Yes — the four angels released in Revelation 9:15 are prepared specifically to slay one-third of mankind.
Revelation 9:14-15 shows the sixth trumpet angel loosing the four angels bound in the great river Euphrates, and verse 15 states their purpose: "for to slay the third part of men." Les Feldick treats this as an actual future Tribulation event, not to be sensationalized.
Revelation 9:14 — It names the four angels and shows they are bound in the great river Euphrates when the sixth trumpet sounds.
Revelation 9:15 — It states the precise role of the released angels: to slay the third part of men at an appointed time.
Revelation 9:16 — It gives the size of the army of horsemen connected with this judgment.
Revelation 9:13-16 records the sixth trumpet. A voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God tells the sixth trumpet angel to loose the four angels bound in the great river Euphrates. Verse 15 says these angels "were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men." Verse 16 adds that the number of the army of horsemen was "two hundred thousand thousand." Scripture presents this as a specific, appointed judgment that kills a third of humanity.
Les Feldick takes Revelation 9 as a literal, coming Tribulation event. In the clip beginning at Revelation 9:15, he says "we don't sensationalize these things, but these are events that are going to happen." He connects the four bound angels to the great river Euphrates and asks readers to remember the Tower of Babel in Genesis 10. He also places the chapter in the Tribulation period when God's judgments are being poured out on the human race, and he notes that before this point the loss of one-fourth of the world is called "the beginning of sorrows" rather than the wrath of God.
Scripture places the four angels "bound in the great river Euphrates" (Revelation 9:14) and shows them being loosed after the sixth trumpet sounds. Les Feldick highlights the Euphrates and points back to Genesis 10, where the Tower of Babel was built on that river, as the reason the location matters.
The text specifies the angels are prepared "for to slay the third part of men" (Revelation 9:15). Les sees this as part of an intensifying series of Tribulation judgments; he notes that earlier events had already taken one-fourth of the world, yet Jesus called those "the beginning of sorrows" (Matthew 24:8).
Les says, "we don't sensationalize these things, but these are events that are going to happen." He places Revelation 9 "right out of the tribulation period itself." So for him, the loosing of these angels is a real coming judgment, not merely symbol or metaphor.
Later, under the sixth vial, the Euphrates is dried up so that "all these millions of Orientals can come into the Middle East from the Far East" (Clip 2). Les sees this as connected imagery of end-time armies gathering in the Middle East after the earlier trumpet judgments.
A Future Judgment, Not Sensationalized
Les says the events of Revelation 9, including the release of the four angels, are going to happen and should not be sensationalized.
The Euphrates and the Four Angels
Les reads Revelation 9:13-14 as showing the four angels bound at the Euphrates and connects the river to the Tower of Babel in Genesis 10.
Euphrates Dried Up Later
Les shows that the same Euphrates appears later in Revelation when it is dried up so millions of Orientals can come to the Middle East from the Far East.
Noah’s Ark: How Did All the Animals Fit? (Genesis 6-7)
You remember now we have just culminated the last six terrible judgments that are going to be coming upon the earth, and I'm going to stop before we hit number seven for a reason, and you'll see it after we get to it. But for now, verse 13, after the sixth vial had been poured out, and that is the drying up the River Euphrates, so all these millions of Orientals can come into the Middle East from …
Tribulation Judgments on Humanity
Les places Revelation 9 in the Tribulation when God's judgments are being poured out on the human race.
Why God "Gave Them Up" — Romans 1 & the Wrath to Come
And I'm not going to take time. I'd like to read all the way from verse 14, but I won't take the time. But come down to verse 16. "...he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped." In other words, men, humanity. "...
What Happens When Satan Is Cast Out of Heaven?
Now verse 7, The first angels sounded and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood and they were cast upon the earth and as a result of this calamity the third part of trees are burned up and all the green grass. Now, we're not going to take time. I'm afraid we're going to run out as it is. But you see, if you went back to Exodus, what was one of the plagues? This very same thing.
One-Fourth Already Gone
Les explains that earlier Tribulation loss of one-fourth of the world is called "the beginning of sorrows" by Jesus, not the full wrath of God.
Revelation 9:14: Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
This is the command that releases the four angels from their place of confinement.
Revelation 9:15: And 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.
This is the central verse showing the role of the four angels: they are prepared to kill one-third of humanity.
Revelation 9:16: And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
This verse describes the massive army of horsemen connected with this same judgment.
Matthew 24:8: All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Les uses this verse to show that earlier Tribulation losses are only the beginning, not the full wrath of God.
Revelation 16:12: 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.
This later use of the Euphrates shows the same river being dried up to allow armies to gather in the Middle East.
Yes, according to Revelation 9:15, the four angels are prepared "for to slay the third part of men." Les Feldick treats this as a literal future event. He says these are events that are going to happen and should not be sensationalized.
Les places Revelation 9 within the Tribulation period. He also notes that before this point, the one-fourth loss of life described by Jesus is called "the beginning of sorrows" rather than the wrath of God.
The text does not label them as good or evil; it simply says they are angels bound in the Euphrates and prepared to slay a third of men. Les does not identify them further in the cited clips.
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