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judgment and the future

Revelation 20:1-15

Revelation 20:1 Then I saw an agent coming down from the sky holding the key to the depthless place and a great chain in his hand.
Revelation 20:2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
Revelation 20:3 He threw him into the depthless place, closed it, and put a seal on it so that he would no longer deceive the nations until the thousand years were completed. After that, he must be released for a short time.
Revelation 20:4 Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. I also saw the throats of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, who had not worshiped the wild animal or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
Revelation 20:5 The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.
Revelation 20:6 Blessed and sacred is the one who shares in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.
Revelation 20:7 When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison
Revelation 20:8 and will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the land, Gog, and Magog, to gather them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the sea.
Revelation 20:9 They came up across the breadth of the land and surrounded the encampment of the devotees, the cared about city. Then fire came down from the sky and consumed them.
Revelation 20:10 The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the wild animal and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night for ages and ages.
Revelation 20:11 Then I saw a great white throne and one seated on it. Land and sky fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.
Revelation 20:12 I also saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged according to their works by what was written in the books.
Revelation 20:13 Then the sea gave up the dead that were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them; each one was judged according to their works.
Revelation 20:14 Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
Revelation 20:15 And anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

Christians differ on how they interpret the binding of Satan. I cannot bring myself to believe that Satan is bound in any way now, so that makes me a premillenialist.

What is the millennium for? I’m guessing that it will our chance as redeemed human beings to do things right for a change.

At the end of this chapter is the lake of fire, which (the text says) is the second death. No one escapes that fate unless his or her name is in the Lamb’s book of life. Eternity begins after that.

LORD, thank you for the promise of judgment upon Satan and his kingdom. Thank you for the promise of eternal life in your kingdom.