The Third Part of Men

2005-10-18 04:06:00

Great comments on this my friends. I am glad to see good participation on this. I do not have time to go through them, but even if you arrived at something different from me remember that all scripture has several interpretations that are true. The measure of their truth is always whether or not they fit in with the Law of Correspondences and that one part of your interpretation does not run contrary to another part.

The question:

What are the four angels bound in the river Euphrates and what holds them bound?

First, have we seen these angels before? Most probably. Remember this is the sixth angel that is sounding its trumpet and we saw this angel at the opening of the sixth seal where it is written:

... and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.  Revelation 7:2-3

Here we see the four angels were bound so they could not hurt the earth, the sea and the trees. They were bound until the disciples are sealed "in their foreheads," or the sixth chakra is functioning.

What holds them bound?

The great river Euphrates. What does this mean?

This river represents the life energy that feeds the lower self, or lower quaternary. Because only the element of water is mentioned here (water symbolizes emotion) we are to understand that the emotional self or the solar plexus is the main binding agent.

The emotional self is the cause of the problem of glamour, which is enabled by the great power of the ego that needs attention and recognition to survive. The awakening of the third eye through the raising of consciousness (sounding the trumpet) causes the disciple to realize that there is a greater source of life than that which feeds the lower self. He discovers that if the higher self is fed the lower self is also fulfilled.

Seeing beyond the emotional world for the source of life looses the four angels, or forces that feed the lower self. He hears the voice of God within, not only from the higher centers but as it now circulates through the lower nature as well. He sees that all life is one, that all energies are spiritual if they are directed toward spirit. He never fully realized this before. He always saw the lower nature as an enemy to God, but now the four forces are "loosed" and are no longer directed toward selfishness, but can serve higher will through he energies of the soul.

In order to insure this right direction they must be commanded and directed by the awakened "sixth angel." Thus does the disciple use the sixth chakra to direct that which used to be bound. The four angels were bound because they were randomly destructive without this higher direction.

The next two verses read:

And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.  Revelation 9:15-16

This is one of the more terrifying parts of the Book of Revelation for modern believers. For one thing, an army of 200 million men was impossible in the days of John for that was close to the population of the entire planet at that time, including women, children and people abroad.

But now in this age where the earth has six billion inhabitants such an army is possible. Some Bible students fear that the Chinese could raise such an army, or perhaps the United Nations.

In addition, it is frightening to read that this great army will slay "the third part of men."

What do you think? Did John mean this to be taken literally, or is there another meaning?

What is it?

Theories should be as simple as possible, but not simpler.  Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)