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If satan is bound in this present age like many assume, where in the following contexts does it allow for the time necessary in order to fulfill this?
Revelation 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Satan certainly can't be in the pit prior to this war breaking out in heaven. This at least tells us his being bound in the pit has to follow sometime after this war in heaven. I would think everyone at least agrees with that.
The text indicates he gets cast to the earth. So what does he do once he is cast to the earth?
Revelation 12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
He couldn't possibly be in the pit at this point either. The text depicts a satan on the loose, and not a satan bound in a pit. According to Revelation 20, satan does not war with anyone during the thousand years. It is therefore only before the thousand years and after the thousand years that he can logically wage war on anyone. During the thousand years he would be in the pit.
If satan is bound in the pit in this age, it would have to be meaning after verse 17 above has been entirely fulfilled. But if the fulfilling of verse 17 spans all the way until the 2nd coming, where does this allow for the time necessary in order to bind satan a thousand years? Doesn't this then show Premil is the only thing that will work here?
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,
Verse 1 says---And I saw an angel come down from heaven. Where would the angel logically be coming down to? The earth of course. Doesn't this at least tell us that the binding of satan has to be meaning a time post the war in heaven? Because if it doesn't, that should mean the angel doesn't need to come down anywhere to bind satan, he could simply do it in heaven while satan still had access to heaven.
And where does Revelation 12 indicate satan is cast to? The earth. Yet according to the text in Revelation 12 when he is cast to the earth, he is in war mode, something he would not be in while bound in the pit. And if his binding has to follow the fulfillment of Revelation 12:17 in it's entirety, how then can any position but Premil fit the chronology of these events?
Revelation 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Satan certainly can't be in the pit prior to this war breaking out in heaven. This at least tells us his being bound in the pit has to follow sometime after this war in heaven. I would think everyone at least agrees with that.
The text indicates he gets cast to the earth. So what does he do once he is cast to the earth?
Revelation 12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
He couldn't possibly be in the pit at this point either. The text depicts a satan on the loose, and not a satan bound in a pit. According to Revelation 20, satan does not war with anyone during the thousand years. It is therefore only before the thousand years and after the thousand years that he can logically wage war on anyone. During the thousand years he would be in the pit.
If satan is bound in the pit in this age, it would have to be meaning after verse 17 above has been entirely fulfilled. But if the fulfilling of verse 17 spans all the way until the 2nd coming, where does this allow for the time necessary in order to bind satan a thousand years? Doesn't this then show Premil is the only thing that will work here?
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,
Verse 1 says---And I saw an angel come down from heaven. Where would the angel logically be coming down to? The earth of course. Doesn't this at least tell us that the binding of satan has to be meaning a time post the war in heaven? Because if it doesn't, that should mean the angel doesn't need to come down anywhere to bind satan, he could simply do it in heaven while satan still had access to heaven.
And where does Revelation 12 indicate satan is cast to? The earth. Yet according to the text in Revelation 12 when he is cast to the earth, he is in war mode, something he would not be in while bound in the pit. And if his binding has to follow the fulfillment of Revelation 12:17 in it's entirety, how then can any position but Premil fit the chronology of these events?