§266 - Footnotes

Revelation 16: The Seven Last Vial Plagues of the Third Woe, Seventh Seal

[§266] Rev 16:12: The Kings of the East Prepare for Battle

Footnotes for this section

  1. See generally Rev 16:13: Three Unclean Spirits Like Frogs. ↩︎
  2. See generally Rev 16:10-11: Fifth Vial: Darkness Fills Satan’s Kingdom. ↩︎
  3. See Rev 19:20; Rev 20:1-3; and generally Rev 19:19-20: Victory in the Spiritual Battle of Armageddon; Rev 19:20: Defeat of the Beast and False Prophet; Rev 20:1-3: Satan Is Bound in the Bottomless Pit for 1,000 Years. ↩︎
  4. Walter Scott, WSCR [Rev 16:16]; Seiss, ALBR, 380; Walvoord, BKCNT, 969. ↩︎
  5. See Rev 9:14; Walter Scott, WSCR [Rev 16:16]; and generally Rev 9:13-14: Four Angels Are Loosed from the Euphrates River. ↩︎
  6. See Draper, RJA, 617; Schaff, SPC [Rev 16:12]. ↩︎
  7. See JST Rev 9:14; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 385-386; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 121, fn 8. ↩︎
  8. See Skinner, GT, 72; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 574; Rich, SML, Vol. 2, 120-121; Donald W. Parry, UST, 254; and generally Rev 9:2-4: The Bottomless Pit Is Opened and Locusts Emerge; Rev 9:5-6: Locusts Torment People for Five Months. ↩︎
  9. See Beza, GSG [Rev 16:12]; Schaff, SPC [Rev 16:12]; Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 517; McClintock, MSE, Vol. 3, 352; and generally Rev 14:8: The Second Angel Proclaims the Fall of Babylon. ↩︎
  10. See Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 707; Seiss, ALBR, 376-377; Youngblood, NBD, 703. ↩︎
  11. See Seiss, ALBR, 376; Watt, JD, Vol. 14, 66; Largey, BMRC, 381; Merrill, EYTT, 83; Easton, IBD, 389. ↩︎
  12. See 1 Ne 4:2; 1 Ne 17:26; D&C 8:3; Mosiah 7:19; Hel 8:11. ↩︎
  13. See Van Orden, 1990 Sperry, 183, 188; Pett, PPCB [Rev 16:12]; Bruce R. McConkie, TMM, Vol. 2, 357; Van Orden, 1990 Sperry, 179. ↩︎
  14. See Daniel H. Ludlow, SWDL, 48; Easton, IBD, 121; Largey, BMRC, 409; Unger, UBD, 709. ↩︎
  15. See Gen 15:18; Gen 17:8; Jackson, SS, Vol. 3, 301-302; Rasmussen, COT, 37-38; Easton, IBD, 518. ↩︎
  16. See David B. Haight, CR, April 1990, “Filling the Whole Earth”, 28; Howard W. Hunter, CR, October 1982, “Commitment to God”, 82; Howard W. Hunter, CR, April 1976, “That We May Be One”, 155. ↩︎
  17. See Russell M. Nelson, PWU, 54; McClintock, MSE, Vol. 4, 1008. ↩︎
  18. See Brigham H. Roberts, CR, October 1913, 25; Schaff, SPC [Rev 16:12]; Youngblood, NBD, 702. ↩︎
  19. See Josh 3:15-17; Watt, JD, Vol. 26, 56-57. ↩︎
  20. See Josh 4:18; Joseph Fielding McConkie, GS, 69; Brigham H. Roberts, CR, October 1913, 25; Daniel H. Ludlow, CSOT, 247. ↩︎
  21. See Joseph Fielding McConkie, GS, 110; Easton, IBD, 620-621; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 1, 37; Lund, SWGL, 27. ↩︎
  22. See Easton, IBD, 241; Youngblood, NBD, 421; Walvoord, BKCNT, 968; Seiss, ALBR, 377; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 16:12]; Walter Scott, WSCR [Rev 16:12-15]. ↩︎
  23. See Seiss, ALBR, 377; Whitney, SNT, 125; Joseph Fielding Smith, TWP, 91-92. ↩︎
