priests of God--Apostate Christendom being destroyed, and the believing Church translated at Christ's coming, there will remain Israel and the heathen world, constituting the majority of men then alive, which, from not having come into close contact with the Gospel, have not incurred the guilt of rejecting it. "The veil" shall be taken off Israel first, then from off "all people." This harvest from Christ to the beheaded dead constitutes "the first resurrection." 2. that old--ancient serpent ( Revelation 12:9 ). The blissful lot of the righteous is not here specially mentioned as their bliss had commenced before the final judgment. 15. The woman's bringing forth is followed by the casting of the dr… A surer seal to keep him from getting out than his seal over Jesus in the tomb of Joseph, which was burst on the resurrection morn. earth and heaven fled away--The final conflagration, therefore, precedes the general judgment. for . And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a … the beast and the false prophet are--( Revelation 19:20 ). The essential identity of the dying and risen body is hereby shown; for the sea and grave give up their dead. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, of Revelation 20:6 What Does Revelation 20:6 Mean? John himself was not "beheaded," yet who doubts but that he shall share in the first resurrection? When He has done that, He shall give it up.to the Father, "that God may be all in all," coming into direct communion with His creatures, without intervention of a Mediator, for the first time since the fall. This is the second death--"the lake of fire" is added in A, B, and ANDREAS. The most amazing revelation of Jesus Christ was given to the apostle John, for our learning.. when he was banished to the inhospitable Isle of Patmos. Calvin, though, was an amil, and Dutch Calvinism, after a postmil start, has tended to be amil. The Son's mediatorial reign is with a view to prepare the kingdom for the Father's acceptance. Israel, as a nation, shall be "born at once--in one day." A brief sketch of the positions advocated should prove helpful. beheaded--literally, "smitten with an axe"; a Roman punishment, though crucifixion, casting to beasts, and burning, were the more common modes of execution. small and great--B has "the small and the great." A, Vulgate, Syriac, and ANDREAS have "the great and the small." Therefore it is called, "the Lamb's book of life." In light of such diverse “biblical” positions, resist the temptation to be dogmatic on this issue. The whole Bible. Ezekiel (the fortieth through forty-eighth chapters), himself son of a priest, sets forth the priestly character of Israel; Daniel the statesman, its kingly character; Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 33:17-21 ), both its priestly and kingly character. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. John tells us that, instead of the devil, the transfigured Church of Christ; Daniel, that instead of the heathen beast, the holy Israel, shall rule the world [AUBERLEN]. The Israelite priest-kings on earth are what the transfigured priest-kings are in heaven. Fundamentalism of the last 150 years has tended to be premil. But--B, Coptic, and ANDREAS read, "and." Besides the general book recording the works of all, there is a special book for believers in which their names are written, not for their works, but for the work of Christ for, and in, them. As the bliss of these is eternal, so the woe of Satan and the lost must be. Compare Note, Hebrews 4:9 , Margin; PAPIAS, JUSTIN MARTYR, IRENÆUS, and CYPRIAN, among the earliest Fathers, all held the doctrine of a millennial kingdom on earth; not till millennial views degenerated into gross carnalism was this doctrine abandoned. God in Christ, that is, the Father represented by the Son, is He before whose judgment-seat we must all stand. Blessed--(Compare Revelation 14:13 , 19:9 ). The same phrase is used of the external state of the blessed ( Revelation 4:8 ). 3. shut him--A, B, Vulgate, Syriac, and ANDREAS omit "him." . Church and State shall then be co-extensive. Copyright © 2020, Bible Study Tools. . Revelation 20:6(NASB) Verse Thoughts. As sin loses its power, decay and death will decrease [AUBERLEN]. The heavenly Church is elected not merely to salvation, but to rule in love, and minister blessings over the whole earth, as king-priests. Contrast "hateful" in Babylon ( Revelation 18:2 , Deuteronomy 32:15 , Septuagint). Hence it is possible that an apostasy should take place at its close. Satan is bound, but not destroyed, and released after a thousand years of peace and righteousness. The martyrs are put first, because most like Jesus in their sufferings and death, therefore nearest Him in their life and reign; for Christ indirectly affirms there are relative degrees and places of honor in His kingdom, the highest being for those who drink his cup of suffering. At present is the time of preaching; but then the time of the Liturgy of converted souls forming "the great congregation" shall come. He never wants power and instruments to break the power of Satan. 