The Kings of the East

2006-7-15 05:23:00

The present verse to consider is:

And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
Revelation 16:12

John would have been familiar with a time in his past that the river was dried up. Cyrus, the Persian, once laid siege against Babylon through which ran the great river Euphrates. It seemed impossible to conquer until he had a stroke of genius. He would divert the course of the river itself and dry it up and then bring his army on the dry river bed to invade the city. This he did quite successfully.

Thus the drying up of the Euphrates symbolized a great overthrow of the current system.

Furthermore, a sixth angel in connection with Euphrates was mentioned a while back by John.

¹³And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

¹⁴Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

¹⁵And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
Revelation 9:13-15

As mentioned earlier, the name Euphrates originates from the Hebrew PeRATH which literally means to "break or rush forth," but is interpolated to mean "fruitfulness," and is sometimes called "the good and abounding river."

This river represents the life energy that feeds the lower self, or lower quaternary. Because only the element of water is mentioned here (water symbolizes emotion) we are to understand that the emotional self or the solar plexus is the main binding agent as well as that which must be dried up to prepare the way for the "kings of the East."

It is significant to note that Cyrus overthrew Babylon through the use of his mind. Instead of charging head on with standard emotional fare he devised a grand mental scheme. The emotionally polarized Babylonians saw their emotional protections (Euphrates River) dry up before their eyes, paving the way for their overthrow.

Even so, a disciple of Christ uses his mind to devise a plan that is so logical to be irrefutable from those who are astral based. The problem is that the plan runs contrary to the emotionally based way of living and looking at things so it is resisted just as Babylon resisted Cyrus.

It turns out that resistance is futile and the fruitful flow of emotional energy which seemed to be their security blanket is as if it were dried up and is no more. Now the people who are stripped of their emotional defenses must rise to the plane of the mind and use logic and reason to deal with the words of the disciple.

When the battleground has risen to the plane of the mind on all sides then "the way of the kings of the east" is prepared.

The question arises as to who these kings are. The clue is found in the key word which is "east."

"East" is translated from ANATOLON HELIOU, which literally translates as "rising sun," or "at the rising sun." ANATOLON, or ANATOLE by itself can be translated as "east" in the right context but is more literally translated as "rising."

ANATOLE was also used to describe the location of the star of Bethlehem. It is interesting that "at the rising" is a definite astrological term and would indicate the last star visible on the ascendant. The last star or planet visible in the morning was also called the "Morning Star."

Notice that the magi call the star "his star." Why would they call the Morning star "his (Christ's) star?"

The answer is quite simple. Jesus said:

I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
Revelation 22:16

It is also interesting that Luke identifies Jesus using the word ANATOLE:

Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring (ANATOLE - rising or morning star) from on high (from HUPSOS - heavenly place) hath visited us.
Luke 1:78

Now in the verse in question the kings are from the rising Sun. It is interesting that the Messiah is not only called the son, but also the sun.

"But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings..."
Malachi 4:2

So who are the kings of the east? Nothing more than the Christ and the Masters of Wisdom in his association, as well as disciples upon the earth who are true ambassadors of the Christ consciousness.

In summary, what does this verse tell us? It tells us that when the time is at hand that the disciples upon the earth will speak with great wisdom and pure reason. This will force the opposing forces to rise up to the plane of the mind to confront them. This is when the time will be ripe for the externalization of the Hierarchy. Masters of Wisdom will either appear among us or incarnate and the Christ will overshadow disciples in preparation for his work with humanity.

All this will have the effect of completely altering the way of life of those who were conquered by the light of the sun or the soul.

To be continued...

The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself.
Rita Mae Brown, Venus Envy