Sorry for the stupid questions, but this is not something I understand. So, I'll just ask.
Was busy painting my bathroom and installing vinyl plank flooring yesterday, but I always try to get to questions sooner or later.
No questions are dumb my friend, our mission is to come to the understanding of THE TRUTH, via the Holy Spirit.
You never seem to mention China. China is becoming very prominent. Aren't they part of this too?
II think of course they will be a part of THIS BELOW:
Rev. 16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the
kings of the earth and of the whole world (THIS is Babylon the Great or The CONFUSED MASSES), to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
The above of course would incorporate China and all the kinds of the whole world. What I don't think is that the "KINGS OF THE EAST" is referring to China. People misconstrue and CONFLATE these two passages.
Rev. 9:16 And the
number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. 17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. 18
By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
Firstly, many people just ASSUME that these are the Kings of the East (they are not) and thus they assume ONLY China could fit. But this is not a Human Army, this is a 200 Million Angelic Army bringing DEATH to 1/3 of those people who took the
Mark of the Beast (MotB) willingly or knowingly, and thus they are Angels bringing JUSTICE. We can see that in verse 20 below:
20 And the
rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Plagues come from God, NOT MEN !! This is an Angelic Army of 200 million, not a Human Army. Thus the Kings of the East get MISCONSTRUED when in reality, this is the 2nd Woe, and the Kings of the East are mentioned in Rev. 16 via the 7 Vials wh9ch are the 3rd Woe. So, 1.) it's not even the same ACTIONS by God, and secondly, its Angels bringing PLAGUES on men who took the MotB.
Rev. 16:12 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. 13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14
For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
So, who are the Kings of the East, and why are they mentioned? THINK NOW, the Kings of the WHOLE WORLD are mentioned just one verse later, so why mention the Kings of the East at all? Because God is showing us OUR ENMITY against him down through the Ages by calling out all of the Beasts in History. Firstly, the Anti-Christ is the Last Beast heading this war on God, he arose out of TWO of the Beasts from Daniel and THREE if we count his Assyrian bloodline, he's an Assyrian, he's born in Greece and comes to power out of the Headd of the Fourth Beast (Europe), thus he represents THOSE BEASTS here, and the Kings of the East represent who? Well, what River is "DRIED UP" that really will not be DRIED UP? The Euphrates River where both the Persian Empire and the Babylonian Empire derived from via that area. We all know modern armies can ford any river nowadays, so no RIVER actually needs to be "DRIED UP" in order for modern armies to cross them, we all know that thus this is simply SYMBOLOGY in order for God to EXPOSE why His Wrath is Just, the Anti-Christ represent Two Heads of the Beast, or three, or I guess even FOUR because the Anti-Christ himself is one of the 7 Heads of the Beast. Then we are told about the Kings of the East when there was no need to single out Iran and Iraq because we get the verse that says the kings of the WHOLE EARTH go to battle God one verse later, so the Kings of the East are again SYMBOLOGY, God is telling us why His Wrath is Just, all of these Kingdoms tried to DESTROY God one true Kingdom, Israel, and Jesus will now take his seat on THAT THRONE in Jerusalem for 1000 years. Amen.
You say the words king or kings. Do you mean government or spiritual leaders?
Kings are the Leaders of our modern-day Governments, Presidents, Chancellors, Kings still in some instances, dictators, etc.
You say armies. Do you mean military armies or population armies?
The Whole World has been pelted by God's Wrath for 7 years, they have all taken the Mark of the Beast, the 2000 Million Angelic Army has slain 1/3 of them (1.5-2 billion) so they HATE God with a vengeance, there will be very few Christians (Remnant Church of Revelation 12:17) left by this time if they are not hiding very well, the Church was Raprured PRE TRIB, and the 3-5 Million Jews who REPENTED are being protected by God in the Petra/Bozrah area for 1260 days.
So, those "ARMIES" are the Whole World, the same ones who cheered the deaths of the Two-witnesses who brought them misery by "PRAYING DOWN" all of these Plagues onto mankind. They all go forth to fight against God, real Armies, and humans who hate God.
You say one hour is 42 months (a little over 3.5 years on earth.) If you have the numbers clear, there are 10 minutes of silence in Heaven that I was wondering if that meant that our prayers were not reaching God during those 10 minutes. How long is 10 minutes in heaven and about when did that occur or is it occurring now or still yet to occur?
I think it's a half-hour (30 minutes) of silence. The Church will not be here. The Remnant Church will be here. The SILENCE in Heaven means God's Wrath has ARRIVED, in the first 6 Seals Jesus PROPHESIES what is about to come upon Mankind, the 6 Seals are NOT ACTIONABLE, they DO NOTHING, Jesus is just Prophesying what is about to befall mankind over the coming 42 months when he breaks each seal. The First 5 Seals are all about the coming Anti-Christ, he 1.) Conquers for 42 months 2.) Brings War for 42-months. 3.) His Wars bring 42- months of Famine 4.) His rule brings 42-months of Sickness/Death and the Grave (Hades). So, the Four Horses are all the coming Anti-Christ. Seal #5 is Jesus Prophesying that over the next 42-months the Anti-Christ TYRANT will Martyr much of the Remnant Church on earth that came unto Christ Jesus AFTER the Rapture.
Seal #6 is DIFFERENT, but the same. Its about God's Wrath, not the Anti-Crosy BUT it happens over the exact same 42-month period of time. (That is because the Anti-Christ gets his marching orders from Satan, a brilliant strategist, who tells him to WAIT for God's Wrath, thus God's Wrath {Rev. 8 Asteroid} will wipe out 1/3 of the world for him) Jesus opens the 6th Seal and Prophesies that God' Wrath is about to fall, and thus he tells about the EXACT SAME Prophesy Joel 2:31 tells us about, the Sun and Moon will go dark on the coming Day of the Lord God's Wrath. IT IS A PROPHESY, not an ACTION. All 7 Seals have to be off before the Scroll of Judgments can be opened, just like a closet with 7 locks on to can't be opened when 6 locks are taken off, ALL SEVEN have to be off before you can look inside the closet, AND before the 7 Seal Scroll can be read from. SEE BELOW:
Seven Sealed Scroll.
NOTHING can be read until all seven seals are taken off, Jesus is just Prophesying when he takes each seal off until he gets to the 7th Seal. Then there is SILENCE in Heaven because there is no need to Prophesy anymore, JUDGMENT HAS ARRIVED !! Notice, the 7th Seal is over in Rev. 8 where the Asteroid (Mountain cast into the Sea) hits earth !! BOOM. There is a reason fr that, the 7th Seal BRINGS God's Wrath, the other 6 Seals have to be opened to open the Seven Sealed Scroll of Judgments. In other words. when I take the 7th lock of the closet door off, there is no need for me to explain what you are about to see anymore, I can just open the door and SHOW YOU NOW !! Thus the SILENCE in Heaven, Judgment has now come, the Angels are READYING the 7 Trumpet of Judgments !!