Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Revelation 20:8
and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Verse Revelation 20:8. _GOG AND MAGOG_] This seems to be almost literally taken from the _Jerusalem Targum_, and that of _Jonathan ben Uzziel_, on Numbers 11:26. I shall give the words at length: "An...
AND SHALL GO OUT TO DECEIVE THE NATIONS - See the notes on Revelation 12:9. The meaning here is, that he would again, for a time, act in his true character, and in some way delude the nations once mor...
CHAPTER S 20:7-22:5 After the Thousand Years and the New Jerusalem _ 1. Satan's last revolt (Revelation 20:7)_ 2. The great white throne (Revelation 20:11) 3. The eternal state (Rev
THE RELEASE OF SATAN AND THE FINAL CONFLICT. Revelation 20:8. Gog and Magog: the names are taken from Ezekiel 38 f., where Gog is the name of a prince and Magog the name of his country. The reference...
THE THOUSAND YEAR REIGN OF CHRIST AND THE SAINTS (Revelation 20:1-15) Since the great importance of this chapter is that it is what might be called the foundation document of Millennarianism or Chili...
QUARTERS. As Revelation 7:1 (corners). EARTH. App-129.4. GOG AND MAGOG. Here, apparently an inclusive term for _all_ the Gentile nations; East (Gog) and West (Magog). The destruction of Gog and Mago...
_the nations which are_&c. It almost seems as though the kingdom of Christ and of His Saints had not been world-wide, but had been, like the Roman empire of St John's day, or the Christendom of our ow...
THE LOOSING OF SATAN, THE WAR OF GOG AND MAGOG, THE JUDGEMENT ON THE DEVIL The order of events in the last three Chapter s in this Book corresponds, with many additions, to that in the closing Chapter...
ΣΥΝΑΓΑΓΕΙ͂Ν. Aug. reads _et trahet_. Vg[761] _et congregabit_. 12 καὶ συνάγει. [761] Vulgate. 8. ΤᾺ ἜΘΝΗ ΤᾺ ἘΝ ΤΑΙ͂Σ ΤΈΣΣΑΡΣΙΝ ΓΩΝΊΑΙΣ ΤΗ͂Σ ΓΗ͂Σ. It almost seems as though the kingdom of Christ and o...
_SATAN IS LOOSED REVELATION 20:7-10:_ There is a time when Satan is again given power to deceive the nations. The figure of Gog and Magog is from Ezekiel 38:1-23; Ezekiel 39:1-29. The lesson was th
ΈΞΕΛΕΎΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med._ !.dep.) от ΈΞΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G1831) выходить, ΠΛΑΝΉΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΠΛΑΝΆΩ (G4105) сбивать с толку, обманывать. _Inf._ используется для выражения дели, ΓΩΝΊΑ (G1137) уго...
WHEN THE THOUSAND YEARS ARE EXPIRED, &C.— At the expiration of the thousand years, the restraint will be taken off from wickedness,—_Satan shall be loosed,_ and make one effort more to re-establish hi...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 67 Text Revelation 20:7-10 7 And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8 and shall come forth to deceive the nations which are in t...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER XX THE THOUSAND YEARS _Text (Revelation 20:1-15)_ INTRODUCTION 1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his ha...
And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. QUARTERS - `cor...
__ Temple Section-The Former Resurrection 4 Those who have suffered death for their loyalty during the great persecutions of the end time are especially included in the former resurrection. This is...
20:8 war, (k-27) Or 'to war.'...
DECEIVE] see on Revelation 20:3....
SATAN CONQUERED. THE LAST JUDGMENT In this chapter the visions of the overthrow of Christ's enemies are continued. The devil is bound for 1,000 years (Revelation 20:1); the martyrs reign with Christ f...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 20 THE RULE OF CHRIST - REVELATION 20:1-15 THE *ANGEL BINDS *SATAN - REVELATION 20:1-3...
AND SHALL GO OUT TO DECEIVE THE NATIONS. — Perhaps better, _shall come out,_ as the earth is the view-point. The nations deceived and led astray are designated as Gog and Magog. The names are derived...
CHAPTER XVI. JUDGMENT OF SATAN AND OF THE WICKED. Revelation 20:1. IN now approaching chap. 20, with its yet unsolved difficulties of interpretation, it is of essential importance to observe, in the...
Satan's return to encounter irretrievable defeat upon the scene of his former successes (ἐπʼ ἐσχάτου ἐτῶν Ezekiel 38:8), is an obscure and curious feature, borrowed in part from earlier beliefs in Jud...
As Baligant, lord of the pagans, issues from the East to challenge Charlemagne and be crushed, Satan emerges from his prison for a short period (3) after the millennium, musters an enormous army of pa...
BEFORE THE GREAT WHITE THRONE Revelation 20:7 Gog and Magog take us back to Genesis 10:2; see also Ezekiel 38:1; Ezekiel 39:1
Victory having been gained over the earthly manifestation of godlessness, it remains to deal with the power lying behind. The archenemy is described as "the dragon," "the old serpent," "the devil," an...
Gog was the ruler of the people who opposed God's faithful in Ezekiel's vision and Magog the land over which he ruled. Satan's forces come from all over the earth to do battle (Ezekiel 38:1-23; Ezekie...
