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Text -- Revelation 20:1-10 (NET)
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The Thousand Year Reign
20:1 Then I saw an angel descending from heaven , holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain .
20:2 He seized the dragon – the ancient serpent , who is the devil and Satan – and tied him up for a thousand years .
20:3 The angel then threw him into the abyss and locked and sealed it so that he could not deceive the nations until the one thousand years were finished . (After these things he must be released for a brief period of time .)
20:4 Then I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge . I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God . These had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand . They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years .
20:5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were finished .) This is the first resurrection .
20:6 Blessed and holy is the one who takes part 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 .
Satan’s Final Defeat
20:7 Now when the thousand years are finished , Satan will be released from his prison
20:8 and will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth , Gog and Magog , to bring them together for the battle . They are as numerous as the grains of sand in the sea .
20:9 They went up on the broad plain of the earth and encircled the camp of the saints and the beloved city , but fire came down from heaven and devoured them completely .
20:10 And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur , where the beast and the false prophet are too, and they will be tormented there day and night forever and ever .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Satan |
Vision |
Milleium |
Angel |
REVELATION OF JOHN |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, VI-X |
Millennium |
Resurrection |
Jesus, The Christ |
Abyss |
Year |
Pit |
Forehead |
Gog |
Key |
Church |
Righteous |
Magog |
Persecution |
Animals |
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NET Notes: Rev 20:1 The word “holding” is implied. The two clauses “having the key of the abyss” and “a huge chain in his hand” can be...
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NET Notes: Rev 20:2 Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
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NET Notes: Rev 20:3 Or “and shut.” While the lexical force of the term is closer to “shut,” it is acceptable to render the verb ἔκλ...
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NET Notes: Rev 20:4 On the use of the aorist ἔζησαν (ezhsan) BDAG 425 s.v. ζάω 1.a.β says, “of dead persons who r...
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NET Notes: Rev 20:6 The shift from the singular pronoun (“the one”) to the plural (“them”) in the passage reflects the Greek text: The singular pa...
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NET Notes: Rev 20:7 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.
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NET Notes: Rev 20:8 Grk “of whom the number of them [is] like the sand of the sea” (an allusion to Isa 10:22).
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NET Notes: Rev 20:9 See L&N 20.45 for the translation of κατεσθίω (katesqiw) as “to destroy utterly, to consume complete...
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