1841 William Miller Evidence from Scripture & History - A2Z.org

phemed God, because of theii pains and their sorea
a And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great
river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up,
that the way 6f the kings of the east might be pre-
The scene has now changed from Europe to
. The "river Euphraks"means, in prophecy, the
people of that coun bordering on the nver, and, of
course, refem to th3urkish power, Y I have formerly
shown in my lective on the 6ft.h and sixth trumpet
"Water thereof was dried up," ia an emblem of the
power and strength of that kingdom being diminished,
or taken away. This vial was poured out on Turkey,
by the loss of a great share of the empire ; fmt, Russia on
the north, in her last war with the Turks, took away s
number of provinces ; then, by the revolt of Ali Pacha;
then, by the rising of the Greeks; since, by the Allmians
and Georgians, and other distant ofthe empire,
becoming disaffected ; which, all together, have ,so
wasted the power of the Turks, that, now, it is very
doubtful whether she can maintain her power against
her own intestine enemies ; and, to compare kr now
with her former greatness, would be like comparin
fordable stream with the great river Euphrates ; 60 99
the way now appears to be prepared for the kinga to
come up to the battle of the great day, in which the
false prophet is now to take his part, as we shall we in
our next verse.
'L And I saw three unclean s irita like frogs come out
of the mouth of the dragon, an! out OF the mouth of the
beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet; for
they are the spirits of devils worki miracles, which go
fbrth unto the kings of the earth a 3 of the whole world,
to gather them to the battle of the great day of God .
Almighty." Now, if we can deci her this passage, we
can tell what are now and what wit be the signs of the
times. "Three unclean spirits!' By this we must understand
three wicked principles. Frogsn I undebtand
to show us that it is political. As fro came over the
land in the judgment on Egypt, anfpmded every
house, even the palace of the king, so do politics.
Mouth " denotes ordera or commaslta !$'he Chgon is