PROPHECY: THE OVERVIEW
CHAPTER OF THE 1,000 YEAR MILLENNIUM
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(God is Thought, God is Love, God is a Spirit
– Eccl 12:7)
THE MILLENNIUM SYNOPSIS
(Rev
20:1-3)
And I saw an angel [Gk:
a messenger] [1] come down from
heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit [Gk:
abyss: deep] and a
great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon,
that old serpent,
which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound [Gk: tied] him [up]
a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and
shut him
up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive [2] the nations no more, till [Gk: until] the thousand
years should be fulfilled [3][Gk:
teleo; 3x in this chapter 20]: and
after that he must be loosed [i.e.,
let loose] a little season [Gk: a
space of time].
1.
Commentary:
“an angel” = who is most likely Christ
Jesus (Rev 1:18; 3:7; 9:1; 20:1). Who else has the power to bind Satan?
Neither
the archangel Michael nor Gabriel have the power to bind Satan and cast
him
into the bottomless pit, and lock (keep) him in the bottomless pit. And
who
else could plausibly be called be this “great messenger”?
2.
deceive
= Gk: cause to roam
from safety, truth, or virtue: go astray, err, seduce, wander, be out
of the
way.
3.
fulfilled = Gk: teleo;
ended, completed, executed, concluded:
accomplished, expired, finished.[3x in text]
a.
Commentary:
How can one
“fulfill, expire, finish” something that doesn’t exist?
THE FIRST RESURRECTION
(Rev 20:4-6)
And I saw thrones [seats of power for
rule and judgment], and they [kings
and priests] sat upon
them, and judgment was given unto them [1,2,3]: and I saw the [saved] souls [Gk: breath, (by implication) spirits] of them that were beheaded for the
witness [Gk: evidence given:
report, testimony] of Jesus, and
for [“preaching and testifying”
Amplif.] the word of God, and
which had not worshipped the beast [Gk: a
dangerous animal: (venomous, wild) beast], neither his
image, neither had
received his mark upon
their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned [Gk: ruled] with Christ a thousand years.
But the rest of the dead [the
unsaved souls (spirits)] lived
not again [i.e., were not
resurrected] until the
thousand years were finished
[Gk: teleo] [3x in this chapter 20].
This is the first resurrection.
Blessed [Gk: happy] and holy
[innocent] is he
that hath part in the first
resurrection: on such the second death [at
the “great white throne” judgment (v.11)] hath no
power, but they shall be priests of God and of
Christ, and shall reign [Gk:
rule] [as kings and priests] with
him a thousand years. [4]
1.
(1 Cor 6:3) Know
ye not that we shall [future
tense
(not now, but soon)] judge angels
[we shall judge only the remaining
fallen angels (unsaved people)]?
how much more things that pertain to this life.
2.
(Rev
5:10) And
[Christ
Jesus] hast made us unto our God kings
and priests [Rev 1:6; 20:6]: and
we shall reign [Gk: rule] on
the earth [“WE SHALL REIGN ON THE EARTH,” i.e.,
during
the millennium. Are we ruling now? Obviously, we are not ruling yet].
3.
Commentary:
“and judgment was given unto them” =
Judgment was given unto who? Answer: unto the saved
resurrected us.
Why were the acts of judgment given
to us rather than to the unfallen holy angels? Because unlike the
unfallen holy
angels who are and always have been pure
(good), we have not always
been pure (good), and we rebelled
and have experienced, i.e., we have
first-hand intimate knowledge, of the same trials and tribulations
and sins
as the unsaved. However, we have “overcome”
those trials and tribulations and sins by sincerely accepting the
cleansing blood
of the Lamb. Thus we have learned
the primary biblical lesson of “discernment”
between good and evil, a godly ability
which Adam and Eve lacked, and we have been re-deemed,
re-stored
back into the grace of Heaven.
Whereas the remaining unsaved unholy impure
(evil) fallen angels have not
bowed the knee and accepted the blood of the Lamb, and
therefore retain their guilt.
4.
(Dan 7:21)
I beheld, and the same horn [the
beast, the “little horn” Dan 7:8] made war with
the saints, and prevailed
against them [a]; (Dan 7:22) Until
the Ancient of days came, and
judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and
the time
came that the saints possessed the kingdom. (Dan 7:27)
And the
kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the
whole
heaven, shall be given to the people
of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is
an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and
obey him.
a.
Rev
13:7 And it
was given unto him [the “beast” Rev
13:1] to make war with the saints,
and to overcome them: and power was given him over all
kindreds, and
tongues, and nations.
THE DEVIL, THE BEAST, AND
THE FALSE PROPHET ARE JUDGED
(Rev
20:7-10)
And when the thousand years are expired [Gk:
teleo] [3x in this chapter 20], Satan shall be loosed
[“liberated”
Amplif. Bible; “set free” NIV; “released” NAS] out
of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations
which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog [unknown: perhaps a hyperbolic reference to
“by the way side” and “stony ground” exaggerated for effect], to gather them together to battle: the
number of whom is as the
sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth [Gk:
width] of the earth,
and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved
city [i.e.,
1.
(Heb
12:29) For
our God is a consuming fire. [Deut
4:24; 9:3]
ALL THE UNSAVED SOULS ARE
JUDGED
(this event is the second
resurrection which is followed by the second death)
(Rev 20:11-15)
And I saw a great white throne, and
him that sat on it [God], from whose
face the earth and the
heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them [1].
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God;
and the books
[of works] were opened: and another
book [of faith] was opened, which
is the book of life: and
the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the
books [of works], according to their
works. And the
sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up
the dead
which were in them: and they were judged every man according
to their
works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This
is the
second death. And whosoever was not found written in the
book of
life was cast into the lake of fire. [2]
1.
(Rev
21:1) And
I saw a new heaven and a new earth:
for the first heaven
and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2.
(Mat
25:41) Then
shall he [Jesus Christ] say also unto them on
the left hand [“the
goats” Mat 25:33 who think they are sheep], Depart
from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared [Gk: provided, made ready] for the devil and
his angels [a clear indicator that unrepentant
sinners are fallen
angels]:
a.
(Rev
3:5) He
that overcometh [Gk: conquers, prevails,
gets the victory], the same shall be
clothed in white raiment; and I
will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will
confess his
name before my Father, and before his angels.
b.
Commentary:
overcomes, conquers, prevails,
gets the victory over what? He that
overcomes himself, i.e., overcomes his natural man.
Amen