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I don't see anything in Scripture that says that they can't be (nor won't be). The binding of satan is due to what Christ's death on the cross did to the Accuser's leverage (Jesus "took away the sin of this world"; He defeated death - removed it's sting).....but Christ hasn't taken away humanity's free will.
If you were to go outside of Revelation 20, yet stay within the book of Revelation, can you point out anything in the other chapters showing when satan is initially bound? Some folks can allegedly find other places in Revelation having to do with his release from the pit, but what about when he initially gets cast into it though?
Take note of the following, for example. BTW, I enjoy discussing things with you even if we can't come to a mutual agreement about some things. I sincerely value your input, regardless.
Revelation 18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
The way I tend to look at this, one thing I notice is this----for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
Can't imagine any of that happening without satan's involvement. This then tells me this is meaning a time when satan is not in the pit. It would seem to me then, what happens here in Revelation 18 at the end of these things, it either leads to him getting bound in the pit a thousand years so that he can't deceive the nations anymore for awhile. Or this leads to him getting cast into the LOF next, because these things would have involved the time of his little season post the finish of the thousand years. The former assumes the thousand years follows the 2nd coming. The latter assumes the thousand years precede the 2nd coming.
No one should be able to deny that the chronology would be such. satan deceives the nations. satan is then bound, thus no longer deceives the nations. satan is loosed, thus deceives the nations yet again. The question remains, the events recorded in Revelation 18, do they lead to him getting cast into the BP next? Or do they lead to him getting cast into the LOF next?
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