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Revelation 9:13-21

The Four Angels at Euphrates

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The Four Angels at Euphrates

Revelation 9:13-21

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This song belongs to the Revelation collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

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The sixth trumpet sounds from the horns of the golden altar. Four bound angels rise beside the ancient Euphrates. The appointed hour releases them to kill a third of humankind. Two hundred million riders gather like a continent of war. The Four Angels at Euphrates The abyss is opened, but heaven has not yielded. The darkness rages only for its measured hour. The Lamb remains sovereign over every terror. Fire, smoke, and brimstone pour from lion-headed horses. Serpent tails strike behind while the mounted host goes forward. No demon wears an everlasting crown. The key, the chain, and final sentence rest with heaven. Yet the survivors keep their idols, violence, sorcery, and theft. Judgment passes through the world, but hardened hearts refuse to turn. The Four Angels at Euphrates The abyss is opened, but heaven has not yielded. The darkness rages only for its measured hour. The Lamb remains sovereign over every terror. The Four Angels at Euphrates

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Revelation 9: Torment is bounded, and repentance is refused

The fifth and sixth trumpets intensify the woes, but the Book of Revelation keeps placing limits beside the terror. A star receives a key to the bottomless pit and releases locustlike creatures whose targets, duration, and power are restricted. They cannot harm vegetation, cannot touch those with God's seal, and cannot kill, though their five months of torment are dreadful. Their composite bodies borrow the language of locusts, scorpions, lions, armored cavalry, and rushing chariots. The sixth trumpet releases four bound angels at an appointed time and an immense mounted force that kills a third of humanity. Yet the chapter does not end by staring at the army. Its closing diagnosis concerns the survivors, who continue worshiping lifeless idols and refuse to repent of murder, sorcery, fornication, and theft. The final emphasis falls on persistent allegiance rather than spectacular destruction.

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