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Great Day of His Wrath by John Martin (1853)

Revelation 9:13-16 “Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the
golden altar which is before God,

14 one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the
great river Euphrates.”
15 And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were
released, so that they would kill a third of mankind.
16 The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of
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them.”

The verse makes the statement that four angels had been prepared for the hour, day and year in which they were
released from their confines. This must be planned by God. The fallen angels from the abyss were not given
authority to kill during the Fifth Trumpet Judgment. However, these four angels are permitted to kill one-third of
mankind prior to Christ’s battle of war. Remember, events that are divine in nature occur in thirds. The next
one-third will be killed in battle with the weapons of destruction which cause fire, smoke and brimstone.

Revelation 9:17-20 “And this is how I saw in the vision the horses and those who sat on them: the
riders had breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone; and the heads of the
horses are like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and brimstone.

18 A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone
which proceeded out of their mouths.
19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents and
have heads, and with them they do harm.
20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their
hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone
and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;”
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161 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Re 9:13–16). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

162 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Re 9:17–20). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.