1. Chapter Twenty

2. Rev 20:1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

3. The Binding Of Satan

4. Rev 20:2 And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;

5. Purpose Of The Millennium To Fulfill The Covenants Of God 1. The Abrahamic Covenant 2. The Davidic Covenant 3. The Palestinic Covenant 4. The New Covenant

6. Rev 20:3 and he threw him into the abyss,

7. and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer,

8. The Release Of Satan

9. until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time.

10. Man has failed in every dispensation of human history Failed in a sinless state – The Garden Failed in a non-governmental state Failed in a theocratic state Failed in an ecclesiastical state In all the above conditions Satan was free to roam. God will remove the culprit to establish a new dispensation

11. Judgments Are Determined During The Thousand Years

12. Rev 20:4 Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them.

13. Possibilities 1Co 6:2 Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? If the world is judged by you, are you not competent to constitute the smallest law courts? Rev 20:6 Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection….they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

14. 1Co 6:3 Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more matters of this life? Mat 25:21 His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful over a few things; I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.

15. The First Resurrection

16. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God,

17. and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand;

18. and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

19. Rev 20:5 The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.

20. The First Resurrection Is Not A Time of Resurrection, But A Kind Of Resurrection Joh 5:28 Do not marvel at this, for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves shall hear His voice, Joh 5:29 and shall come forth, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have practiced evil to the resurrection of condemnation.

21. Act 24:15 And I have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. 1Co 15:21 For since death is through man, the resurrection of the dead also is through a Man. 1Co 15:23 But each in his own order: Christ the first-fruit, and afterward they who are Christ's at His coming;

22. Isa 26:19 Your dead ones shall live, together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is as the dew of lights, and the earth shall cast out the dead. 20 Come, my people, enter into your rooms and shut your doors around you; hide for a little moment, until the fury has passed by.

23. 21 For behold, Jehovah comes out of His place to punish the people of the earth for their iniquity; the earth also shall reveal her blood, and shall no more cover her dead. Dan 12:2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

24. Dan 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the desolating abomination set up, a thousand two hundred and ninety days shall occur. Dan 12:12 Blessed is he who waits and comes to the thousand three hundred and thirty-five days. Dan 12:13 But you go on to the end, for you shall rest and stand in your lot at the end of the days.

25. 3 1/2 1,260 30 1,290 45 1,335 Resurrection of Israel Dan 12:12 Blessed is he who waits and comes to the thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.

26. All Saved People Of Every Age Are Part of The First Resurrection

27. Rev 20:6 Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

28. The Work Of Satan Upon His Release

29. Rev 20:7 When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison,

30. Rev 20:8 and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the sand of the seashore.

31. Rev 20:9 And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them.

32. Rev 20:10 And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

33. The Great White Throne Judgment (Unbelievers Only)

34. Rev 20:11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them.

35. Rev 20:12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne,

36. and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.

37. Rev 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds.

38. Rev 20:14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

39. Rev 20:15 And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.