8. This is followed by the new heaven and earth ( Revelation 21:1-27 ). And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a … . The Thousand Years. Click here to download Revelation 20 Keynote presentation: https://www.icloud.com/keynote/0g9pPTCZnvSDEhf7-VvVrfpYQ#Revelation_20Click here to … As the Church began at Christ's ascension, so the kingdom shall begin at His second advent. Time was given on earth to make the beast and harlot powerful, and then to concentrate all his power in Antichrist. These, then, are made the evidential test to decide men's eternal state, thus showing that God's administration of judgment is altogether righteous. The extent of the first resurrection is not spoken of here. Gog is by some connected with a Hebrew root, "covered." As the history of the world of nations ended with the manifestation of the Church in visible glory, so that of mankind in general shall end with the great separation of the just from the wicked ( Revelation 20:12 ) [AUBERLEN]. first resurrection--"the resurrection of the just." The destruction of his representatives, the beast and the false prophet, to whom he had given his … Then shall our present defective governments give place to perfect governments in both Church and State. And he laid hold on the dragon — With whom undoubtedly his angels were now cast into the bottomless pit, as well as finally "into everlasting fire," Matthew 25:41. HILLER [Onomasticon] explains both words as signifying "lofty," "elevated." Whereas under the Old Testament the Jews exclusively, and in the New Testament the Gentiles exclusively, enjoy the revelation of salvation (in both cases humanity being divided and separated), in the millennium both Jews and Gentiles are united, and the whole organism of mankind under the first-born brother, Israel, walks in the light of God, and the full life of humanity is at last realized. of the [holy] land." "In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, [was there] the tree of life, which bare … The Jewish Rabbis thought, as the world was created in six days and on the seventh God rested, so there would be six millenary periods, followed by a sabbatical millennium. thousand years--As seven mystically implies universality, so a thousand implies perfection, whether in good or evil [AQUINAS on ch. Introduction The events of chapter 20 logically follow those of chapter 19. The millennial reign on earth does not rest on an isolated passage of the Apocalypse, but all Old Testament prophecy goes on the same view (compare Isaiah 4:3 , 11:9 , 35:8 ). Revelation 20:1-15 . 1. 12. the dead--"the rest of the dead" who did not share the first resurrection, and those who died during the millennium. Satan's binding at' this juncture is not arbitrary, but is the necessary consequence of the events ( Revelation 19:20 ); just as Satan's being cast out of heaven, where he had previously been the accuser of the brethren, was the legitimate judgment which passed on him through the death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ ( Revelation 12:7-10 ). The New Testament Church insists on inward renewal, but leaves its outward manifestations free. In 1 Corinthians 15:23 1 Corinthians 15:51 , 1 Thessalonians 4:14 we find that all "in Christ" shall share in it. A tradition in the house of Elias, A.D. 200, states that the world is to endure six thousand years; two thousand before the law, two thousand under the law, and two thousand under Messiah. Article Images Copyright © 2020 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. hands--Greek, "forehead . Chapter 21: New Jerusalem Descends to The New Heaven and New Earth . foreheads . Revelation chapter 20 represents the final lesson, final judgment, and final victory of the end times. Revelation 20:1-15. book of life--( Revelation 3:5 , 13:8 , 21:27 , Exodus 32:32 Exodus 32:33 , Psalms 69:28 , Daniel 12:1 , Philippians 4:3 ). 20:7-10 At the end of the thousand years of the millennium, Jesus and His people, along with the holy City, the New Jerusalem, descend to the earth.Revelation 21:2.All the wicked who have ever lived are now resurrected in “the resurrection of damnation,” and “Satan” is “loosed out of his prison.” In the judgment on this apostasy the world of nature is destroyed and renewed, as the world of history was before the millennial kingdom; it is only then that the new heaven and new earth are realized in final perfection. He had thought to destroy God's people on earth by Antichristian persecutions (just as he had thought previously to destroy Christ); but the Church is not destroyed from the earth but is raised to rule over it, and Satan himself is shut up for a thousand years in the "abyss" (Greek for "bottomless pit"), the preparatory prison to the "lake of fire," his final doom. 4, 5. they sat--the twelve apostles, and the saints in general. Gog and Magog are biblical names for the nations who are rebellious against God and hostile to his people. (1) A nameless angel comes to bind Satan with a great chain. The Jews are our teachers even in New Testament times. But works are appreciable by all. Chapter 20: The Binding of Satan; the Millennial Kingdom of Elohim on Earth; the Final Judgment. As individual regeneration goes on now, so there shall be a "regeneration" of nations then. