Revelation 20; Verses 1-3; Heading to the Millennium

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(Revelation 20:1-3) "And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit (abyss) and a great chain in his hand.

Why in Revelation 20:1 does Satan not have the key? In Revelation 9:1 he was given the key? A: To fulfill God's plan. No one opens the prison door and puts themselves in a strait jacket, as Satan is bound up here. This is complete degradation once again. In other words, Satan spends the Millennium at the scene of the crime of the first woe trumpet. Now the picture here is exactly that: kinda bound in a strait jacket, hand and foot cannot move in darkness with the heart-sinking. Welcome to the demon drop for the chief of demons (beelzebub), properly said evil spirits though.

2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

The Millennium = thousand years. Remember though, a day with the Lord is a 1,000 years, and a 1,000 years one day. Why? the spiritual concept of time. No flesh. Important to note we still have time in spiritual bodies. However a much different time clock we know of now. A pretty simple concept as we will be living life with the Lord and His people. We would not want to be late and tardy in our promises visiting them? Eternity - forever. So we will not time in that sense. This is also in the chapters of Ezekiel 47, 48 and Isaiah 65 a couple references to take a good look at).

(Here once again as in Revelation 12:9 your told Satan is the dragon and he is the serpent. Not some talking snake who fed Eve, then Adam a "fruit salad" in the garden of Eden. The garden variety story that it was some literal fruit, commonly portrayed as an apple. That's a fairy-tale).

3And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season."

(The seal is a promise and here is the binding up. God said it, and so it shall be. We know he will no longer be allowed to deceive in any deceptive roles at the end of the Millennium. But will be himself at the end of the Millennium. They will have full knowledge and understanding who he is and yet still follow Satan, and even having bowed a knee to Christ acknowledging He is savior and Lord. They are forced to do it, and at the end of the Millennium they will have that choice if they want to follow the savior and Lord Yeshua Christos or Satan).

Now, if they choose that after all this mess Satan and the fallen angels have caused, I really don't want them around me for an eternity. Would you? Want to live forever with just that pure evil? They don't want God so He gives them what they asked for.

Here in a quick reference on Satan being himself below after the Millennium and their time to be tested. We will go more into these verses two studies away.

(Revelation 20:7) "And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison."

(Remember the beast and false prophet. 2 of 3 of the evil trinity/Godhead were thrown in the lake of fire already. The dragon is Satan himself as referenced in Revelation 20:1 up top. So, they have full knowledge who Christ is and who Satan is, and some still choose satan when you keep reading on).

Let's back up a few verses to see them two gone for good:

(Revelation 19:20) "And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone."

Amen †