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with the defeat of the harlot, beast, and false prophet in chapter 19 the main story of Revelation has been completed
heavy persecution is coming from the Roman Empire
it will seek to force them into emperor worship
they need to be faithful, even in death
God will take care of them and will eventually bring the persecuting power down
Epilogue
Satan the dragon remains.
What happens to him?
what does it say
John sees an angel with a key to the abyss and a great chain and locks it and imprisons him for 1,000 years.
The reason this is done is to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore.
still symbolism!!! Satan isn’t really a dragon, God doesn’t actually bind him with a chain and throw him into a bottomless pit
but the message remains, satan is going to be restrained
Has Satan always been bound?
Has Satan always been under limits?
YES!!! God has never allowed him to do whatever he wants.
Notice Job
had satan not been bound how could Jesus have entered the house and cast out demons
he won a victory over satan and certainly put severe limits on him
satan was cast down, defeated, and limited in that he could no longer be the accuser of the brethren
God has always held the upper hand and has limited satan in different ways and different times
When does the binding begin?
after the fall of the Roman Empire (end of chapter 19 and beginning of chapter 20)
What’s the binding for?
to keep Satan from deceiving the nations anymore
what had he done earlier in the story?
deceived the nations and collected them into the Roman Empire.
coalition of nations to join him in trying to wipe out the church.
I LET HIM DO IT ONCE BUT I WILL NOT LET HIM DO IT AGAIN!
not same binding that happened when Jesus died on the cross.
Limitation on what Satan was just allowed to do.
he can still tempt others to sin
he can still work against the church in some ways
but he will not be allowed to try to wipe out Christianity by persecution through a world-wide empire.
(during that 1,000 years another event is taking place)
Souls are Reigning for 1,000 years
Who reigns with Christ?
those who had been beheaded (killed)
We have seen these people before, have we not?
asking how long?
In chapter 7 they are wearing white robes and serving before the throne of God
Chapter 14 joined by the martyrs & 144,000 and they all followed Lamb and sang a song that only they could sing.
Chapter 15 the same martyrs were gathered around the heavenly sea where they sang the song of Moses and the Lamb and were identified as those who were victorious over the beast.
Chapter 19 they shout Hallelujah because the harlot has been judged, and then they join Christ as he rides in victory over the two beasts
these are the martyrs of the Roman persecution, they passed thru the fiery trial, they were killed for refusing to worship the beast.
nothing is said about anyone else reigning with Christ during this time.
Why do they reign with Christ?
what just happened in the context of the story?
chapter 19 the Roman Empire and the cult of emperor worship were thrown into the lake of fire.
two great enemies of the church have been defeated
those who thought to persecute the church out of existence have failed
satan is bound so he can’t do again what he has just done.
What would Christ and the martyrs to naturally as a result of all this?
celebrate
This 1,000 years is a victory celebration
what is the celebration like?
long celebration - symbolic 1,000 years
like a Resurrection because their cause lives on and their cause survives
not a bodily resurrection but a revival, a declaration that the second death, lake of fire, has no power over them
As a victory celebration
Where do they reign with Christ?
nothing is said directly about where they are.
Certainly nothing is said about their reign being on earth.
But there are plenty of clues to tell us where Christ and the souls are.
notice they are in the status of “souls” - souls with no bodies do not live on the earth, they live in the spiritual realm
the souls have been in the spirit realm since we met them in 6:9 under the altar
they were in heaven serving God in chapter 7
were in heaven with Christ chapter 14
were in heaven praising God in chapter 15
were in heaven praising God for the destruction of the harlot in the early part of chapter 19
were riding with Christ in a spiritual battle over the beast at the end of chapter 19
none of these would suggest that the souls are physically on earth
Christ has been in heaven
since chapter 5 when he came before the throne as a Lamb that been slain
in heaven where the martyrs followed him in chapter 14
and in chapter 19 where Christ rides in victory over the beast and the false prophet, he achieves this by the “power of His Word” (19:15).
Not by leading an earthly military.
Christ and Martyrs sit on thrones
When do they reign with Christ?
some believe that this will take place after Christ returns
beginning point is the fall of the roman empire the beast
when we realize that those who reign with Christ are the martyrs of the roman persecution it only makes since that their reign would begin when Rome falls.
When does it end?
1,000 years = symbolic.
Up until this point the numbers like the 144,000 42 month, 1260 days were not literal why would it be here.
chapter 20 gives us some other clues
in v.11-15 we have a picture of the final judgment when all the dead are gathered before the throne of God.
time in between v. 6 and 11 is a little or short time (v.3) not a definition time but a description of the time.
1,000 years is a figurative period to describe the time, however long it is, from the victory over the Roman Empire to the end of time
to those who say that the thousand year reign begins with Christ return and that he will reign earthly.
the nature of his kingdom is spiritual not physical
christ was raised form the dead, later he will return and raise the dead, thus defeating His last enemy death.
Then he will return the kingdom to God
from after the fall of Rome until shortly before Christ reign
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