(16) And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom [is] as the sand of the sea. (16) The wor...
(7) And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, (8) And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather...
It is necessary that we should all bear in mind, if we have not observed it before, that Revelation 17:1-18 does not pursue the chronological course of the prophecy. It is a description, and not one o...
A Thousand Years I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week we saw the KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS victorious at the battle of Armageddon! 1. All those that opposed the lord and His saints were killed and a...
We now come, evil power having been set aside, to the exercise of judicial authority in peace; and this is conferred on the saints. The prophet does not merely see the thrones as set in Daniel 7., but...
AND SHALL GO OUT,.... Of his prison, the bottomless pit, and shall walk to and fro in the earth, and go about like a deceitful serpent, and roaring lion, as before: TO DECEIVE THE NATIONS: as he had...
And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom _is_ as the sand of the sea. Ver. 8. _Gog and...
The following verses of this chapter to Rev 20:11 inform us that the happy days of the church, prophesied of in the foregoing vision, will at length have their period, though they are to continue for...
SATAN BOUND FOR 1000 YEARS Though the Beast and the False Prophet have been (inRevelation 19:1) consigned to the Lake of Fire, the wicked spirit Satan who influenced them is not immediately sent there...
_ 8 and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea._ A. Where the gospel d...
7-10 While this world lasts, Satan's power in it will not be wholly destroyed, though it may be limited and lessened. No sooner is Satan let loose, than he again begins deceiving the nations, and sti...
AND SHALL GO OUT TO DECEIVE THE NATIONS WHICH ARE IN THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH; that is, the devil, being got from under the restraint of Divine Providence, shall fall upon his old work, going ab...
Revelation 20:8 and G2532 out G1831 (G5695) deceive G4105 (G5658) nations G1484 which G3588 in G1722 four...
‘And when the thousand years are over Satan will be loosed from his prison and will come forth to deceive the nations who are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together t...
VISION 8 THE HISTORY OF SATAN AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD (REVELATION 20:1). This passage is of special significance. Indeed it determines greatly what view we take of the whole overall doctrine of the Sec...
The happy pause described from chap. Revelation 19:1 to chap. Revelation 20:6 comes to an end, and we enter upon the sixth leading section of the book. The section extends from chap. Revelation 20:7 t...
Revelation 20:8. AND SHALL COME FORTH TO DECEIVE THE NATIONS WHICH ARE IN THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH, GOG AND MAGOG, TO GATHER THEM TOGETHER TO THE WAR. ‘Gog and Magog' are in apposition with ‘the...
TO DECEIVE THE NATIONS (πλανησα τα εθνη). First aorist active infinitive of purpose of πλαναω, Satan's chief task (Chapter s 12 to 18, in particular Revelation 12:9; Revelation 13:14; Revelation 19:...
GOG (_ See Scofield) - (Ezekiel 38:2). _...
CONTENTS: Satan bound for the Kingdom age. The first resurrection. Satan loosed at the end of the millenium, and his final doom. Judgment of the great White Throne. CONCLUSION: When the Tribulation da...
Revelation 20:1. _I saw an angel come down from heaven,_ the high sheriff, as it were, with a divine commission, probably the same angel who had descended with glory like a morning star, and unlocked...
SATAN WILL BE SET LOOSE. Any interpretation of this must take into account the fact that there will be Christians alive and waiting when Jesus returns (1 Thessalonians 4:17); and that the "church" doe...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 20:7 Satan’s release after the thousand years will free him to DECEIVE THE NATIONS and to GATHER THEM for the last BATTLE. Amillennialists
These verses give us the post-millennial period. Satan is loosed; and goes out to deceive the nations; Gog and Magog are mentioned; these nations are gathered to battle against the people of God, and...
THE THOUSAND YEARS _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ EMINENT expositors, ancient and modern, regard the opening of this chapter as referring to an early period in the history of the Church, but there a...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 20:1 AND I SAW AN ANGEL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN; _coming down out of heaven. _The usual mode of introducing a new vision (cf. Revelation 4:1, etc.). On account of...
_7 AND WHEN THE THOUSAND YEARS ARE EXPIRED, SATAN SHALL BE LOOSED OUT OF HIS PRISON,_ _ 8 AND SHALL GO OUT TO DECEIVE THE NATIONS WHICH ARE IN THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH, GOG AND MAGOG, TO GATH...
I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand (Revelation 20:1). Now, earlier under the fifth trumpet there was a fallen angel that had the k...
1 Kings 4:20; 1 Samuel 13:5; Ezekiel 39:29; Hebrews 11:12; Isaiah 10
Gog and Magog. See Ezekiel 38:39. Compare Genesis 10:2. where Magog appears as a son of Japhet. Magog is a general name for the northern nations, and, according to Ezekiel, Gog is their prince. Joseph...
THE FIRST AND LAST RESURRECTIONS Revelation 20:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Perhaps we had better take up briefly the various judgments as preparatory for the study of the first and last resurrections. The...
And shall go forth to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth — (That is, in all the earth) — the more diligently, as he hath been so long restrained, and knoweth he hath but a small time...