Is the thousand years of Revelation chapter 20 symbolic?

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LOL Yusuf unny when you scream and shout. It smacks of someone who's getting really frustrated at the fact he cannot explain away any of the many scriptures and facts that get his pet theory into difficulty.

You've quoted a different and unrelated scripture in an attempt to explain what you cannot explain, but failed to answer the question, and you have still failed to address the OP in this thread.

So let me ask you another question:

In Revelation 20:10 we read about the devil being cast into the lake of fire where the beast and false prophet are.

How long have the beast and false prophet been in the lake of fire when the devil arrives?


Revelation 11:15-18 speaks for itself for those who do not need to ignore it to make their doctrine work. Anyone who can read sees it is "the time of the judgment of the dead", shortly after the seventh trumpet, which is the last trumpet in the Bible.


Who is the king of the angels of the bottomless pit?
Do you think Satan is going to let one of the other angels be king over him?


Rev 9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.


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The first thing we should take note of is that the New Testament was first written in ancient Greek; and in the Greek, χιλιάς chiliás = a thousand (one thousand); and every time the word "thousand" appears in Revelation chapter 20, it's a translation of the Greek word χιλιάς [ chiliás ].

A thousand (one-thousand): χιλιάς chiliás.

Two-thousands: δισχίλιοι dischílioi (example Mark 5:13).

Three-thousands: τρισχίλιοι trischílioi (example Acts 2:41).

Four-thousands: τετρακισχίλιοι tetrakischílioi (example Matthew 15:38).

Seven-thousands: ἑπτακισχίλιοι heptakischílioi (example Romans 11:4).

Five-thousands: πεντακισχίλιοι pentakischílioi (example Matthew 14:21).

Five thousand: (five times a thousand) Five (πέντε pénte) times a thousand (χιλιάς chiliás, one thousand) = pénte chiliás, five thousand (example Acts 4:4).

Ten thousand: (ten times a thousand) Ten (δέκα déka) times a thousand (χιλιάς chiliás, one thousand) = déka chiliás, ten thousand (example Luke 14:31).

Ten-thousands: μύριοι mýrioi (example 1 Corinthians 4:15).

Twelve thousand: (twelve times a thousand) Twelve (δώδεκα dṓdeka) times a thousand (χιλιάς chiliás, one thousand) = dṓdeka chiliás, twelve thousand (example Revelation 7:5).

Twenty thousand: Twenty (εἴκοσι eíkosi) times a thousand ((χιλιάς chiliás, one thousand) = eíkosi chiliás, twenty thousand (example Luke 14:31).

Fifty thousand: Five (πέντε pénte) times ten-thousands (μυριάς myriás) = pénte myriás, fifty ten-thousands (example Acts 19:19).

Thousands: μυριάς myriás (example Acts 21:20). It's also used for ten-thousands, and for an innumerable number, for example:

Revelation 5:11
"And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten-thousands (μυριάς myriás) times ten-thousands (μυριάς myriás), and a thousand (χιλιάς chiliás) times a thousand (χιλιάς chiliás)".

Every time the word "thousand" appears in Revelation chapter 20, it's a translation of the Greek word χιλιάς [ chiliás ] - one thousand only.

The thing that seals it for me, besides what you brought up here, which I fully agree with, is this. Every single place in the Bible where a cardinal number is followed by years, the amount of years specified are literally meaning those amount of years. One cannot find one example in the OT nor the NT where this is not true. This is the pattern throughout the Bible. If a thousand is also a cardinal number, it only stands to reason that the same has to be true for it as well when it too is followed by years. So unless someone can prove chiliás is not a cardinal number, this same pattern has to apply to it when followed by years.

When Premils and Amils debate these things, what do Amils typically like to bring up? Cattle on a thousand hills, for one. But what do hills have to do with years? Per the former, the point is that God doesn't just own cattle on only 1000 hills, he owns cattle on all hills. That can't be compared with a thousand years. A thousand years can never mean all years. It only means a certain amount of years. Even if it wasn't literally meaning a thousand, but was meaning more than a thousand, it still would not be meaning all years. Maybe they are trying to prove a thousand doesn't literally mean a thousand every time? But who is even disputing that? I know I'm not. Yet Amils seem to be disputing that a thousand can also literally mean a thousand as well.
 
