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Revelation 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.
Revelation 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
As to the bottomless pit.
One can be cast into it---And cast him into the bottomless pit
One can be shut up in it and a seal set upon them---and shut him up, and set a seal upon him
It is a prison---shall be loosed out of his prison
In verse 2 and 3 the text indicates---And he laid hold on the dragon---And cast him into. How should we interpret that? Does this angel take hold of satan in a physical manner, then cast him, also in a physical manner, into a place of some kind?
A typical argument by non Premils would be the following. satan is a spirit being, therefore, how can he literally be confined somewhere, such as a place as the bottomless pit, assuming that is a place?
I might argue in return, the following.
Revelation 20:10 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.
Here we see this same satan is cast into somewhere as well, this time the lake of fire. Since satan is a spirit being, as non Premils might argue, shouldn't the same argument apply here as well? If the bottomless pit can't be a literal place that can hold satan, the fact he is a spirit being, the same should be true of Revelation 20:10. The LOF shouldn't be able to keep him confined either. But who would argue that, in regards to Revelation 20:10? The text indicates he shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever in the LOF. Can't fulfill that if the LOF can't keep satan confined the fact he is a spirit being.
Why then can the LOF be a place that keeps satan confined, regardless that he is a spirit being, but that the bottomless pit can't be a place that keeps satan confined, the fact he is a spirit being? Does anyone besides me see how inconsistent this is when one is reasoning these things in this manner? Shouldn't be a surprise though, since these very same ones are also inconsistent with their interpretation of the 2 resurrections mentioned in Revelation 20. The first resurrection they have meaning spiritual, while the 2nd resurrection they have meaning literal.
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.
Revelation 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
As to the bottomless pit.
One can be cast into it---And cast him into the bottomless pit
One can be shut up in it and a seal set upon them---and shut him up, and set a seal upon him
It is a prison---shall be loosed out of his prison
In verse 2 and 3 the text indicates---And he laid hold on the dragon---And cast him into. How should we interpret that? Does this angel take hold of satan in a physical manner, then cast him, also in a physical manner, into a place of some kind?
A typical argument by non Premils would be the following. satan is a spirit being, therefore, how can he literally be confined somewhere, such as a place as the bottomless pit, assuming that is a place?
I might argue in return, the following.
Revelation 20:10 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.
Here we see this same satan is cast into somewhere as well, this time the lake of fire. Since satan is a spirit being, as non Premils might argue, shouldn't the same argument apply here as well? If the bottomless pit can't be a literal place that can hold satan, the fact he is a spirit being, the same should be true of Revelation 20:10. The LOF shouldn't be able to keep him confined either. But who would argue that, in regards to Revelation 20:10? The text indicates he shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever in the LOF. Can't fulfill that if the LOF can't keep satan confined the fact he is a spirit being.
Why then can the LOF be a place that keeps satan confined, regardless that he is a spirit being, but that the bottomless pit can't be a place that keeps satan confined, the fact he is a spirit being? Does anyone besides me see how inconsistent this is when one is reasoning these things in this manner? Shouldn't be a surprise though, since these very same ones are also inconsistent with their interpretation of the 2 resurrections mentioned in Revelation 20. The first resurrection they have meaning spiritual, while the 2nd resurrection they have meaning literal.