{"id":39389,"date":"2026-05-10T12:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T17:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/?p=39389"},"modified":"2026-05-10T14:50:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T19:50:55","slug":"great-euphrates-river-is-drying-up-revelation-1612","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/great-euphrates-river-is-drying-up-revelation-1612\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Euphrates River Is Drying Up. Revelation 16:12."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published:<\/strong>\u00a009:34 EDT, 10 May 2026\u00a0|\u00a0Updated:<\/strong>\u00a009:34 EDT, 10 May 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dying river in the ‘cradle of civilization’ sparks fears biblical prophecy could be coming true. My Response: Could be coming true? It is coming true!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Bible warns that when a river flowing through the ‘cradle of civilization’ dries up, it could mark the start of events long tied to end-time prophecy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Euphrates River, the longest river in Western Asia<\/a>, is mentioned in the Book of Revelation as destined to run dry to make way for the final battle, often called the Battle of Armageddon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recent report has warned that the river could disappear by 2040 due to declining water levels and droughts driven by climate change<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satellite data have shown that the Euphrates basin has lost more than 34 cubic miles of freshwater since 2003, roughly 13 million Olympic-sized swimming pools, highlighting the scale of the decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Revelation 16:12 reads: ‘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.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The verse describes one moment in a series of symbolic judgments known as the ‘seven bowls.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the passage, an angel pours out a bowl on the Euphrates River, causing its water to dry up. In the ancient world, the Euphrates was one of the largest and most important rivers, acting as a natural barrier that protected regions to the west from invading forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By saying the river dries up, the verse is describing the removal of that barrier.\"The<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Euphrates River, the longest river in Western Asia , is mentioned in the Book of Revelation as destined to run dry to make way for the final battle, often called the Battle of Armageddon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bible verse then says this happens ‘to prepare the way for the kings from the East.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This means the drying of the river allows powerful rulers or armies from eastern regions to advance freely. In a literal sense, it would make it easier for armies to cross and move toward conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within the broader context of Revelation, this event is part of a sequence leading up to the gathering of forces for a final confrontation often associated with the Battle of Armageddon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The verse is not just about geography, but about setting the stage for a major, climactic event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the passage is widely interpreted as symbolic, the real-world river is now facing a very literal decline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jay Famiglietti, a hydrologist and professor at the University of California, Irvine, said in a statement: ‘The rate was especially striking after the 2007 drought. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Meanwhile, demand for freshwater continues to rise, and the region does not coordinate its water management because of different interpretations of international laws.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As water supplies dwindle, the region\u00a0is also facing a mounting public health crisis. A report in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found that multiple diseases are spreading in Iraq as people struggle to access clean water.\"A<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recent report has warned that the river could disappear by 2040 due to declining water levels and droughts driven by climate change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naseer Baqar, climate activist and field coordinator at Tigris River Protectors Association in Iraq, told BJM: ‘Diarrhoea, chicken pox, measles, typhoid fever, and cholera are currently spreading across Iraq because of the water crisis, and the government no longer provides vaccines to its citizens.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Euphrates River is also named in the Bible as once flowing through the garden of Eden, a lush, perfect world where Adam and Eve once walked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Book of Genesis describes Eden as a paradise watered by a single river that split into four: Pishon, Gihon, Tigris, and Euphrates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Tigris and Euphrates are well-known rivers in modern-day Iraq, the Pishon and Gihon have long been lost to history, until now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dry riverbed, called Wadi al-Batin, stretches from the western highlands of Hejaz near Medina northeast to the northern Persian Gulf near Kuwait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its winding course corresponds closely with the biblical description of the Pishon, which Genesis states ‘compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Modern satellite imagery spotted Wadi al-Batin’s delta near the Gulf, with dunes and depressions marking the river’s former grandeur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Complementing this, Iran’s Karun River, a twisting waterway flowing through the Zagros Mountains, may correspond to the Gihon. The Hebrew word ‘sabab,’ meaning to circle or twist, aptly describes the Karun’s meanders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Revelation 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great\u00a0river Euphrates<\/strong>; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR Published:\u00a009:34 EDT, 10 May 2026\u00a0|\u00a0Updated:\u00a009:34 EDT, 10 May 2026 Dying river in the ‘cradle of civilization’ sparks fears biblical prophecy could be coming true. My Response: Could be coming true? It is coming true!!! The Bible warns that when a river flowing through the ‘cradle of civilization’ dries…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1074,39,49,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-bible-prophecy","category-the-bible","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}