  24. See Rev 17:14; Rev 19:16; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 1, 67; Watt, JD, Vol. 24, 205; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 707; and generally Christ Takes Earthly Dominion at Adam-ondi-Ahman; Rev 17:14: The Latter-day War of the Kings/Beast with the Lamb; Rev 19:14: Heavenly Armies [Bride] Come with Christ; Rev 19:15-16: Christ Conquers the Gathered Nations. ↩︎
  25. See Taylor, GK, 29; Joseph Smith, HC, Vol. 4, 492-493; Bruce R. McConkie, DNTC, Vol. 3, 491; and generally Rev 7:4-8: 144,000 Are Sealed from the Tribes of Israel; The 144,000 Prepare to Rule as Kings and Priests; The 144,000 Are Kings, Priests and Saviors on Mt. Zion; The 144,000 and Millennial Church of the Firstborn; Rev 14:4-5: The 144,000 Are Redeemed as the First Fruits. ↩︎
  26. See Rev 14:1; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 708; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 16:13-14]; Schaff, SPC [Rev 16:12]; but see also Donald W. Parry, UST, 343; and generally Rev 14:1: The Lamb Stands on Mount Zion with 144,000. ↩︎
  27. See Millet, WBR, 171-172, 190; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 3, 1223; and generally Morning of the First Resurrection for Exalted Saints. ↩︎
  28. See Stuy, CD, Vol. 1, 137; Millet, SWRM, 556; Brewster, BICQ, 206; Millet, WBR, 172. ↩︎
  29. See Sterling W. Sill, CR, April 1966, 20; Brewster, DCE, 605; and generally Rev 19:7-8: Marriage of the Lamb and His Wife [the Church]. ↩︎
  30. See D&C 76:67; D&C 107:19; Heb 12:23; Madsen, JSP, 48, 152; Andrus, PP, 376-377; but see Brewster, DCE, 205. ↩︎
  31. See JST Gen 9:22-23; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 416; H. Donl Peterson, PGRG, 82; and generally The Celestial Resurrection After the Second Coming. ↩︎
  32. See generally Rev 19:11-13: Christ’s Coming Will End Armageddon; Rev 19:14: Heavenly Armies [Bride] Come with Christ; Rev 19:15-16: Christ Conquers the Gathered Nations; Rev 19:19-20: Victory in the Spiritual Battle of Armageddon; Rev 19:20: Defeat of the Beast and False Prophet. ↩︎
  33. See generally Rev 9:1: Satan Falls with Unembodied Sons of Perdition; The Disembodied Sons of Perdition in the Bottomless Pit; Rev 16:10-16: The Fifth and Sixth Vials Are Directed at Evil Spirits; Rev 16:10-11: Fifth Vial: Darkness Fills Satan’s Kingdom. ↩︎
  34. See generally Rev 16:14: Spirits of Devils Gather for Battle of Great God; Rev 16:16: Spirits Literally Gather to Armageddon for Battle. ↩︎
  35. See Wiersbe, WEONT, 843; Victor L. Ludlow, P&P, 615-616; Sill, PPP, 163; and generally Rev 19:19-20: Victory in the Spiritual Battle of Armageddon; Rev 20:1-3: Satan Is Bound in the Bottomless Pit for 1,000 Years. ↩︎
  36. See Dummelow, JDCB, 1086; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 12:12]; Pett, PPCB [Rev 16:12]; Vincent, VWS [Rev 16:12]; Walter Scott, WSCR [Rev 16:12-15]; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 707. ↩︎
  37. See Joseph Fielding McConkie, GSS, 44; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 4, 1453; Ogden, WJW, 33, 42; Schaff, SPC [Rev 16:12]. ↩︎
  38. See JS-M 1:26; Luke 17:24; Victor L. Ludlow, P&P, 619; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 707; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 94; Donald W. Parry, UI, 29. ↩︎
