THE BOOK OF REVELATION (20)

                  THE MILLENNIUM PERIOD AND JUDGMENT DAY IN THIS CHAPTER. 

Revelation 20:1  And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit (ABYSS IN THE GREEK) and a great chain in his hand.

20:2  And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

HE IS CAST INTO THE PIT FOR A THOUSAND YEARS (THE MILLENNIUM = CHRIST'S THOUSAND YEARS TEACHING PERIOD).

20:3  And 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 littled season.

SATAN WON'T BE ALLOWED TO DECEIVED THE WORLD AGAIN, UNTIL AFTER CHRIST'S THOUSAND YEAR TEACHING PERIOD.

20:4  And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment  was given unto them; and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God (THE ONES THAT WERE BEHEADED IN THE ROMAN TIMES), and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

20:5  But the rest of the dead (SPIRITUALLY DEAD IN GREEK) lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

THEY WILL BE TESTED AGAIN AFTER THE THOUSAND YEARS.

IT'S GOOD TO BE IN THE FIRST RESURRECTION.

WHY? IN THE FIRST RESURRECTION ONLY GOD'S ELECT OVERCAME. YOU WON'T BE TESTED AGAIN LIKE THE OTHERS.

THEY WEREN'T DECEIVED BY SATAN. GOD WAS ABLE TO USE THEM TO DO HIS WORK.

20:6  Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.

GOD'S ELECT WILL BE THE ZADOK (GOD'S PRIESTS; EZ. 44).

20:7  And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

SATAN WILL TRY TO DECEIVE AGAIN. HOWEVER, THIS TIME THE WORLD WILL KNOW WHO HE REALLY IS.

20:8  And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog (HERE, APPARENTLY AN INCLUSIVE TERM FOR ALL THE GENTILE NATIONS; EAST =GOG AND WEST= MAGOG. THE DESTRUCTION OF GOG AND MAGOG OF EZEKIEL 39, IS PRE-MILLENNIAL), to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea (THESE PEOPLE ARE STILL DECEIVED).

20:9  And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city (THE MILLENNIAL TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM): and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

20:10  And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever.

THE DEVIL AND HIS SYSTEM (BEAST= POLITICAL, FALSE PROPHET= RELIGIOUS), WERE CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE (A FIGURE OF SPEECH, MEANING HE TURNED INTO ASHES FROM WITHIN. WHEN SOMETHING GOES INTO ASHES IT'S FOREVER).

SATAN'S SENTENCE IS RECORDED IN EZEKIEL 28:18-19.

HIS SENTENCE = ASHES= A HEBRAISM MEANING, FOREVER AND EVER.

20:11  And I saw a great white throne, and Him That sat on it (FULL GODHEAD), from Whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

20:12  And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened (THESE ARE THE BOOKS TO KEEP RECORDS DAILY FOR EVERYONE; THEY ARE NOT "THE BOOK OF LIFE"): and another book was opened (THIS IS THE BOOK OF LIFE), which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

20:13  And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works (TWICE FOR EMPHASIS).

20:14  And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

WHAT IS THE SECOND DEATH? IT'S THE DEATH OF THE SOUL (CEASE TO EXIST).

20:15  And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

GOD BLESS

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