Jay, in Revelation 20, after the thousand years, Satan launches one last deception of the nations. Then, in Revelation 20:10 Satan is cast into the lake of fire - where the beast and false prophet "are", and will have been for a thousand years.
10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
At Jesus's Second Coming:
1. the beast and false prophet cast alive into the lake of fire.
2. Satan cast into the bottomless pit prison.
After the thousand years and Satan's final deception of the nations:
1. Satan is then cast in the lake of fire as well.
Douggg,
We can all agree that Satan was one of the Heavenly hosts at one time and that he had rebelled, but he and the other heavenly hosts, know in the scriptures as the four winds of heaven, i.e., the four beasts of Daniel 7:1-12 and the little horn, who rebelled with Satan retained their access to the heavenly places until such time that they are judged in heaven and kicked out of heaven down to the earth at the same time that the kings of the earth are judged at Armageddon, which will occur around 20 years from now. The scripture that confirms this can be found in Isaiah 24:21-22 where both the judged heavenly hosts and the judged kings of the earth will be gathered together and imprisoned for many days in a pit to away the time of their punishment.
In Rev 20 in verse 3 we are told that Satan is imprisoned when he is kicked out of heaven down to the surface of the earth, in the Bottomless pit for 1,000 years, and because he was judges as foretold in Isaiah 24:21-22, the four beasts of Daniel 7:1-12 plus the Little Horn are also imprisoned at the same time as Satan also for the same 1,000 years that Satan is imprisoned for.
Then in verses 7-9a of rev 20 we are told that Satan is released from the bottomless pit, " and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle."
Now in Rev 9 we are told that the Bottomless Pit is unlocked, and the kings of the earth rise up out of the pit, "and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth. They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion. In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them." The kings of the earth, described as locusts were given five months to injurer the people of the earth.
Then the sixth angel with the trumpet was told to release the four angels that were bound at the River Euphrates . . . were released to kill a third of mankind.
Then in Rev 17 John saw "a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.
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The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss, i.e., the Bottomless Pit, and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be."
Then in Rev 13 we are told of "a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea." similar to the beast described in Rev 17. "One of the heads of the beast appeared to be mortally wounded. But the mortal wound was healed, and the whole world marveled and followed the beast. They worshiped the dragon who had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can wage war against it?”
Then we are told about another beast that rises up out of the Bottomless Pit: - "Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon. And this beast exercised all the authority of the first beast and caused the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose mortal wound had been healed.
And the second beast performed great signs to cause even fire from heaven to come down to earth in the presence of the people. Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived. The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed."
After this we are told in Rev 19: - Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”
Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies assembled to wage war against the One seated on the horse, and against His army. But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse.
And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh."
Now we must return to Rev 20 where we learn: - "When the thousand years are complete, Satan will be released from his prison,", i.e., the bottomless pit, "and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them. And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever."
After this we are told by John about the coming of Jesus to judge the peoples of the earth with the righteous inheriting the whole earth and the unrighteous being cast into the Lake of Fire.
I believe that the above is the right order of understanding of many of the events that are described with respect to the End Time, particularly as described in the Book of Revelation.
Now Douggg, you can disagree with the order of the event presented above, but in the quote above from your previous post, I believe that it shows that the order in which you have placed many of the end time event in, is faulty.
Goodbye
Ps Edited to help
@Douggg without changing the meaning or intent of what i had said.
