Revelation 20:7-15 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,… I. THE REACTION IS BROUGHT ABOUT IN THE MANNER IN WHICH MANKIND HAVE EVER DEGENERATED. 1. Here is deception. Hell and heaven are acting on our world through thoughts — the one through the false, and the other through the true. 2. Here is deception employed by Satan. "He hath blinded the minds of men." 3. Here is deception employed by Satan, first upon those who are most assailable, and afterwards through them upon others. II. THE REACTION IS OF A CHARACTER THE MOST THREATENING. 1. The vast number of its agents. 2. The anti-Christian aim of its agents. They made efforts to assault the most central and vital part of religion. III. THE REACTION TERMINATES IN THE EVERLASTING DESTRUCTION OF ALL ITS AGENTS. 1. There is in the universe a distinct local scene, where the wicked of all classes are to receive their righteous retribution. 2. The retribution which the wicked will endure in this scene will be of a most terrible description. "Fire" is the emblem of suffering (Zechariah 13:9; 1 Corinthians 3:13-15; 1 Peter 1:7); "brimstone" is the emblem of desolation (Job 18:15). (D. Thomas, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,WEB: And after the thousand years, Satan will be released from his prison, |
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