SF592 - WHAT A DAY THAT WILL BE (Revelation 20 1-6)
SF592
WHAT A DAY THAT WILL BE!
Revelation 20:1-6
INTRODUCTION
What a Day that will Be...
What a day that will be, when my Jesus I shall see, When I look upon His face. The one who saved me by His grace. When He takes me by the hand and leads me through the promised land. What a day, glorious day that will be!
Man has been looking and longing for...
A day of balanced budgets, no more war, no more welfare, no more sickness, no more sorrow.
A day when the lion will eat straw with the lamb, and the child will play with the scorpion.
A Wonderful Day - A Glorious Day -
What a Day That Will Be...
1A. WHEN SATAN IS RESTRAINED (1-3)
1B. Who Is Restrained (2)
Dragon = cruel, powerful and ferocious.
Serpent = crafty and cunning
Devil = he is the accuser and the slanderer of the brethren.
Satan = adversary, enemy, my enemy, he is the enemy of everything, good, bright, holy, happy and wonderful
(1 Peter 5:8) "Be self‑controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour."
2B. How He is Restrained (1)
The angel of God!
A great chain... bound!
3B. Where He is Restrained (3)
The Abyss = the bottomless pit
(Jude 1:6) "And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their own home‑‑these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day."
Revelation 9 - Satan release demon spirits out of the abyss
Revelation 11 & 17 - The Beast is said to come out of the abyss
Satan is confined there for 1000 years!
4B. When He is Restrained (2)
1000 years = Millennium
1C. Amillennial Interpretation
No - millennial
They say this is to understood symbolically - Satan is already bound
1000 reign = heaven
Jesus commands us to pray for “His Kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.”
Jesus said “the meek will inherit the earth.”
2C. Postmillennial Interpretation
Jesus will return after the millennium
Believe that the world will keep getting better and will usher Christ in.
2 Timothy 3:1-5
3C. Premillennial Interpretation
Jesus will return and reign on earth for 1000 years Best fits the text and context - Revelation 19 - Return; Revelation 20 - Reign
Fulfills Prophecy
(Jeremiah 23:5‑6) ""The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land. {6} In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness."
5B. Why He is Restrained (3b)
2A. WHEN THE SAINTS WILL REIGN (4-6)
1B. The Saints Identified (4-5)
1C. They are the redeemed
OT and NT Saints
Tribulation Saints
(1 Peter 2:9) "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light."
2C. They are the resurrected
Two resurrections - First to life eternal; Second to death eternal
First resurrection has three phases
Likened to a Harvest (1 Cor. 15:20-23)
Christ is the Firstfruits (Mat 27:52-53) OT Priest - Wave offering of the firstfruits
The Rapture will be the Harvest OT the harvest followed the Firstfruits offering
The Tribulation Saint will be the Gleaning
2B. The Saints Characterized (6)
1C. Their character (6a)
Happy (blessed) and holy!
Happy = their state
Holy = their standing
2C. Their confidence (6b)
“The second death has no power...”
They do not have to fear death or Hell
Revelation 20:14-15
APPLICATION
Twice Born - One Death
Once Born - Two Deaths
What will it be for you?