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 "12. And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon that great River Euphrates: and dried up the water thereof, that a way might be prepared for the kings from the rising of the sun.

13. And I saw from the mouth of the dragon, and from the mouth of the beast, and from the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs.

14. For they are the spirits of devils working signs, and they go forth unto the kings of the whole earth, to gather them to battle against the great day of the Almighty God.

15. Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

16. And he shall gather them together into a place, which in Hebrew is called Armagedon."

8, 9. The fourth vial is emptied on the sun which thereupon sends forth its scorching rays to torture the wicked; but Pharao-like instead of being converted they harden their hearts and blaspheme God.

In a figurative sense the burning rays of the sun are the rigors of God's justice. Christ, the sun of justice, is a guiding light to the faithful, but a consuming fire to the wicked.

10, 11. The fifth plague is directed against Jerusalem, the residence of Antichrist and the capital of his kingdom. This kingdom of darkness shall be made still darker by the confusion and ruin. The enemies of the