Mark Hitchcock: Euphrates Drying Up by 2040?

The Euphrates River, one of the most prophetically significant rivers in the Bible, is drying up. Scientists, government officials, and the United Nations warn it could run completely dry by 2040. Iraq’s Ministry of Water Resources has already issued a direct warning. Satellite data shows the equivalent of 13 million Olympic swimming pools of water lost from the basin in a single decade. Mark Hitchcock traces the Euphrates through Scripture from Genesis 2 in the Garden of Eden all the way to Revelation 16 and the sixth bowl judgment, where it is prophesied to dry up to make way for the kings of the east. He also covers the Islamic hadith that predicts the Euphrates will reveal a mountain of gold when it dries, and the viral discussion online about the drying river forming the shape of the Greek letter Omega.