God is leading men to see that man cut off from God cannot find peace and safety and security. And once the kings of the East see that the Antichrist cannot deliver lastingly upon his promises, they will not serve him any longer and they will seek their independence once again, leading the kingdom of men into all-out civil war. And the Antichrist, like Hitler before him, not willing to admit defeat, wars against those rebelling to try to force them back under his control, all the way until his Berlin crashes down before his very eyes. This is the battle of Armageddon and the sixth vial.
Do you see? It is God who does this. God produces this end. This is called in Revelation 16:14
the battle of that great day of God Almighty. In Revelation 16:16 it is He who gathers the nations together unto this battle. He will show man the end of himself apart from Him: Death, destruction, turmoil and judgment.And though He shows man this so clearly before his eyes, yet man still will not repent! Still, after all this, man's response in Revelation 16:9 is that he blasphemes
Cory Griessthe name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. They know it is God that is doing this. They know that God is sending these plagues and breaking into their kingdom. But there is no breaking of the hard heart. There is no coming to the knees in sorrow for their sin and rebellion.1
12 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east.