ARMAGEDDON - APOCALYPSE

Similarities with Ezekiel's 38 chapter

19In my zeal and fiery wrath I declare that at that time there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. Ezekiel 38:19

Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder and a severe earthquake. No earthquake like it has ever occurred since man has been on earth, so tremendous was the quake revelation 16:18

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"I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed; I will pour down torrents of rain, hailstones and burning sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him". Ezekiel 38:22

"The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. God remembered Babylon the Great and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath. 20Every island fled away and the mountains could not be found. 21From the sky huge hailstones of about a hundred pounds each fell upon men. And they cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible". Revelation 19-21

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All these events take place in the latter days:

"After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come into the land that is restored from the sword, whose inhabitants have been gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel which had been a continual waste; but its people were brought out from the nations, and they are living securely, all of them".

Ezekiel 38:8

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The 9th chapter of revelation is the preparation of chapter 16 of revelation, where the armies of the world are summoned to kill the 1/3 of the people of the world. Rev 9:15-17

The number of the troops and their effects on the people are indications that this event takes place in the latter days in our era and time. (See also my previous article about chapter 9:16 of the apocalypse).

The weapons in chapter 9 of the apocalypse throw fire smoke and sulfur (could also be nuclear weapons) but haven't been used yet up until chapter 16 where the aftermath of their utilization is described:

"Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying, “It is done.” 18And there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder; and there was a great earthquake, such as there had not been since man came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty. 19The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of His fierce wrath. 20And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. 21And huge hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, came down from heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, because its plague was extremely severe." Rev 16:17-21

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Similar plagues are also described by Ezekiel in 38: 19-22:

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"In My zeal and in My blazing wrath I declare that on that day there will surely be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. 20“The fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field, all the creeping things that creep on the earth, and all the men who are on the face of the earth will shake at My presence; the mountains also will be thrown down, the steep pathways will collapse and every wall will fall to the ground. 21“I will call for a sword against him on all My mountains,” declares the Lord GOD. “Every man’s sword will be against his brother. 22“With pestilence and with blood I will enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, a torrential rain, with hailstones, fire and brimstone"

Ezekiel 38:19-22  New American Standard Bible (1995)

In chapter 9 St. John gives us the cause or the beginnings of the confortation which is the loosening of the four angels by the Euphrates River. Revelation 9:14

In chapter 16 St. John gives us the sign of the beginning of the end, rev 16:12

 12The 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.

So the drying up of the river Euphrates is our last chance to repent before the WW3 which is going to be a nuclear one. To stress this point God through St. John's voice uses a spectacular metaphor which is famously used in the east Christian world when priests want to urge people to always be prepared for delivering their souls to God because the end of someone's life is unpredictable.

Thus after the drying up of Euphrates the end will be even more sudden and unpredictable than ever.

Here it is then

 15“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, so that he will not walk about naked and men will not see his shame.”

 rev 16:15

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Behold, I am coming like a thief...  is the warning priests give to stress the need to be always prepared for death and judgement.

At this verse God gives a clear message to all the people of the planet: In our opinion the message is this: After the river Euphrates had been dried up don't try to run don't try to hide or even try to save food and seeds, because death is imminent, and you are about to meet the maker. Repent for your sins and ask for forgiveness, turn yourself to Jesus hold on to the Christian virtues (clothes) and avoid mortal sins. The clothes can also be interpreted as the soul

of each man