What is the third woe?

[John146]

When Rev 16:14 says
For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, [which] go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

and then verse 16 continues the thought from verse 14 - And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.


I think it is abundantly clear that verse 15 is a parenthesis, yet if you do not want to see there is nothing I can write hear that will cause you to see it.

In that sense I guess you could say that it is a parenthetical verse, but that doesn't mean it doesn't fit the context of the other verses and doesn't mean you can try to say that He already came before that. How could you make any sense of putting that verse there if He will have already come before that? If He already will have come before that then that would mean the verse was just put in there for no reason at all.

[John146]

Is Jesus not speaking to ALL generations when he says "Blessed is he the watcheth......"?

That can be a message for all generations but the context of that verse is that anyone still alive at that point when "the spirits of devils" go into "the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty" need to be especially careful about being alert because of the widespread opposition to God's people that will be occurring at that point.

To me yes he is and not to those living on the earth at this time. Note I do not see any believers on the earth at this point. If there were this would mean somehow they did not accept the mark and lived....

There will be some still alive at His coming and verse 15 indicates that He will not yet have come at that point. So, I completely disagree with you on this.