Revelation 19:20,21

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.

21  And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

The Antichrist Beast and his False Prophet, who worked miracles by the power of Satan and deceived all who took the mark of the Beast and those that worshipped his image, are taken captive. Just as Satan deceived and took a third of the angels in his rebellion against God, Satan in the Beast and False Prophet will deceive and take a large number of humans in this rebellion against God. Those that follow him do not want the Son of God to rule over them. Notice, there is no real resistance against the real God of creation. The armies are gathered for slaughter because all the forces of Satan and man are no match against the God of creation. I am sure Satan knows this but he hates humanity and God so much that he intends to bring humanity to total destruction.

The Beast and False Prophet are judged by Jesus and they are cast alive into the Lake of Fire. In the next chapter we will find out that they are still alive in the Lake of Fire over a thousand years later.  There is no non-existence of souls taught in the Bible.  Either one goes into the new creation for eternity or the Lake of Fire for eternity. This truth should become apparent when we read the next chapter (which takes place after the thousand year reign of Christ). After the judgment there we will see that the Beast and False Prophet are still “ alive” in the Lake of Fire when Satan, Satan's angels and all those that are not written in the Lamb’s book of life are also cast into the Lake of Fire. The Lake of Fire is where all will go that reject the God who created them.

All the armies that followed the Beast and False prophet will be killed and their flesh will feed the birds. Birds of prey today are protected in Israel and they are even provided food to help increase their numbers. Great numbers of these birds can be seen flying in the mountains of Israel. They have become a tourist attraction and of course that is the main reason why they are protected and fed but God has a great supper planned for these birds in the near future. They will fulfill the end time prophecy of Revelation 19:17.

At that time the following Old Testament prophecy of Isaiah will be fulfilled:

Isaiah 13:1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

2  Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

3  I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.

4  The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.

5  They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

6    Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

7  Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:

8  And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

9  Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

10  For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

11  And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

12   I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

13   Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place,  in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

14  And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.

15  Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.

16  Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

17  Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

18  Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

19   And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

20   It shall never be inhabited,  neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

21  But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.

22  And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

Isaiah 14:1   For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

2  And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

3  And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,

4  That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased!  the golden city ceased!

5  The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.

6  He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.

7  The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.

8  Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.

9  Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

10  All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?

11  Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

12   How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

13  For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

14  I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

15  Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

16  They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying,  Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

17   That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof;  that opened not the house of his prisoners?

18  All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.

19  But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.

20   Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people:  the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

21   Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

22  For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.

23  I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.

24  The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

25  That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

26   This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.

27  For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

This passage in Isaiah is a summary of the events that will happen in the day of the Lord. It will happen as He prophesied. Let all you who allegorize and who put spiritual meanings on prophetic scripture in Revelation try to do that with what Isaiah said. It can’t be done; your Eschatology is all wrong. All some of you can say is that all these things already happened in the past and that is even more absurd.

The forces of Satan spoken about here, that bring destruction to the whole earth, will be dealt with by Jesus. The Beast and the False Prophet that carry out Satan’s plan  will not  go to the grave with their ancestors but will be cast alive into the Lake of Fire.

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.

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