REVELATION CHAPTER 20

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THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST

• REVELATION CHAPTER 20

The King of Kings RULES AND REIGNS!
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THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST

INTRODUCTION
WE HAVE SEEN Up to Chapter 16 Unfolding of
Revelation future culminating in the RAPTURE OF
THE CHURCH Chapter 16 17 18 - Pouring out of
GODS WRATH Chapter 19 The Worship and
Wedding in Heaven Chapter 19 (Last Half)
The RETURN OF JESUS to conquer his foes at
ARMEGGEDON and the setting up of His Kingdom on
earth.
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NOW WE COME TO CHAPTER 201-10
The Millennial (1000 years) Reign of
Jesus Christ!
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• Rev 201-6
• 1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven,
  having the key to the Abyss and holding in his
  hand a great chain.
• 2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who
  is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a
  thousand years.
• 3 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.
• 4 I saw thrones on which were seated those who
  had been given authority to judge. And I saw the
  souls of those who had been beheaded because of
  their testimony for Jesus and because of the word
  of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his
  image and had not received his mark on their
  foreheads or their hands. They came to life and
  reigned with Christ a thousand years.
• 5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life
  until the thousand years were ended.) This is the
  first resurrection.
• 6 Blessed and holy are those who have part in the
  first resurrection. The second death has no power
  over them, but they will be priests of God and of
  Christ and will reign with him for a thousand
  years.

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• Rev 207-10
• 7 When the thousand years are over, Satan will be
  released from his prison
• 8 and will go out to deceive the nations in the
  four corners of the earth-- Gog and Magog-- to
  gather them for battle. In number they are like
  the sand on the seashore.
• 9 They marched across the breadth of the earth
  and surrounded the camp of God's people, the city
  he loves. But fire came down from heaven and
  devoured them.
• 10 And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown
  into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast
  and the false prophet had been thrown. They will
  be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
• (NIV)

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Focused look at verses 1-10
A CLOSER LOOK AT VERSE 11
CHAPTER 201-10 - IS EXTREMELY DIVERSE IN ITS
INTERPRETATION among Bible scholars. It has
such a diversity of interpretations because it is
a particularly difficult passage. It
deals with subjects found ONLY here in the
scripture (1000 years, Satan loosed again, first
resurrection, second resurrection, another
rebellion against Jesus).
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Focused look at verses 1-10
A CLOSER LOOK AT VERSE 11
THE FOUR BOTTOM LINE TRUTHS FROM THIS PASSAGE
regardless of the nuances of interpretations

• The ENEMIES of the Church will be defeated!
  (The antichrist, the false religious systems,
  Satan himself, and the godless that have joined
  them.)
• The CHURCH will reign triumphant!
• 3. The EARTH WILL ACKNOWLEDGE Jesus as the
  rightful King of Kings!
• 4. GODS PEOPLE will be vindicated We will
  RULE AND REIGN with Jesus!

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A CLOSER LOOK AT VERSE 11

• QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE ASK
• What is this 1000 years literal or symbolic?
• Why bind Satan for 1000 years only to loose him
  again ?
• Why and how can the nations be deceived again
  under the rule of Jesus?
• What is the First Resurrection vs. the Second
  Resurrection?
• Why use the term resurrection where have the
  dead been all this time?
• 6. What happens to the earth and us after
  the 1000 years?
• 7. Chapter 19 says that all were destroyed at
  the coming of Jesuswho will be left on the earth
  to rule and reign over?
• 8. Why reign for 1000 years on the earth
  in the first place? What is THAT about?

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A CLOSER LOOK AT VERSE 11

• QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE ASK
• What is this 1000 years literal or symbolic?

The only place in Scripture where this is
mentioned specifically. It is, of course, where
we get the terms millennial or millennium.
Greekchilioi an uncertain long length of
time. Used also to denote a thousand. Could be
symbolic of a long period of time. Some even
see it as symbolic of the rule and reign of
Jesus in mens hearts on the earth without a
literal presence of Jesus on a throne in
Jerusalem. Most scholars interpret it as a
literal period of time and a literal reigning of
Jesus on the earth.
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A CLOSER LOOK AT VERSE 11

• QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE ASK
• Why bind Satan for 1000 years only to loose him
  again ?

Note that the text says in verse 3 that he
must be loosed again. - Indicating that this
is directed by Gods sovereign will. Apparently
Satan is bound, set aside, taken out of the
way to allow a vast period of time when mans
FREEWILL is not subject to the evil and demonic
temptation of Satan. A kind of a garden of
Eden without the Serpent.
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• QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE ASK
• Why and how can the nations be deceived again
  under the rule of Jesus?

A CLOSER LOOK AT VERSE 11
Here I think is a glimpse into the intricate
detail of Jesus Justice and Fairness This is
all a part of His plan for the ages. For 1000
years man (the earth) has been freely under
the rule and reign of Jesus (absolute
righteousness and fairness). All that is wrong,
corrupt and evil has been made right and the
nations have been instructed in righteousness
at the feet of Jesus Himself. Yetjust as in
the Throne Room of Heaven EONS ago, when Satan
and some of the angels, in their freewill
rebelled The nations will once again been given
a test. They will now be without excuse.
The Greatest Deceiver of all time will once again
be used by God to test the hearts of the
nations. When this final test and rebellion is
over (And apparently, it will be SHORT! Gk.
mikron),The Great White Throne of Judgment will
take place. RIGHT NOW IS OUR TEST! This is
boot camp a separating process Sheep or
Goat?