  39. See Draper, OSS, 177-178; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 207; Draper, RJA, 617. ↩︎
  40. See Adam Clarke, ACC, Vol. 6, 1034; Wiersbe, BCNT, 1071; Keener, IVPNT, 761; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 16:13-14]; Edwards, FBNT [Rev 16:12]; Schaff, SPC [Rev 16:12]. ↩︎
  41. See Alford, GTCEC [Rev 16:12]; Largey, BMRC, 395; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 230. ↩︎
  42. See Rev 18:8; and generally Rev 14:8: The Second Angel Proclaims the Fall of Babylon; Rev 17:5: The Name of the Great Whore Is Babylon the Great; Rev 18:6-7: Modern Babylon Rewarded Double for Her Works; Rev 18:8: Seventh Vial Plague Will Destroy Babylon in One Day. ↩︎
  43. See generally Rev 18:20: The Heavenly Host Will Rejoice at Babylon’s Burning; Rev 18:21-24: The Final Destruction of, and Conditions in, Babylon. ↩︎
  44. See Jer 50:3, 9, 41-42; Adam Clarke, ACC, Vol. 4, 382; but see Walvoord, BKCOT, 1199. ↩︎
  45. See Youngblood, NBD, 355; Sorenson, AASBM, 60; Barnes, BN, Vol. 5, 267; Rasmussen, COT, 546; Jackson, SS, Vol. 4, 214. ↩︎
  46. See McClintock, MSE, Vol. 7, 185; and generally The History and End of the Northern Kingdom [Ten Tribes]; The Physical and Spiritual Journey of the Lost Ten Tribes. ↩︎
  47. See Donald W. Parry, UI, 134; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 424; Victor L. Ludlow, IPSP, 397; Brewster, BICQ, 196. ↩︎
  48. See Watt, JD, Vol. 6, 236; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 493-494; Donald W. Parry, UST, 283. ↩︎
  49. See Whedon, WCB [Rev 16:12]; Schaff, SPC [Rev 16:12]; Donald W. Parry, UI, 352; Victor L. Ludlow, IPSP, 394; Nyman, GWI, 151-152. ↩︎
  50. See Roberts, SCT, Vol. 3, 62; Zerr, EMZ [Rev 16:12]; Sperry, VIP, 98-99. ↩︎
  51. See Spencer W. Kimball, CR, October 1945, 123; George Albert Smith, CR, April 1945, 137; and generally The Lion: Dominion in the Babylonian Empire; The Bear: Dominion in the Medo-Persian Empire. ↩︎
  52. See Youngblood, NBD, 148; William Smith, SBD, 72; Rasmussen, COT, 622; Donald W. Parry, UI, 134; Hugh B. Brown, CTQ, 376; Mark E. Petersen, NF, 11. ↩︎
  53. See Parley P. Pratt, VW, 9-10; George Reynolds, BOM, Vol. 1, 364; Donald W. Parry, UI, 137-138; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 16:12]. ↩︎
  54. See Adam Clarke, ACC, Vol. 6, 1034; Dummelow, JDCB, 1086; Whedon, WCB [Rev 16:12]. ↩︎
  55. See Easton, IBD, 241; Fausset, FBD, 216; Youngblood, NBD, 421; McClintock, MSE, Vol. 3, 351. ↩︎
  56. See Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 16:12]; Fausset, FBD, 216. ↩︎
  57. See Donald W. Parry, UI, 188-189; Nyman, WJ, 110. ↩︎
  58. See Rev 17:1; Brewster, BICQ, 196; Jackson, SS, Vol. 4, 251; and generally Rev 17:1-2: Overview of the Great Whore [False Religion]. ↩︎
  59. See 1 Ne 14:11; Rev 17:15; Brewster, BICQ, 196; Donald W. Parry, UST, 288; Whedon, WCB [Rev 16:12]; and generally John’s Vision of the Two Beasts Compared with Nephi’s Visions. ↩︎
  60. See Fausset, FBD, 216; Pett, PPCB [Rev 16:12]; Knolly’s, HKCR [Rev 16:12]; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 707. ↩︎