Revelation 16:12 And the
sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river
Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that
the way of the kings of the east might be
prepared.
Is it because the kings of
the east will already be between the Tigris and the
Euphrates at that point?
Also, why do so many people
say the east in that
line must mean China, Japan, etc.?
Now if in these following
lines, “east” did not
mean China, Japan, etc.:
Genesis 29:1 Then Jacob went
on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.
Numbers 23:7 And he took up
his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath
brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east,
saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
Judges 6:3 And so it was,
when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and
the Amalekites, and the children of the east,
even they came up against them;
33 ¶ Then all the Midianites
and the Amalekites and the children of the east were
gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the
valley of Jezreel.
Judges 7:12 And the
Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along
in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and
their camels were without number, as the sand by the
sea side for multitude.
Judges 8:10 ¶ Now Zebah and
Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them,
about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all
the hosts of the children of the east:
for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that
drew sword.
I Kings 4:30 And Solomon’s
wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east
country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Job 1:3 His substance also
was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels,
and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she
asses, and a very great household; so that this man
was the greatest of all the men of the east.
Isaiah 11:14 But they shall
fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the
west; they shall spoil them of the east together:
they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the
children of Ammon shall obey them.
Isaiah 41:2 Who raised up the
righteous man from the east,
called him to his foot, gave the nations before him,
and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust
to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
Isaiah 46:11 Calling a
ravenous bird from the east, the man
that executeth my counsel from a far country:
yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I
have purposed it, I will also do it.
Jeremiah 49:28 ¶ Concerning
Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith
the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.
Ezekiel 25:4 Behold,
therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a
possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee,
and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy
fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.
10 Unto the
men of the east with the
Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the
Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations.
Zechariah 8:7 Thus saith the
LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and
from the west country;
Matthew 2: 1 Now when Jesus
was born in Bethlehem of Judæa in the days of Herod
the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to
Jerusalem,
2 Saying, Where is he that is
born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east,
and are come to worship him.
So if those lines did not
mean China, Japan etc., then why do so many say that
in:
Revelation 16:12 And the
sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river
Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that
the way of the kings of the east might be
prepared.
The kings of the east must come
from China, Japan, etc.?
Then once they convince
people that, “the kings of the
east”, means China, Japan, etc., then they
say that in:
Daniel 11:44 But tidings out of the east and out
of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go
forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make
away many.
“out
of the east” must therefore mean China,
etc., and they use Revelation 16:12 as the proof
scripture.
Why is that?
What am I missing?