seekeroftruth
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Revelation 20:1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. 2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. 3 He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.
4 I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.
Here's where I got the commentary.Till the thousand years were finished: This thousand-year period is often known as the Millennium. Through church history, there has been many different ways of understanding the Millennium.
They lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years: These saints reign with Jesus for the same period of time that Satan is bound (a thousand years). They administrate the kingdom of Jesus Christ over the earth, reigning over those who pass from the earth of the Great Tribulation to the earth of the Millennium.
If a human didn't take the mark... they would die. No food, nothing to drink.... boils.... no clean air to breathe... they would die even if they didn't get caught by satan's buddies.BUT... they stood up for Jesus in the end. They were slaughtered because they refused to follow the beast or the dragon or satan. They are the humans Jesus has resurrected in these verses.
These are the humans who will be with Jesus on earth for the 1,000 years.
During that time... the beast, the dragon, and satan... will have no say. They won't be whispering in anyone's ear. People will only know Jesus. There will be no need for humans to choose good over bad.... bad just won't exist... outside of the abyss.
Jesus will lock them up.
