Revelation 15-16


	The frog, for St. John, would have only two associations:
	• It would be associated with a plague of Egypt
	• It would be a ceremonially unclean animal.
	No other prophetic implications are known. These could be taken to represent anything from armies (common in the futurist interpretation) to ideas or systems (common in the historicist and amillennialist interpretations) or both (e.g., communism).
	These three frogs seem to have specific meaning. Taking them in some order:
	• The first frog is associated with the dragon, who is certainly identified with Satan. This could have a couple of possible implications:
		• It could mean Satanism (e.g., New Age movement stuff)
		• It could mean (as Satan is the prince of this world) a totalitarian government. As such, it is often identified with Russia, for which there are other reasons as well.
	• The second frog is associated with the beast. Loosely, this would be the two horned beast. Especially in the historicist interpretation, this would be associated with the Roman Catholic Church; in the futurist interpretation, this could be the the revived Roman Empire (opinions vary widely on this, and particularly among futurists, identification is often very hazy at best).
	• The third frog introduces -- for the first time -- the false prophet. It is interesting that John seems to assume that we know who this is. There is very little detail; the most common interpretation -- by no means universal -- is Islam. This is often tied to the “King of the South” in Daniel 11.
	What is not particularly certain is whether or not these are armies at the battle of Armageddon, or just forces in the world which help lead up to it. Who can say? As we shall see, the historicists say the clock has now reached the present, and from here on out, we are speculating about things -- which should be done with a great deal of humility, at the least.