These events and conditions happening now are warning. In the great tribulation, the eastern invader will cross the Euphrates, march through Babylon, and enter Palestine. The Biblical prophecies (Matthew 24, Luke 21, Revelation 16) foretell that the water of the Euphrates River will dry up preparing the way for powerful nations from the east to come to the battle of Armageddon signaling the world is nearing the end of this age and the coming of Jesus Christ. They were able to march into Babylon on the dry river bed and capture the city. In the first century, when Revelation was written, the Euphrates divided East from West, and the kingdoms of China and India lay beyond it to the east.Ĭenturies earlier, the armies of Cyrus of Persia conquered Babylon by diverting the Euphrates that flowed through the city. The drying up of the Euphrates River may fulfill end times prophecy, revealing historic ruins and raising concerns about the fulfillment of biblical prophecy. The drying up of water bodies is a biblical sign of imminent peril, in which in Rev 16, the reference is related to Gods wrath upon Israel. It flows almost 2,000 miles toward Palestine before making its way southeast to the Persian Gulf. To some extent the river provided protection for Israel because it was difficult to cross and a wilderness to the west separated it from Canaan, the Promised Land. It was the eastern boundary of Israel's inheritance (Deuteronomy 1:7 11:24). The Euphrates is called "the great river" five times in Scripture. Rather, it seems to be about removing a barrier used for defensive purposes: preparing the way for invading kings from the east. so that anyone can cross over in sandals. This judgment is not about corrupting or removing the use of this water. the gulf of the Egyptian sea with a scorching wind he will sweep his hand. Prior bowl judgments have either corrupted or destroyed most of the water on earth (Revelation 16:1–4). Isaiah 11:15 The Lord will dry up the gulf of the Egyptian. However, many Muslims do not know that the same prophecy about the Euphrates River already exist in the Bible. Indeed the Euphrates river is drying up today. The contents of the bowl caused the river to dry up. Many Muslims say that the prophecy about the Euphrates River will dry up which was said by the Prophet has been fulfilled. This verse tells us the sixth angel poured his bowl on the river Euphrates.