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a … (Read Revelation 20:1-3) Here is a vision, showing by a figure the restraints laid on Satan himself. Paul was beheaded, and no doubt shall share the first resurrection, in accordance with his prayer that he "might attain unto the resurrection from out of the rest of the dead" (Greek, "exanastasis"). After the millennial reign, the new heaven and earth will arrive. For the general judgment is primarily designed for the final vindication of God's righteousness before the whole world, which in this checkered dispensation of good and evil, though really ruling the world, has been for the time less manifest. Scripture does not view the human race as an aggregate of individuals and nationalities, but as an organic whole, laid down once for all in the first pages of revelation. The millennial new heaven and earth are but a foretaste of this everlasting state when the upper and lower congregations shall be no longer separate, though connected as in the millennium, and when new Jerusalem shall descend from God out of heaven. But in the millennial kingdom, all spheres of life shall be truly Christianized from within outwardly. Revelation 20:4 indicates a final group (the late harvest) will finish the harvest begun with the resurrection of Jesus. The glorious events attending Christ's appearing, the destruction of Antichrist, the transfiguration of the Church, and the binding of Satan, will prepare the nations for embracing the Gospel. Salem Media Group. Regardless of what others may teach about this abyss, Scripture is not perfectly clear about what this place is. 2. Earth is not yet transfigured, and cannot therefore be the meet locality for the transfigured Church; but from heaven the transfigured saints with Christ rule the earth, there being a much freer communion of the heavenly and earthly churches (a type of which state may be seen in the forty days of the risen Saviour during which He appeared to His disciples), and they know no higher joy than to lead their brethren on earth to the same salvation and glory as they share themselves. The Mosaic ceremonial law corresponds to Israel's priestly office; the civil law to its kingly office: the Gentile Church adopts the moral law, and exercises the prophetic office by the word working inwardly. Men will be willing subjects of the transfigured priest-kings, in the day of the Lord's power. These will be the subjects of a general conversion ( Revelation 11:15 ). But B reads, "that he deceive" (Greek, "plana," for "planeesee"). Revelation 20 – Satan, Sin and Death are Finally Eliminated A. Satan bound for a thousand years. This is the humiliation of the modern civilized nations, that nations which they despise most, Jews and uncivilized barbarians, the negro descendants of Ham who from the curse of Noah have been so backward, Cush and Sheba, shall supplant and surpass them as centers of the world's history (compare Deuteronomy 32:21 , Romans 10:19 , 11:20 , &c.). The inherited sinfulness of our nature shall be the only influence during the millennium to prevent the power of the transfigured Church saving all souls. All rights reserved. Jesus, while opposing the carnal views of the kingdom of God prevalent among the Jews in His day, does not contradict, but confirms, the Old Testament view of a coming, earthly, Jewish kingdom of glory: beginning from within, and spreading itself now spiritually, the kingdom of God shall manifest itself outwardly at Christ's coming again. Though sin will not be absolutely abolished--for men will still be in the flesh ( Isaiah 65:20 )--sin will no longer be a universal power, for the flesh is not any longer seduced by Satan. The flower of Shem, the representative of spiritual life, is Israel, even as the flower of Israel is He in whom all mankind is summed up, the second Adam ( Genesis 12:1-3 ). This is a chronologically-ordered Bible site with commentary on each passage. 2 And he called out with a mighty voice, p “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! Even nature and the animal world will share in the millennial blessedness. From the circumstances which precede. Revelation 20 (Rev 20:1) – 1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. Chapter 22: More Details about Life in New Jerusalem; the Conclusion of Yahovah’s Endtime Prophetic Word. A new time of revelation will begin by the outpouring of the fulness of the Spirit. The resurrection of the body is a blessed biblical truth, that is often overlooked or misunderstood. 1. All rights reserved. Since their rejection revelation has been silent. Electing grace has singled them out from the general mass. Salem Media Group. Compare "We must ALL appear," &c. Romans 14:10 , 2 Corinthians 5:10 . 