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The thing that seals it for me, besides what you brought up here, which I fully agree with, is this. Every single place in the Bible where a cardinal number is followed by years, the amount of years specified are literally meaning those amount of years. One cannot find one example in the OT nor the NT where this is not true. This is the pattern throughout the Bible. If a thousand is also a cardinal number, it only stands to reason that the same has to be true for it as well when it too is followed by years. So unless someone can prove chiliás is not a cardinal number, this same pattern has to apply to it when followed by years.

When Premils and Amils debate these things, what do Amils typically like to bring up? Cattle on a thousand hills, for one. But what do hills have to do with years? Per the former, the point is that God doesn't just own cattle on only 1000 hills, he owns cattle on all hills. That can't be compared with a thousand years. A thousand years can never mean all years. It only means a certain amount of years. Even if it wasn't literally meaning a thousand, but was meaning more than a thousand, it still would not be meaning all years. Maybe they are trying to prove a thousand doesn't literally mean a thousand every time? But who is even disputing that? I know I'm not. Yet Amils seem to be disputing that a thousand can also literally mean a thousand as well.
I agree. What you say is logical, but logic is discarded when the plain meaning in the Bible needs to be changed to bring it in line with whatever Amills believe it should be saying.
 
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Revelation 11:15-18 speaks for itself for those who do not need to ignore it to make their doctrine work. Anyone who can read sees it is "the time of the judgment of the dead", shortly after the seventh trumpet, which is the last trumpet in the Bible.


Who is the king of the angels of the bottomless pit?
Do you think Satan is going to let one of the other angels be king over him?


Rev 9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.


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The first thing to note, as to the king of the pit. The text does not state that the king of the pit has been in the pit until someone opens it. It also does not state that it was not in the pit while it was shut. We have no way of knowing either way. It is only being assumed by you that the king has been in the pit while it was closed, because you assume this king is meaning satan, and that you are assuming this is meaning after he has been bound a thousand years. But anyone reading the text sees that it's locusts being released from the pit, not satan. And what are these locusts released to do? Something that satan would want them to do? No, something God would want them to do, and this is, torment the men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads, IOW torment followers of satan.
 
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Revelation 11:15-18 speaks for itself for those who do not need to ignore it to make their doctrine work. Anyone who can read sees it is "the time of the judgment of the dead", shortly after the seventh trumpet, which is the last trumpet in the Bible.


Who is the king of the angels of the bottomless pit?
Do you think Satan is going to let one of the other angels be king over him?


Rev 9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.


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The judgment of the dead which takes place in Revelation chapter 11 does not mean there will be no mortal survivors going into the one thousand years revealed by Jesus to His churches.

It also does not mean it's the final judgment of the dead - because Revelation 11 speaks of the judgment of the dead at the time the beast and false prophet are defeated and the martyred saints rise from the dead, which comes at the parousia of Christ; and the beast and false prophet are cast into the lake of fire - but Revelation 20 speaks of another judgment of the dead which occurs after Satan has been cast into the lake of fire, death and hades deliver ALL the dead in them, and the books are opened; and when Satan has been cast into the lake of fire, the beast and false prophet are already there (I'm talking about what's written in the Revelation, not what you want to be written in it or what you want it to be saying).

Revelation 11 closes by talking about the kingdoms of this world becoming the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ when the seventh trumpet sounds, the judgment of the dead and the resurrection of the martyred saints; but Revelation 20 closes by talking about the final judgment of the dead after a final rebellion and after Satan has been cast into the lake of fire, where the beast and false prophet already are (because they were cast into the lake of fire a thousand years earlier).

Just because you insist the Revelation has to fit your Amill theory, does not mean it does. The truth is, it does not fit your A-mill theory because if it did, the beast and false prophet would be cast into the lake of fire at the same time as Satan.

That's aside from the facts that the Greek word in Revelation 20 for a thousand years means one thousand years only, and the entire New Testament outside Revelation 20 does not speak of Satan being bound before the parousia of Christ. When are you going to address the OP in this thread?
 
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the entire New Testament outside Revelation 20 does not speak of Satan being bound before the parousia of Christ.

Then How did Jesus accomplish this feat without Binding Satan FIRST??:
Matthew 12:28-29
If I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you...how can anyone enter the strong man's house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.
(Jesus here absolutely claims to have bound Satan and plundered his house while He walked the earth, which is undeniably PRIOR to His Parousia)

Satan was cast out, judged, spoiled and bound by Jesus Christ:

John 12:31
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

1 John 3:8
For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

Hebrews 2:14
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same;
that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil.

