what if I told you that there is a place on this Earth where four fallen angels have been bound for a very specific time period in history according to the Bible and when it comes to these four Angels they are to be released only for a specific mission of Destruction what if I told you that there is a specific location on this Earth that was there at the beginning of the world and it will also play a role in the end of the world what if I told you that there is a place on this
earth that is a symbol of God's judgment and is associated with the battle of Armageddon well the place that I'm talking about is the Euphrates River the Euphrates river is mentioned in the first book of the Bible and also in the last book of the Bible and if you understand Bible prophecy you will know why this river is so important in Genesis chapter 2 the Euphrates river is highlighted as one of the rivers that flowed out of the Garden of Eden and then in the final book of the Bible the Book of Revelation the word
of God reveals that there is something sinister being held at the bottom of the Euphrates river and it will set the stage for Armageddon the Euphrates River has been an essential Landmark for Biblical history history consider the story of the Tower of Babel historians believe that the city of Babylon was located about 50 Mi south of Baghdad along the Euphrates river and at a time when all mankind spoke a single language they said to each other then they said come let's build a great City for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky this
will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world but the Lord came down to look at the city and the tower the people were Building look he said the people are united and they all speak the same language after this nothing they said out to do will be impossible for them come let's go down and confuse the people with different languages then they won't be able to understand each other in that way the Lord scattered them all over the world and they stopped building the city but what about the future
what does the future hold for the Euphrates River well in the Book of Revelation on the sixth trumpet Judgment of God the Bible in Revelation chapter 9 tells us that a solitary voice from the four horns of the golden altar which stand before God told an angel of God to release the Four Angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates 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 you have to understand that these four satanic angels
are like nothing this world has ever seen imagine just how bad these evil angels are for God to have to bound them at the bottom of the Euphrates River the sole purpose of these Fallen Angels is to slay a third of Earth's population some Bible commentators speculate that these angels might have been high ranking Angels who were cast out of heaven with Lucifer the Bible tells us that when Lucifer was cast out of Heaven a third of the Angels fell with him we aren't given the details about what type of Angels were thrown from heaven
but some Scholars speculate that there may have been other high ranking principal Angels included and this argument comes from the fact that these four Angels were so powerful that God decided to keep them bound until the tribulation period And when they are released they lead an army of 200 million Horsemen now what we don't know is that when they lead an army of 200 million Horsemen are these real horses with real Riders is this symbolic of a supernatural demonic army or is this a modern Army some Christian commentators offer further arguments that suggest these four
Angels at the bottom of the Euphrates are high ranking Fallen Angels because of what we're told in Ephesians 6:12 the Bible reads for we do not wrestle against flesh and blood but against Prince alties against Powers against the rulers of the darkness of this age against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the Heavenly places from this description here's what we can interpret the devil has a kingdom the kingdom of darkness in this Kingdom there is a structure there are descending orders of authority which is principalities or principal Spirits there are evil rulers of Darkness and then
spiritual hosts of wickedness meaning evil spirits now some may say well this is all just interpretation the Bible doesn't clearly go into this well if you go back in time and go to the Old Testament there was a time when Daniel was seeking the face of God In Prayer because he wanted a revelation from God about the future after 3 weeks of intense prayer and fasting an angel from God appeared to Daniel and here's what the angel said here's where we get a strong clue about evil principal Spirits Daniel 10: 12 and 13 says then
he said don't be afraid Daniel since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your gone your request has been heard in heaven I have come in answer to your prayer but for 21 days the spirit Prince of the kingdom of Persia blocked my way then Michael one of the archangels came to help me and I left him there with the spirit Prince of the kingdom of Persia so from the very first day that Daniel started praying God sent an angel to provide him with an answer but the angel
was delayed for 3 weeks and it was not delayed by a demon it wasn't delayed by an evil spirit God's angel was delayed by a principality a chief principle evil spirit which was so strong that Michael the Archangel of God came to help and fight this principality so you see it's a valid interpretation to view the angels that are bound at the bottom of Euphrates as high ranking principal Angels who were perhaps angels of war or aggressively evil when they rebelled alongside Lucifer in heaven we don't know but whatever the case may be the Bible
does not give us further information about these angels apart from the fact that when they are released they have the power to kill a third of mankind now one of the key events leading up to Armageddon is the drying up of the Euphrates when this River d R up it provides a path for a great Army from the East to cross the Euphrates easily as they make their way to the valley of Armageddon now Armageddon can only be described as the war of all Wars the Antichrist will gather all of the people under his evil
influence these people who are loyal to the Antichrist will form their armies to wage war against the people of God in this battle Revelation 19 tells us things like then I saw heaven open and a white horse was standing there its rider was named faithful and true for he judges fairly and wages a righteous War the armies of Heaven dressed in the finest of pure white lenen followed him on white horses then I saw the Beast and and the kings of the world and their armies gathered together to fight against the one sitting on the
