bowls of Wrath Poured on the Land | Rev 16:1 | First Angel: all people with Mark of the Beast to break-out with sores | |||||
7.7.2 | Bowls of Wrath Poured on the Oceans | Rev 16:3 | Second Angel: Oceans became blood of a dead man. ALL ocean creatures died. | |||||
7.7.3 | Bowls of Wrath Poured on Fresh Water Areas | Rev 16:4 | Third Angel: All fresh water on Earth became like blood of a dead man. | |||||
God proclaims drink blood for the murdering | Rev 16:5-6 | |||||||
7.7.4 | Bowl of Wrath on the Sun to Scorch People | Rev 16:8 | Before a Star Nova occurs, the Star brightens | |||||
Unsaved people, refuse to repent | Rev 16:9 | |||||||
7.7.5 | Bowl of Wrath poured against the Antichrist | Rev 16:10 | Sun goes into Nova period of greatly diminished light. | |||||
Unsaved people, refuse to repent | Rev 16:11 | |||||||
7.7.6 | Bowl of Wrath for Kings of the East | Rev 16:12 | River Euphrates is dried up. Kings of the East marches west. | |||||
Antichrist Sends out Fallen Angels | Rev 16:13-14 | Fallen Angels under Lucifer gather Armies for Armageddon. | ||||||
Notice "Great Day of God Almighty", where armies think they are there to fight one another but Lucifer has them there to fight God. Psalm 2 corroboration. | ||||||||
7.7.7 | Bowl of Wrath into the Air "Fallen Angels" | Rev 16:17-21 | Lighting, thunder and severe earthquakes and one overpowering earthquake | |||||
Jerusalem splits into three parts across the Mt of Olives | ||||||||
Babylon has the final desolation. | ||||||||
Islands sank into the oceans and mountains were crumbled. | ||||||||
Hailstones, of 100 pounds, fell upon humans. |
There will be a similar event at the end of the 1,000 Millennial Kingdom of God, where Lucifer is released from chains in Lower Sheol, to "deceive the nations" as given in the Revelation 20:5-10. The difference is the entire Earth's armies will march towards Jerusalem once again, as "the camp of God's people, the city He loves" reference below indicates.
Revelation 20:5-10 | 5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life
until the thousand years were ended.) This
is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and
holy are those who have part in the first resurrection. The second death
has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ
and will reign with him for a thousand years.
7
When the
thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison |
In times of natural disasters, such as a hurricane or typhoon, there have been attempts to evacuate a few million people from the affected areas. During the Evacuation Process, all of the major roads and highways become completely useless as vehicles try to continually enter roads causing widespread traffic stoppages. Civil disobedience, road-rage, theft of gasoline, looting of food stores and much worse have historically happened when people become stuck in their vehicles, not moving, with the need of gasoline, food, medical help and even a place to use a toilet / bathroom.
Many countries have attempted to devise evacuation routes, all of which have proven to be very inadequate for people that are grossly fewer in number than the 200,000,000 person Kings of the East military force, where the Kings of the East will be comprised of large-scale transport and military machines. Military transport vehicles are often twice or even much larger sizes than normal transportation vehicles.
With a military force that is composed of land, sea and air power, along with satellite space weapon systems, there is not the strict requirement of roads. Regardless, the military force requirements of transporting a massive amount of military personnel will mean the use of enormous land transportation systems and groups. Removing hindrances such as trees, buildings and even water crossings will mandate most likely mutual and forced coordination from countries that are in the path of the Kings of the East.
Revelation 9:13-16 | 13 The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God. 14 It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates. 15 And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. 16 The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number. |
Some theoretical points concerning the Kings of the East military movement that will have the scriptural destiny "to kill a third of mankind":
Ezekiel 39:12-13 | 12 For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. 13 Even all the people of the land will bury them; and it will be to their renown on the day that I glorify Myself, declares the Lord God. |
Revelation 12:12 | Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe for the earth and for the sea: because the devil is gone down unto you, having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time. |
This is an excerpt from the
Tribulation Period
topic: For those going through horrible circumstances in our present-day lives, the concepts of suffering and experiencing a fear in the future times of the Tribulation period in many people's is not imaginable. This author recalls hearing someone speaking about their recollections of living in the areas of warfare during World War II, also known as the Great War that can be used as a lesser reference. None of us alive today can imagine the experience of an army tank driving through our home and shooting everyone in sight that includes your mother, father, brothers and sisters. There are and were people who experienced other types of horrific tragedies at the hands of gangs in neighborhoods, thieves breaking into someone's home to steal anything of value, and seeing the raping and tortures of family members. Those types of evil should give us a perspective in all of our present-day troubles where God was and is there for those who trusted Him even in war. Knowing that the purpose of God's Great Love for us is to rescue us from the consequences of Lucifer's rebellion and human-being's separation from God will give us peace in the midst of any suffering even unto death. When we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior, then we are permanently marked to spend eternity in perfect love and fulfillment with God, that all experiences in our earthly lives will be used for our benefits in Rewards in Heaven. We will not necessarily understand now in our earthly lives why events are happening, but when we are acting righteously in faith of God no matter any of the circumstances effecting our lives, then we will be overcoming victorious people with rewards set for us in Heaven. |
At the First Armageddon Event, there will be no battle against the Kings of the East and other Armies at the Event. There also will be no battle against God as read in Psalm 2 and Revelation 19:19-21. The following will happen:
Revelation 19:19-21 | 19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat upon the horse, and against his army. 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought the signs in his sight, wherewith he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast and them that worshipped his image: they two were cast alive into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone: 21 and the rest were killed with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, even the sword which came forth out of his mouth: and all the birds were filled with their flesh. |
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