10. that deceived--Greek, "that deceiveth." him that sat on it--the Father [ALFORD]. Revelation 19 Revelation 21 Chapter 20 This chapter is thought by some to be the darkest part of all this prophecy: it is very probable that the things contained in it are not yet accomplished; and therefore it is the wiser way to content ourselves with general observations, rather than to be positive and particular in our explications of it. Death and Hades, as personified representatives of the enemies of Christ' and His Church, are said to be cast into the lake of fire to express the truth that Christ and His people shall never more die, or be in the state of disembodied spirits. lake of fire--his final doom: as "the bottomless pit" ( Revelation 20:1 ) was his temporary prison. white--the emblem of purity and justice. John saw them not only when restored to life, but when in the act of reviving [BENGEL]. judgment was given unto of judging was given to them. Proud member Earthly and heavenly glories shall be united in the twofold election. Christ, with Almighty power, will keep the devil from deceiving mankind as he has hitherto done. "Lived" is used for lived again, as in Revelation 2:8 . So Revelation 1:7 , Greek, "and the which," or "and such as," particularizes prominently among the general class those that follow in the description [TREGELLES]. The 1,000 years symbolically represent an era of full victory for Christian people. And prominent among this class (the beheaded), such as did not worship the beast. Ezekiel's prophecy of Gog and Magog (Ezekiel 38:1-39:29') refers to the attack made by Antichrist on Israel before the millennium: but this attack is made after the millennium, so that "Gog and Magog" are mystical names representing the final adversaries led by Satan in person. All premillennialists interpret the thousand years of Revelation 20:1-6 literally. Copyright © 2020, Bible Study Tools. But ANDREAS omits "the.". The rights which Rome as a harlot usurped, shall be exercised in holiness by the Bride. A has but one Greek article to "Gog and Magog," whereby the two, namely, the prince and the people, are marked as having the closest connection. Revelation 20 describes the conclusion of Satan's career. Heretofore Christ's Prophetical mediation had been prominent in His earthly ministry, His Priestly mediation is prominent now in heaven between His first and second advents, and His Kingly shall be so during the millennium and at the general judgment. . The godly who were transfigured and reigned with Christ during it, shall also be present, not indeed to have their portion assigned as if for the first time (for that shall have been fixed long before, John 5:24 ), but to have it confirmed for ever, and that God's righteousness may be vindicated in the case of both the saved and the lost, in the presence of an assembled universe. the books . Revelation 20. The saints having been first pronounced just themselves by Christ out of "the book of life," shall sit as assessors of the Judge. From Revelation 6:9 , I infer that "souls" is here used in the strict sense of spirits disembodied when first seen by John; though doubtless "souls" is often used in general for persons, and even for dead bodies. The privilege of "our high calling in Christ" is limited to the present time of Satan's reign; when he is bound, there will be no scope for suffering for, and so afterwards reigning with, Him ( Revelation 3:21 ; compare Note, in the present age and in the pale of the Christian Church who does not also reign with Christ hereafter, the necessary preliminary to which is suffering with Christ now. ( Genesis 9:25-27 , Genesis 10:1 Genesis 10:5 Genesis 10:18 Genesis 10:25 Genesis 10:32 , Deuteronomy 32:8 recognizes the fact that from the first the division of the nations was made with a relation to Israel). Perhaps we ought to translate, ". Ezekiel's Gog and Magog come from the north, but those here come "from the four corners of the earth." . SATAN BOUND, AND THE FIRST-RISEN SAINTS REIGN WITH CHRIST, A THOUSAND YEARS; SATAN LOOSED, GATHERS THE NATIONS, GOG AND MAGOG, ROUND THE CAMP OF THE SAINTS, AND IS FINALLY CONSIGNED TO THE LAKE OF FIRE; THE GENERAL RESURRECTION AND LAST JUDGMENT. English Version, which omits the clause, rests on inferior manuscripts. B reads the second article before Magog wrongly. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. Compare Matthew 25:31 Matthew 25:32 Matthew 25:40 , "these My brethren." the key of the bottomless pit--now transferred from Satan's hands, who had heretofore been permitted by God to use it in letting loose plagues on the earth; he is now to be made to feel himself the torment which he had inflicted on men, but his full torment is not until he is cast into "the lake of fire" ( Revelation 20:10 ). Compiled & Edited by BibleStudyTools Staff, Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Due to the widespread false theories regarding this, we have included here a special study of it. . Compare, however, Matthew 25:34 Matthew 25:41 Matthew 25:46 . Postmillennialists maintain Christ will return after a long period of blessing on earth, hence the prefix post, meaning “after”: Christ will come after the millennium. "When Christianity became a worldly power under Constantine, the hope of the future was weakened by the joy over present success" [BENGEL]. The daily summaries are written by Wayne D. Turner, ... (Revelation 20:1-10) 1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. But A, B, and Vulgate omit "and.". from God--so B, Vulgate, Syriac, Coptic, and ANDREAS. As before he ceased by Christ's ascension to be an accuser in heaven, so during the millennium he ceases to be the seducer and the persecutor on earth. Out of seven years every seventh is the year of remission, so out of the seven thousand years of the world the seventh millenary shall be the millenary of remission. This also accords with 1 Corinthians 15:23 , "They that are Christ's at His coming." It was reached by a chasm reaching down into the earth and this the angel locks in order to keep the Devil in the abyss. the camp of the saints and the beloved city--the camp of the saints encircling the beloved city, Jerusalem (Ecclesiasticus 24:11). even the New Testament, is written by Jews. Their power is that of attraction, winning the heart, and not counteracted by devil or beast. 