THE BOOK OF REVELATION
Part 41
The Imprisonment of Satan
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And I saw an angel coming down out of Heaven, having the key to
the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. He seized the dragon, that
ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand
years. He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep
him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended.
After that, he must be set free for a short time.
Rev 20:1-3 NIV
At the time of the continuation of the battle that
began in the valley of Megiddo, the devil himself is bound up for a thousand
years, thrown into the abyss, and shut up so he couldn’t lead the nations
astray for a thousand years.
This takes place just before the Millennial Reign of
Christ begins. So, while satan is bound for 1,000 years in the Abyss
(bottomless pit), Christ’s Millennial Reign on Earth with His saints takes
place.
If God is able to put the sinful angels into gloomy
dungeons in chains of darkness, to be held for Judgment (2 Peter 2:4), He is
able to imprison satan.
In Revelation 12, the great dragon was hurled down
to the Earth with his angels—they lost their place in the beautiful second
realm of heaven at that time; known to us now as the universe.
“…neither was their place found any more in heaven (v.8 KJV).
According to Revelation 20:7-8, when the thousand
years are over, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to
deceive the nations in the four corners of the Earth — Gog and Magog — to
gather them for battle.