What is the true meaning of the 'four angels bound at the great river Euphrates' in Revelation 9?

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📰The Bible is one of the best-selling and most widely distributed books in history, yet it is also considered to be among the least understood. The Bible, which is referred to as the New Covenant and Promise of God, in which 'the way to heaven and salvation' is presented, differs in theologians' interpretations that make it difficult to understand. These differing interpretations have been the cause of the rise of denominations with each one establishing their own doctrine. With the increase in online church services and gatherings resulting from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, there has been growing interest in the comparison of various church doctrine. This paper, therefore, attempts to provide readers with the opportunity to compare differing Biblical teachings without interpretation. Among a host of online sermons and Bible-based teachings, the contrasting doctrine between the established Church and Shincheonji Church of Jesus, which has drawn public interest throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, is hereby compared and summarised. Best efforts have been made to provide a summary of Shincheonji Church of Jesus' understanding of the Bible. Judgment as to what is right or wrong is left to the reader’s discernment.


“The four angels bound at the great river Euphrates are the four angels who were imprisoned because of their sins
Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony
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The parables of the Bible must be found within the Bible.

As said in Matthew 13:34-35 that the kingdom of heaven was spoken entirely in parables, you must understand this parable in order to know the true meaning of the book of Revelation.

Then, let's find out the true meaning of the four angels bound at the great river Euphrates in Revelation 9:14. Why were these angels bound?

In Jude 1:6, the angels who had left their position and dwelling appear. These angels were said to have been imprisoned by God in darkness, bound with everlasting chains until the time of judgment.

In other words, the angels that belonged to God had rebelled against God and left, and these angels are called sinful angels. 2 Peter 2:4 says that God did not spare these angels when they sinned, and threw them into hell and placed them in a dark pit.

Judging from these words, the four bound angels are the four angels who sinned that belong to Satan the devil, and the Euphrates River where they were bound is darkness, or hell. So, what is the reason for likening Hell to the Euphrates?

As in Hosea 12:10 and Revelation 11:8, the River Euphrates is figurative, using the physical characteristics of people and places, and it is an event where the truth in the Garden of Eden was flooded by a river of lies due to Adam's sin or betrayal at the time of creation. At the time of Revelation, its reality is a place where only four bound angels and 200 million horsemen come out, and its organisation is the beast with seven heads and ten horns belonging to the dragon, that is, the destroyers. According to the text, the four sinful angels who are bound in the River Euphrates will be released.

Why were these four sinful angels released? According to Revelation 9:15, the four angels who sinned were those who were prepared to kill 1/3 of people, and they are temporarily set aside to kill the spirits of 1/3 of the congregation members of the tabernacle today, at an appointed hour, day, month, and year.

Let's take a look at the location of the events of Revelation that are fulfilled today. In 2 Thessalonians 2, God's blueprint, that is, the course of salvation to save God's people, is recorded. He said that before the work of salvation, the events of betrayal and destruction would take place first.

In Revelation 1, 2, and 3, the seven stars, who are the messengers of the tabernacle of the seven golden lampstands chosen by God that prepare the way, appear. These seven shepherds, who were chosen and were with Jesus, broke the covenant and committed betrayal. As a result, the Nicolaitans, the shepherd of Satan, appeared in the Tabernacle Temple (the tabernacle of the seven golden lampstands).

This shepherd of Satan deceived the seven shepherds and fed them food sacrificed to idols. So Jesus chose New John to show him the mystery of the seven stars and had him send letters of repentance to the seven messengers of the Tabernacle Temple.

However, the seven messengers did not repent even after receiving Jesus' letter, and the seven shepherds and congregation who betrayed were ultimately judged and destroyed. Among these acts of betrayal and destruction, if we look at the sounding of the sixth trumpet in Revelation 9, the false shepherd, that is, the destroyer, together with the four angels that belong to Satan, destroy 1/3 of the messengers and congregation of the Tabernacle Temple with lies at that hour, day, month and year. This is an event of spiritual judgment in which the spirit, not the flesh, dies.

The four sinful angels released from the River Euphrates are evil spirits that work with the false shepherds as instruments of judgment to destroy the betrayers. In the end, they are thrown into the lake of fire as in Revelation 20:14, and are destroyed together with the betrayers.

In summary, the four angels bound at the Euphrates are the four sinful angels bound in hell, belonging to Satan the devil, who are beings that judge God's chosen people who betrayed.

The true shepherd of Shincheonji speaks the truth because he is with God, as in John 14:24. The pastor of new heaven and new earth is chosen by God in the last days and is the only pastor who actually saw and heard the fulfilment of Revelation after receiving the word of revelation in Revelation 10.

Today, when the book of Revelation is fulfilled, if you do not believe the words of the one who has seen and heard everything, who can you believe?

Only by meeting the promised pastor of Shincheonji can we know the truth and be born again of God's seed and become God's true children.

“The four angels at the Euphrates are the leaders of the four major EU powers
Korean Presbyterian Church

Pastor A, Presbyterian Church
The four angels of Revelation 9:14 can be interpreted as the kings of Babylonia, Persia, Greece, and the Roman Empire who ruled over Israel in turn.

Pastor B, Presbyterian Church
The 'four angels bound at the great river Euphrates' are the leaders of five countries: the United States, Russia, China, the United Kingdom, and France. Since Britain and France belong to the European Union, they are seen as 'four angels' in the Bible, that is, the leaders of the four nations.

Pastor C, Presbyterian Church
The Euphrates War will be World War III, with Israel and the Middle East centred on Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria. The four angels generally refer to the four kingdoms of the Euphrates. They were given the authority to kill one-third of mankind, but they could not do it until the hour, day, month and year set by God.
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