Revelation 20

20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.


KJV

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Revelation 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

There is something very odd about these scriptures. We tend to think of the Dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan as totally free to do as he wants.

Verse 2 sounds a lot like Revelation 9:2-4 except the above scripture seem to show his being thrown into the Bottomless Pit and the following scripture shows him being released for a short time.

Revelation 9:2-4 "And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto
Them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

The King to be released, Nimrod ( who has multiple names)is Satan in a human body. He desires to return to the Days of Old Babylon. His followers desire his return also and are preparing the way to open that pit, aren't they?

I believe that the same translators that have given us so many false notions and even hiding truths such as what really happened in the Garden or that there is a very real Satanic Seed-line that today rule the world, who are called The Illuminati, could also have added this 1,000 years at the end when it is very clear that Satan, the A/C & False Prophet will be thrown into the Lake of Fire at the Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. That is forever.

Somewhere, a thousands years prior to this time, Satan was thrown into the pit where he remains as King of His demons who roam the earth looking for people to possess who will do his bidding.

I believe we have given him way more power than he possesses. The Lord Jesus Christ is in control and Satan's power is limited.

Why, would our Lord Jesus Christ allow Satan another chance at the End of the Final Battle to return once more? Jesus has finished it once and for all? Only those deceiving the Believers now are preparing the world for their 1,000 year rule they believe is coming.

You see, what most Christians do not realize is that Satan had the earth to himself and his followers before Adam & Eve were ever thrown out of Paradise and relegated to earth. A reading of books such as Earth's Earliest Age by George H. Pember and others that get into Genesis 1 will shed light on this time period of earth.

God destroyed Satan's first earth rule because it became so evil when He sent the first flood where there was not even a bird left. We know there were birds left in Noah's day; he was commanded to save two of each kind, wasn't he? So, there is no use in saying that was the same flood. It was not.

God told Adam & Eve to replenish the earth. You don't replenish something that hasn't already been there before. The difference this time is that these humans were made in the image of God.

Bottom line, we've been deceived by Jesuit Translators, not God, to believe there will be a 1,000 year reign and then we have this struggle between Satan and Jesus all over again.

I happen to have come, through study, to the conclusion that there is a 1000 year mentioned but where it took place is the great question.

Jesus finished it at the Cross and is allowing those here on earth to make their choice for Him or to go down the wide path of the Devil.

We are already into the end of the 6,000 years, soon to see the rise of A/C indwelled by Satan himself for that final battle.

Seven is the number of REST. That is it, no more chances for this Old He-Goat and his can eaters.

I am not being dogmatic about this thought whatsoever. I put it out there for consideration in light of the fact, "Why would the Lord God allow Satan ANOTHER chance. When do those chances end OR are they about to end?

Gerlinda

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