Revelation 20:1-3 & 7
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.
7 When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison
Why is it only satan who is bound and released as he is only a single fallen angle and can only be in one place at a time?
What about his legion of fallen angles why are not mentioned as being bound as they are mentioned as being kicked out of heaven?
Revelation 12:7-9
7 Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.8 But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven.9 The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
What is the purpose of satan being bound in the pit if his fallen angles are still around to carry on his evil work?
I believe that it is because the binding of satan is not a iteral binding unlike the banishing out of heaven which was literal.
It is the message of revelation chapter 20 that matters not the minor details and the message is that the great chain (the power of the gospel) is what binds satan from deceiving the nations. Satan is now confined to this world and the darkness of this world there is no escape for him.
The message is also that Jesus doesn't reign because satan is bound Jesus reigns because of who He is.
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.
7 When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison
Why is it only satan who is bound and released as he is only a single fallen angle and can only be in one place at a time?
What about his legion of fallen angles why are not mentioned as being bound as they are mentioned as being kicked out of heaven?
Revelation 12:7-9
7 Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.8 But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven.9 The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
What is the purpose of satan being bound in the pit if his fallen angles are still around to carry on his evil work?
I believe that it is because the binding of satan is not a iteral binding unlike the banishing out of heaven which was literal.
It is the message of revelation chapter 20 that matters not the minor details and the message is that the great chain (the power of the gospel) is what binds satan from deceiving the nations. Satan is now confined to this world and the darkness of this world there is no escape for him.
The message is also that Jesus doesn't reign because satan is bound Jesus reigns because of who He is.