Revelation 16:12 · World English Bible
The sixth poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates. Its water was dried up, that the way might be prepared for the kings that come from the sunrise.
The drying of the great river is the drying up of truth in those who read this book as a war between nations. They hear “kings of the east” and go looking for armies on a map, and to make the prophecy fit they invent the evidence, forcing scripture to point at a country they already wish to fight.
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The drying of the great river is the drying up of truth in those who read this book as a war between nations. They hear “kings of the east” and go looking for armies on a map, and to make the prophecy fit they invent the evidence, forcing scripture to point at a country they already wish to fight. The river itself is the descending stream of spirit, the life-force pouring down from the right side of the head, and the east is that same right hemisphere where the higher light lives.
So 2 currents run here at once. The east is the seat of the awakened side of the brain, and the sixth vial poured upon the water is the moment the flowing truth is emptied out of a mind that has traded the inner meaning for a doomsday headline. When the river of understanding goes dry, all that remains is a fear of far-off wars.
Euphrates: the descending stream of spirit and life-force pouring down from the right side of the head East: the right hemisphere of the brain, where the higher light rises Angel: an angle, a turning-point of force within the head Water: the truth that flows through a person
Esoteric lens
Where have I let a story about far-off trouble replace the understanding that was supposed to change me?
The finger pointing at the moon is not the moon. Grip the pointing finger and you lose the only thing it was for.
The fish trap exists for the fish. Once you have the fish you can forget the trap, and a person who keeps arguing about traps has never eaten.
There is water inside the story, and the one who chews the shell and spits out the kernel will stay thirsty. Fear of the outside world is often just thirst with a loud voice.
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