The Seventh Seal,
Chapter 9

The Sixth Angel

This is an indication of another war, but this one is not limited as was the one revealed under the action of the fifth angel.  In this war there is much more killing "By these three was the third part of men killed" (Revelation 9:18), so these events precede those of the fifth angel (see my discussion on Prophecy for an explanation of the chronological reversal). We also have an indication that this war precedes the great earthquake at the end of time because it is said "And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk. Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts" (Revelation 9:20-21), that is, life carried on as normal after the war despite the killing.

Again we see imagery of war machines:

Since we know that these events precede those that take place under the fifth angel, and that life returns to 'normal' after the war, we know that the war has a limited time span. The vast number of persons killed "the third part of men" (Revelation 9:15, 18) and the huge size of the armies "the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand" (Revelation 9:16) suggests a world war. The Twentieth Century has seen two wars which it calls 'World Wars' which were actually one war with a lull, like the eye of a hurricane.  Immediately following that, there was the 'Cold War' which grew out of it and served as the underpinning for continued conflicts around the world. Thus the entire period from approximately 1914 to about 1989 can be seen as one continuous Global war. This is a period of roughly 75 years. Seventy-five is an interesting number. It is composed of a string of addends each of which is double its predecessor: 75=5+10+20+40. The period for the war is determined, "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" (Revelation 9:15). This suggests a coding for the equation: 5 = an hour, 10 = 2(5) = a day, 20 = 2(10) = a month, and 40 = 2(20) = a year. The tank and the airplane have been the decisive weapons of this period; and, despite all the grand rhetoric of the politicians, nothing has changed as regards the piety or morality of mankind.

It is safe to say, then, that the Earth has already been visited by this sixth angel. The day of the fifth angel can not be far behind.