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

Per Gloria,

I don't know about you, but it seems to me that the whole of Revelation chapter 20 does not at all fit in with the rest of the KJV and it seems to me that it is an insertion by unholy men, as it makes the claim in it, "This is the First Resurrection" which confuses the whole issue, and I just have never been able to accept this.

If it wasn't for that verse, it should be absolutely clear that the First Resurrection has already taken place when some of the redeemed believers appeared in Jerusalem after Yahuah's resurrection. .

There will be a second resurrection of the redeemed dead again before we, the believers are taken up to meet Yahusha in the sky,. This is immediately followed by His White Throne Judgment of the living and the dead -- for the believers, it will be rewards, or lack thereof.

It is ridiculous to think of a Millennium is coming, when we are being told there will be a new Heaven and a new Earth, and the bride descending, which is the New Jerusalem. I repeat: This is the bride. So why are believers insisting we are the bride? The two sticks are one when believers of the tribe of Judah/Benjamin have their eyes opened and accept its Messiah. Maybe the video will explain some of these things, but for now, correct me if I'm wrong in what I have just written. I don't want to hear what the church believes, just what the Word of Yahuah says. We all need these things cleared up after years in churches of false teachings, or worse yet, no teachings on these subjects which has been my experience. No one in the church over the years would ever touch the book of Revelation. Let me know what your understanding of this is if it differs from mine. Thanks. If the video clears all this up, I will be surprised.

Gloria

This is an understanding that I have reached myself and am very grateful for this very easy explanation done by Gloria. The Word is True however, we have always had none-scrupulous men that added to or took away in order to serve their masters. In this case, the masters are those that want to bring about their Third Reich. Thank You Gloria. Gerlinda

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by Gerlinda

Yes, As Zen says, "Everyone from Adam to that Thief was led free at the Resurrection of Christ". He defeated Death. “For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.” Acts 2:27 & Psalm 16:10.


Something just dawned upon me. Read this verse again.

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.' In other words, he shall join the other two.

Who is it that is suppose to rule for a 1,000 years according to their plans? Remember the Third Reich of Hitler that failed? It is the A/C and False Prophet along with Satan. So, if the other two are cast into the Lake of Fire, why isn't Satan also cast into the Lake of Fire for ever and ever?

In fact, Isaiah 15:20 tell us this ( Holman Christian Standard Bible)
You will not join them in burial, because you destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of evildoers will never be remembered.

Doesn't it say here? The off-spring of the evildoers will never be remembered, so it is contrary to this scripture to let these off-spring still live another 1,000 years only to be fooled one more time by Satan.


Again, it appears that this punishment Satan was given was right after he and his followers brought so much destruction upon the Pre-Adamic Earth known as the First Earth Age which he apparently served, was let loose in time to start his deception with Adam & Eve and all of his own off-spring in the Final Battle.

So, I ask, "Could there have been 1,000 years in the First Earth Age, 1,000 years that Satan served in prison prior to the creation of Adam & Eve?

After the Passion of Christ, this account was given when Pilate had the Chief Priests open the books concerning the Messiah. The chief of the priests marvelled at the signs which came to pass on his account, did open the Bible, and searched out all the generations unto the generations of Joseph and Mary, the mother of Christ, taking her to be the seed of David; and we found that from that day when God made the heaven and the earth and the first man, from that time unto the flood are 2,212 years:

and from the Flood unto the building of the tower 531 years;

and from the building of the tower unto Abraham 606 years

and from Abraham unto the coming of the children of Israel out of Egypt 470 years

and from the going of the children of Israel out of Egypt unto the building of the temple 511 years;

and from the building of the temple unto the destruction of the same temple 464 years;

So far found we in the Bible of Esdras; and inquiring from the burning of the temple unto the coming of Christ and his birth we found it to be 636 years, which together went five thousand and five hundred years like as we found it written in the Bible that Michael the archangel declared before unto Seth, the third son of Adam, that after five thousand and a half thousand years Christ the Son of God hath (? should) come.

Hitherto have we told no man lest there should be a schism in our synagogues; and now, O excellent judge, thou has adjured us by this holy Bible of the testimonies of God, and we do declare it unto thee; and we also have adjured thee by thy life and health that thou declare not these words unto any man in Jerusalem.

Gospel of Nicodemus, New Testament Apocrypha

So, if Messiah came right on time and the second temple destroyed in 70 AD, how far down the road are we now?

This has always been confusing. But it seems we are nearing the end when Christ/Yahusha will return bodily and not to give Satan another chance. But as He said, "It is Finished."

The thing is... once in the Lake of Fire, there is no coming back out to be given another chance.

There have been just too many re-arrangements and removal of scriptures by the KJV to give us an accurate picture of events. Too much hangs in the air as taught by the Jesuits in the Seminaries of the Protestant denominations as well as by the Vatican

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