John S said:
Eric - You had to know in your heart that our good time wouldn't last - LOL.
As soon as Satan is bound up, there won't be any sin. There wasn't any sin in the Garden of Eden until he showed up.
BTW - If this topic of conversation continues, then it is no longer Eschatological - which it was meant to be.
Hi John S ... hopefully I am staying on topic here ..... for some reason I felt like quoting all of the "Millennium Chapter" and inserted a few random comments in blue .... I hope you and others also point out any intriguing snippets that stand out to them .... thanks .... Arnie
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Revelation 20 NIV
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.
(I notice it says the dragon, devil, & Satan are one and the same)
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.
(interesting the devil is called "him" ... denotes a personality)
I saw thrones
(plural) on which were seated those
(plural) who had been given authority to judge.
(sounds like there are "several" judges on "judgement day")
And I saw the souls
(interesting ... the souls can "be seen" ..... does that mean the soul has mass (substance) of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy are those who share 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.
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—and to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore.
(sounds like a lot of people) They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God’s people, the city he loves.
(city must be Jerusalem , Israel)
But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. 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.
(this is where the term "burn in Hell forever" comes from)
Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death.
Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
(here is where it says some people will burn forever .... yikes !!)
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