2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. Most of the Reformers and the Puritans were postmils. 11]. Next shall be those who have not bowed to the world power, but have looked to the things unseen and eternal. 6. Return from this … 18 After this I saw n another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and o the earth was made bright with his glory. At the end of chapter 19, Christ had returned to utterly destroy all those who had opposed Him. The guillotine in revolutionary France was a revival of the mode of capital punishment of pagan imperial Rome. where--so Coptic. General Comments on Revelation Revelation - Overview and Flow of the Book Go to Revelation Chapters 1-5 Go to Revelation Chapters 6-10 Go to Revelation Chapters 11-15 Go to Revelation Chapters 16-19 Appreciation - Many thoughts and references are … of for--Greek, "for the sake of"; on account of"; "because of." This text is the most controversial in the book of Revelation, and interpreters debate the credibility of various millennial views. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. Dispensational premillennialists take it a step further and teach that God has a plan for Israel that is separate from the Church. The body that sinned or served God shall, in righteous retribution, be the body also that shall suffer or be rewarded. that he should deceive--so A. The glory of the transfigured saints shall be felt by men in the flesh with the same consciousness of blessing as on the Mount of Transfiguration the three disciples experienced in witnessing the glory of Jesus, and of Moses and Elias, when Peter exclaimed, "It is good for us to be here"; in 2 Peter 1:16-18 , the Transfiguration is regarded as the earnest of Christ's coming in glory. The Chaining Of Satan (Revelation 20:1-3) The abyss was a vast subterranean cavern beneath the earth, sometimes the place where all the dead went, sometimes the place where special sinners were kept awaiting punishment. Satan shall not be permitted to enter this Paradise regained, to show the perfect security of believers, unlike the first Adam whom Satan succeeded in robbing of Paradise; and shall, like Pharaoh at the Rod Sea, receive in this last attempt his final doom. day and night--figurative for without intermission ( Revelation 22:5 ), such as now is caused by night interposing between day and day. But A omits the words. A mighty purification of the air will be effected by Christ's coming. The tendency of many interpreters at this point is to become apologists for a particular … Revelation 20:5. according to their works--We are justified by faith, but judged according to (not by) our works. Rather, the Son, to whom "the Father hath committed all judgment." . The context of Revelation 20:1-6 describes a period of 1,000 years during which Satan is “bound.” During this same time, people of God reign and have a peaceful regime compared to times of exceedingly fierce persecution. souls--This term is made a plea for denying the literality of the first resurrection, as if the resurrection were the spiritual one of the souls of believers in this life; the life and reign being that of the soul raised in this life from the death of sin by vivifying faith. As long as the devil rules in the darkness of the world, we live in an atmosphere impregnated with deadly elements. Becoming a harlot, the Church ceased to be a bride going to meet her Bridegroom; thus millennial hopes disappeared. 11. great--in contrast to the "thrones," Revelation 20:4 . Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. If revelation is to recommence in the millennial kingdom, converted Israel must stand at the head of humanity. Christ sets up the millennial kingdom, followed by the final rebellion, and the great white throne judgement. From the series of the whole book, representing one continued chain of events. Then in A.D. 1071, 9 one thousand years after the fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70, Satan was released from the Abyss, and the Seljuk Turks took control of Judea making travel dangerous for Christian pilgrims. George Eldon Ladd, in, notes the parallels between Ezekiel 36-39 and argues that Revelation 20 is the fulfillment of Ezekiel’s prophecy. Man created "to have dominion over earth" is to rejoice over his world with unmixed, holy joy. The "sea" may have a symbolical [CLUVER from AUGUSTINE], besides the literal meaning, as, in Revelation 8:8 , 12:12 , 13:1 , Revelation 18:17 Revelation 18:19 ; so "death" and "hell" are personifications (compare Revelation 21:1 ). If we fail to lay hold of the crown, we lose all, "the gift of grace as well as the reward of service" [DE BURGH]. 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