Revelation 20 - Introduction
CHRIST AND HIS CHURCH VICTORS! CHAPTER S 20-22. (ROMANS 8:37) _This is the seventh parallel section, and we again return to the First Coming of Christ._... [ Continue Reading ]
CHRIST AND HIS CHURCH VICTORS! CHAPTER S 20-22. (ROMANS 8:37) _This is the seventh parallel section, and we again return to the First Coming of Christ._... [ Continue Reading ]
AND TIED HIM UP FOR A THOUSAND YEARS. Christ broke the power of Satan by dying on the cross (Luke 9:31)_. In the vision,_ we see Satan tied up with a heavy chain, thrown into the abyss, which is then locked and sealed. His power and influence over the nations is checked. The nations cannot conquer t... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN I SAW THRONES. Note that the Second Coming of Christ does not take place until Revelation 20:11_. In the vision,_ John sees the _souls_ (not bodies) of those who have killed (executed) for their work of proclaiming the Good News (Truth). A THOUSAND YEARS. Symbolic of a long indefinite period of... [ Continue Reading ]
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" does not terminate, but continues on into Eternity (Revelation 19:7-9). These verses present Armageddon... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN I SAW A LARGE WHITE THRONE. This is the Second Coming of Christ! We shall all stand before Christ (2 Corinthians 5:10; Acts 17:31; Matthew 25:31; Revelation 14:14).... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I SAW THE DEAD. This is the raising of all the dead, both soul (spirit) and body. See John 5:28-29; Acts 24:15; Revelation 1:7. The apostles stressed the resurrection of the complete man (_see_ 1 John 3:2; Philippians 3:21; 1 Corinthians 15:35-57). Paul continually preached about Jesus and the r... [ Continue Reading ]
WERE THROWN INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE. We see the doom of the unbeliever! The unbeliever and the unrighteous share the doom of the Devil, in a place never intended for them. [Book of the living: ancient cities kept the names of their legal citizens in a book. The names of the dead were erased from the b... [ Continue Reading ]