We begin now with chapter 20 of the Revelation of Christ the inspiration of GOD's being revealed in human form in His Image and Likeness having been Redeemed in all of humanity.
The Millennial Kingdom or The Thousand Year Reign:
Revelation 20:1-3 "And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 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." (KJV)
Revelation 20:1-3 "Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while." (ESV)
Revelation 20:1-3 "And I witnessed a Shepherd-herald descending out of the heavenly sphere and he had the key of the bottomless Abyss and a great chain over his hand. (Ephesians 4:8-9, "He who ascended is also He who descended into the lowest parts of the earth. The fact that He ascended confirms His victorious descent into the deepest pits of human despair." Revelation 9:1, "When the fifth Shepherd-Messenger blew his trumpet, I saw a star that had fallen to earth from the sky. This star was given the key to the shaft into the fathomless depths of the Abyss." [Jesus is the bright Morning Star of Revelation 2:28 and 22:16, 'I am the bright Morning Star!' Also 2Peter 1:1-19] see the note at the end of chapter 9 of Revelation.) And He overpowered the Dragon, in its every disguise as the old Serpent in the garden of Genesis('s record in chapter 3), also called the Devil, or going under the name, Satan, and chained him up for a thousand years. (From King David to Jesus was a thousand years! Rev. 3:7, 'I hold the key of David' as prophesied by Isaiah in 22:22! Yes, I unlock the mystery of the heavenly dimension and no one can shut the door! And I lock the entrance and none [of the old corrupted mindset, the result of the fall]can access it!' The links in the chain, are the prophetic words in the mouth of David and the Prophets till John the Baptist. These words already chained Satanas to the irreversible intention of GOD. Mat. 12:29; Is. 49:24-25, 26; Mark 3:27, Luke 11:21-23; 'Or how can one enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless He first binds the strong man? Then indeed He may plunder his house.' see the notes on Ophis, the old Serpent at the end of chapter 12.) He then hurled him into the bottomless Abyss, shut him up and set a seal upon him, and thus made it impossible for him to continue to deceive the Nations for the complete duration of the symbolic thousand years; He would then be let loose on the earth for a very short/brief moment." (Not to deceive the Nations, me planesey, is in the Aorist active subjunctive which is based on the function of the mood; The subjunctive mood suggests probability. The time of the action of the subjunctive mood is related to the time of the main verb[s], which in this case are ebalen [cast down] and ekleisen [shut up] as well as esphragisen [sealed], all three in the Aorist Active Indicative. These are completed actions accomplished in the tetelestai of Jesus on the cross! The defeat of the diabolos-system (wrong mindset with its religious systems of accusing and self works) is a sealed deal - its deceptive nature in the Nations is only possible with their consent - Paul announced in Acts 17, that GOD had overlooked the times of humanity's ignorance and Now implores all humanity wherever they are in space or time, to awaken (no repentance, no judgment required)to their redeemed innocence! (The word metanoia, does not mean "repentance" it does suggest an awakening to the awareness of GOD's thoughts; Is from meta, together with and nous, mind or mental awareness. That is to say as Simon bar Jonah and Saul of Tarus became awakened, among many others.)
The complete contrast of Jesus' resurrection is pictured here, Jesus' tomb was secured with a large rock, then sealed and guarded by Roman soldiers; Yet Jesus rose and came back with the keys of Death and Hades, the stone was rolled away by an earth quake at that very moment and He stepped out victorious (Mat. 27:51b-54)leading humanity out as His trophies! What happened in the brief moment of Jesus' descent into this Abyss is paralleled against its enduring effect of chaining up of the Devil for a symbolic thousand years.
This is a clear announcement of what happened in Jesus' descention into hell where He defeated the reign and claim of darkness in the HQ of humanity's deepest pits of despair and then, in His resurrection He co-raised the entire human race into a place (of our origin Gen. 1:26-27) of joint-reigning with Him again from the heavenlies! See again Hosea 6:2 and Eph. 4:8-10, also Col. 2:14-15. (see the extended note on the Thousand Years at the end of this chapter, also those on Armageddon at the end of chapter 16.) (The Mirror, with editing.)
Now may the LORD of ALL bring us to our next visit with more light of a renewed mindset of Romans 12:1-2.
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