"And the sixth poured out his bowl upon the great river Euphrates; and its water
"And the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun; and it was given to it to burn men with fire. And men were burned with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God, who has the authority over these plagues, and they did not repent so as to give Him glory." In the fourth trumpet the heavens became only darkened, but this time the heat of the sun burns man (Luke 21:25). According to scientists' calculations, the heat of the sun should diminish continually, but here God reverses it (Psa. 121:6). The burning in Isaiah 24:6 probably refers to the heat of the sun scorching man (cf. Isa. 42:25; Deut. 32:24; Mal. 4:1). Men think of the pain they are suffering, but do not consider the reason for their suffering. They do not pay attention to the eternal gospel preached in Revelation 14:6-7 by the first angel. E. The Fifth Bowl (Revelation 16:10-11) "And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues for pain and blasphemed the God of heaven for their pains and for their sores; and they did not repent of their works." These two verses are related to the angels that came out of the abyss in the fifth trumpet. The pain in verse 10 is due to the sores of the first bowl and the burning of the sun of the fourth bowl. They have the plagues of each of the previous bowls, plus the present darkness (Psa. 64:3-8). F. The Sixth Bowl (Revelation 16:12-16) Revelation 16:12 refers specifically to the sixth bowl, while verses 13 to 16 are inserted visions. 1. Revelation 16:12 "And the sixth poured out his bowl upon the great river Euphrates; and its water was dried up that the way of the kings from the rising of the sun might be prepared." "The great river Euphrates." The boundaries that God promised to the children of Israel were from Egypt to the Euphrates (Gen. 15:18). In addition, history tells us that when the Roman Empire was at its peak, it also had the Euphrates as its boundary. In the future there will be a great confederation of two parties. One party will be the Western world with the Mediterranean Sea as its center and the ancient Roman Empire as its boundary (including England, France, the northern part of Africa, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Greece, and all the