horse in his army you see Jesus Christ will lead a Heavenly Army to victory over God's enemies these enemies include those who oppose God's Authority and who treat god with contempt a room full of Christian students were asked the question how many of you believe in signs and wonders someone quickly said it depends on who they're from the devil or Jesus the professor responded and said regardless of who they're from how many of you believe that signs and wonder can happen all the hands went straight up he then asked so you believe that Jesus Christ
can perform signs and wonders the class was in agreement yes he can then the professor asked do you believe that the devil can perform signs and wonders students hesitantly answered with no real conviction about the answer to this question most students put their hands up then the professor said boldly Matthew 24: 24 for false Christ and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders so as to lead astray if possible even the elect 2 Corinthians 11: 13- 15 says for such are false Apostles deceitful workers transforming themselves into Apostles of Christ and no
wonder for Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of Light therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into Ministers of righteousness whose end will be according to their Works Satan can transform into an angel of Light so that he can trick and deceive you see many people believe that only Jesus can perform great signs and wonders however this is true of the devil as well the Bible says my people perish for a lack of knowledge and if you don't have the knowledge that's in the Bible the knowledge that reveals how
the devil is capable of Performing Great Signs and wonders then how will you distinguish the work of God and the work of Satan 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 verse 9 and 10 says the coming of the Lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders and with all Wicked deception for those who are perishing because they refuse to love the truth and so be saved now hear that carefully with all power and false signs and wonders and with all Wicked deception saints of God there is a great evil Among
Us this evil is called deception it's designed by the enemy and an attempt to trick us to fool us into believing evil for good so the task at hand for all believers is how do we distinguish the Divine from the Diabolical first John chap 4: 1:3 says beloved do not believe every Spirit but test the spirits to see whether they are from God for many false prophets have gone out into the World by this you know the spirit of God every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God and
every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God this is the spirit of the Antichrist which you heard was coming and now is in the world already so you see if you are to ever see great signs and wonders test the spirits you may be wondering well how exactly do I test the spirits what do I do well the passage of scripture we've just read said in verse 2 and three every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is
not from God this is the spirit of the Antichrist which you heard was coming and now is in the world already if that spirit acknowledges that Jesus Christ came in the flesh here on Earth died and rose again and is now seated at the right hand of God then that spirit is from God however if that spirit says anything else but Jesus the Bible says this is the spirit of the Antichrist so the next time you see a preacher a prophet or anyone performing anything in the Supernatural before you clap before you accept it before
you say anything pray for the Holy Ghost to give you discernment and then wait wait to see if that act was glorifying Jesus Christ as Lord before you clap test the spirit to see whether it confesses that Jesus Christ is Lord test whether or not that miracle that healing that act or wonder is it really to the glory of God or is it to exalt that person is God being given the glory and honor or is the man or woman on stage saying look at me I can do this all day long we need to
test the spirits and I I believe that the majority of the devil's signs and wonders boil down to four major objectives money Fame pleasure and power the devil will perform signs and wonders through people which are driven by one of these objectives 1 John 4: 4-6 says Little Children You are from God and have overcome them for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world they are from the world therefore they speak of the world and the world listens to them we are from God whoever knows God listens to
us whoever is not from God does not listen to us by this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error so understand there are two Spirits in operation the spirit of truth and the spirit Spirit of error the spirit of error is in the world it's the spirit of the Antichrist and the Bible clearly says that they speak from the world and the world listens to them however you and I are not of the world as children of God the Bible tells us that we have overcome them because greater is he who
is in us than he who is in the world so test the spirits before you allow someone to stand before you as a man or woman of God pray for sensitivity pray for the holy spirit to guide you in truth so that you may not be led astray there are people of God out there people who are being mightily used by the Lord in various ways however there's also those sent by the devil to create confusion to create an illusion of Truth when it's really deception so I encourage you we must be a people who
are joined with the spirit of Truth we must be a people who are filled with the Holy Spirit we must be a people who tests the spirits we must be a people who are governed by the truth that is Jesus Christ although we live in this world we do not and we should not fight our battles like the world in fact the weapons that we have available to us aren't physical weapons but note how the Bible says for the weapons of our Warfare are not carnal But Mighty in God the word of God is one
of the weapons that we have as children of God on it's a weapon that is powerful the conflicts you face the battles you face the Lord has the final say over all of that so I encourage you people of God to trust God trust in the word of the Lord trust in his promises and you will have the victory [Music]