Colossians 2:15
And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

2 Timothy 1:10
But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel

John 16:8,11
And when [the Holy Spirit] is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:...of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged

1 Peter 3:22
Jesus Christ, who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.

Acts 26:17-18
To the nations I now send you to open their eyes to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and inheritance among them who are sanctified by faith that is in me.

As for The Accuser, Who shall bring a charge against God's elect?

Romans 8:31-34
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? Who will bring a charge against God's elect? God is the one who justifies; who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.

1 John 5:18
he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

Satan is defeated to Christ and his Church. In fact, this was the very purpose of Christ's ministry (see 1 John 3:8; Hebrews 2:14-15; John 12:31; Col 2:15; Matthew 16:18-19; Matthew 28:18-19, etc), yet many today, including you, seem to deny that Christ was successful.

It certainly is true that those outside the Kingdom of God are bound in chains of sin and darkness and are the "sons of satan" (as was Cain and as were the rulers of Israel Jesus spoke against in John 8:44) -- but look at how bound and powerless satan is to all the Sons of God (Acts 26:17-18; Matthew 12:28-29; Luke 10:19; Mark 16:17, etc). Jesus said the time for the satan to have been cast out was back in HIS time (John 12:31).

So we must not UNDO the work of Christ in this matter by a retroactive faith that places us back in time as if we are a people living PRIOR to Christ's victory over satan. What a travesty it is, IMHO, to see how the eschatological doctrine of futurism is always robbing Christ of his power and completed work. It is not even uncommon to hear Christians say nearly blasphemous statements that satan is the god of this world, as if that means Christ is not Lord over him and indeed over all things (Matthew 28:18-19; 1 Peter 3:22; Eph 1:20-21; Rev 1:5; )

Finally, satan is most certainly NOT accusing any of the brothers any more. His ministry as the O.T. accuser of the saints came to an end when Christ stripped him of all authority and granted righteousness by faith to all the saints. Revelation 12:10-11 tells how the blood of the Lamb has granted this victory, and is tied to Paul's teaching in Romans:

Rom 8:30-31,33
Whom he foreordained, them he also called. Whom he called, them he also justified. Whom he justified, them he also glorified. What then will we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?... Who could bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

This passage shows how satan's O.T. role as accuser of the brethren (see Job 1 and 2; Rev 12:10-11) is now over. He simply can make no accusation, for the Judge has fully pardoned all his people and based upon the blood of His Sacrificial Lamb, Jesus.

Amazing Love and Victory!
 
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Please define "the Lord's day."
Genesis 2:4-5 is the first mention.

On the day when Adonai, God, made earth and heaven, 5 there was as yet no wild bush on the earth, and no wild plant had as yet sprung up; for Adonai, God, had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no one to cultivate the ground.
 
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Then How did Jesus accomplish this feat without Binding Satan FIRST??:
Matthew 12:28-29
If I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you...how can anyone enter the strong man's house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.
(Jesus here absolutely claims to have bound Satan and plundered his house while He walked the earth, which is undeniably PRIOR to His Parousia)

Satan was cast out, judged, spoiled and bound by Jesus Christ:

John 12:31
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

1 John 3:8
For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

Hebrews 2:14
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same;
that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil.

Colossians 2:15
And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

2 Timothy 1:10
But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel

John 16:8,11
And when [the Holy Spirit] is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:...of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged

1 Peter 3:22
Jesus Christ, who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.

Acts 26:17-18
To the nations I now send you to open their eyes to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and inheritance among them who are sanctified by faith that is in me.

As for The Accuser, Who shall bring a charge against God's elect?

Romans 8:31-34
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? Who will bring a charge against God's elect? God is the one who justifies; who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.

1 John 5:18
he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

Satan is defeated to Christ and his Church. In fact, this was the very purpose of Christ's ministry (see 1 John 3:8; Hebrews 2:14-15; John 12:31; Col 2:15; Matthew 16:18-19; Matthew 28:18-19, etc), yet many today, including you, seem to deny that Christ was successful.

It certainly is true that those outside the Kingdom of God are bound in chains of sin and darkness and are the "sons of satan" (as was Cain and as were the rulers of Israel Jesus spoke against in John 8:44) -- but look at how bound and powerless satan is to all the Sons of God (Acts 26:17-18; Matthew 12:28-29; Luke 10:19; Mark 16:17, etc). Jesus said the time for the satan to have been cast out was back in HIS time (John 12:31).

