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

By Gerlinda

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.

The above verse makes no sense at all, especially in light of the fact that the old serpent, the Devil and Satan, through his rebellious nature and hatred for God destroyed the earth in The First Earth Age. Because this Age is totally neglected in the 66 books of the Bible, it leaves us ignorant of the First Flood that The Almighty caused to come upon Satan and his minions. In that flood, not even a bird survived. This has been told on this site often and verified by Jeremiah 4:23-27

"I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger. For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end."

This took place prior to the 7 days of creation of Earth where Adam & Eve were told to replenish the earth. You cannot replenish unless there was once a prior creation.

This is what I believe the scribes of Rome left out of the scriptures just as they did The Book of Enoch. Why would they leave out such important information? Because it revealed who they were and what their goal was to Return, Rebuild because they Remembered their dominance of the whole earth before God destroyed it in the First Flood. You see, there were cities that these Fallen Angels built. The endless artifacts now being found are of days prior to that 1st flood, not just since Noah's flood. In fact, the city of Atlantis under the Atlantic Ocean is proof of such a time. It was a massive place that had it's rulers (gods). It was so evil, that it was completely flooded in the First Earth Age.

The Almighty knows the beginning from the end so knew that this would be done. But, I believe that once this fact is known about the First Earth Age, that the 1,000 years that the Devil was confined to prison was after the First Earth Flood and the creation of the Second Earth Age in which Adam & Eve were made in the image of God and put within them the Spirit of their Creator.

These facts I did not know either until Steven recommended I read "Earth's Earliest Ages" by George H. Pember. Please read these facts for yourself before any "thumbs down" on this Biblical fact is disregarded. Thanks for that consideration.

This is why I have had to switch my prior belief in a thousand year reign of Christ on Earth as a twist of scriptures or the total elimination of the earlier age after which it points to when Satan was imprisoned and released once the Second Earth Age began.

It makes no sense to keep giving Satan another chance after Christ has paid the price of man's redemption. He said, "It is Over", did He not? If man has not accepted Christ/Yahushua as His Savior by time of His Second Coming, it is too late. Choices have been made.

I know there will be those that the Book of Revelation tells us not to add to nor take away. The followers of Satan have no problems putting that sentence in the book to keep the reader from investigating. It is like the TV Evangelist insisting that a person is not to mess with God's Anointed. That is a joke for them to assume they are God's anointed. They are clearly using words to keep their identity a secret.

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.

Who was it that were resurrected with Christ when He arose from the grave? Wasn't it ALL the Faithful that had died prior to His own Death? Christ was the First Fruit and those with Him took part in The First Resurrection. Do we see how confusing these verses are in the grand picture of what has already taken place?

Now, with that information provided for us, be sure to read the rest of this reading with the real intent in mind.

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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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