This is an Angelic Army, not 200K men, its plagues of God read verses 20-21. So, its not near the end per se, people link this with the Kings of the East, its not that at all. THINK, one is in the 2nd Woe and the other is in the 3rd Woe. Not the same, people just get confused by it. I used to also.
Ronald, there are four (evil) angels involved in the 2nd woe.
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose
the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
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.
Those four angels will influence the kings of the east and their 200,000,000 man army- that near the end of the 7 years to motivate the kings to march westward with their 200,000,000 man army to attack the beast king located in Jerusalem.
They will be marching through Pakistan and India, two populous areas, which will take the brunt of the killing of a third of mankind.
In Daniel 11:44, the approaching 200,000,000 army of the kings of the east is the tidings from the east that will trouble the beast king.
Daniel 11:44 But
tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
As the 200,000,000 army is drawn into the middle east, the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and the attack on the beast-king will stop. And the kings of the earth will unite against the threat of Jesus appearing in heaven, sickle in hand.