So we must not UNDO the work of Christ in this matter by a retroactive faith that places us back in time as if we are a people living PRIOR to Christ's victory over satan. What a travesty it is, IMHO, to see how the eschatological doctrine of futurism is always robbing Christ of his power and completed work. It is not even uncommon to hear Christians say nearly blasphemous statements that satan is the god of this world, as if that means Christ is not Lord over him and indeed over all things (Matthew 28:18-19; 1 Peter 3:22; Eph 1:20-21; Rev 1:5; )

Finally, satan is most certainly NOT accusing any of the brothers any more. His ministry as the O.T. accuser of the saints came to an end when Christ stripped him of all authority and granted righteousness by faith to all the saints. Revelation 12:10-11 tells how the blood of the Lamb has granted this victory, and is tied to Paul's teaching in Romans:

Rom 8:30-31,33
Whom he foreordained, them he also called. Whom he called, them he also justified. Whom he justified, them he also glorified. What then will we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?... Who could bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

This passage shows how satan's O.T. role as accuser of the brethren (see Job 1 and 2; Rev 12:10-11) is now over. He simply can make no accusation, for the Judge has fully pardoned all his people and based upon the blood of His Sacrificial Lamb, Jesus.

Amazing Love and Victory!
Overcome, overpowered and defeated are not the same thing as bound. You are implying by your argument that Jesus bound Satan, and had to bind Satan over and over again each time he cast out demons or healed the sick or raised the dead. You are implying also that when the apostles cast out demons, they were binding Satan over and over again.

In any case, in the Revelation you do not see the binding of Satan before the death, resurrection and ascension of Christ - your so-called "binding" took place a lot earlier than that, and was Satan being overcome or overpowered. He was not even defeated yet because his defeat took place at the cross, as per Revelation 12, and though defeated, he has not yet been bound and placed in the bottomless pit so that he is unable to deceive the nations.
 
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Overcome, overpowered and defeated are not the same thing as bound. You are implying by your argument that Jesus bound Satan and had to bond Satan over and over again each time he cast out demons or healed the sick or raised the dead. You are implying also that when the apostles cast out demons, they were binding Satan over and over again

Defeated is a lesser state than "bound"?
really?

Satan is only bound for Christ and those in Christ. He is never Bound for or by the unrepentant, nor will he ever be.

Contrary to what seems to be being argued here, The unrepentant will NEVER share in Christ's victory over satan.

That said, in the Matthew 12:28-29 passage, Did Jesus claim to have "Bound the strong man", or not?

Here it is again:

If I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you...how can anyone enter the strong man's house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.
 
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Defeated is a lesser state than "bound"?
really?

Satan is only bound for Christ and those in Christ. He is never Bound for or by the unrepentant, nor will he ever be.

Contrary to what seems to be being argued here, The unrepentant will NEVER share in Christ's victory over him.

That said, in the Matthew 12:28-29 passage, Did Jesus claim to have "Bound the strong man", or not?

Here it is again:

If I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you...how can anyone enter the strong man's house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.
In any case, in the Revelation you do not see the binding of Satan before the death, resurrection and ascension of Christ - your so-called "binding" took place a lot earlier than that, and it was a matter of Satan being overcome or overpowered. He was not even defeated yet because his defeat took place at the cross, as per Revelation 12.

So your thesis fails yet again.
 
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Satan is only bound for Christ and those in Christ. He is never Bound for or by the unrepentant, nor will he ever be.

Thats not true. Satan attacks believers all the time
 
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Who is the king of the angels of the bottomless pit?
Do you think Satan is going to let one of the other angels be king over him?

Rev 9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
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DavidPT's post #84 answers your post. I've given the same answer to you or someone else in this same thread.
 
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That's aside from the facts that the Greek word in Revelation 20 for a thousand years means one thousand years only, and the entire New Testament outside Revelation 20 does not speak of Satan being bound before the parousia of Christ. When are you going to address the OP in this thread?


Is Satan one of the angels that sinned?
Were those angels chained in some manner in the verse below?

2Pe_2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;


Does Christ give His followers power over the enemy?

Luk 10:17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
Luk 10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
Luk 10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Luk 10:20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.


Do you deny that Satan is the king of the angels of the bottomless pit in Revelation 9:11?

Do you deny that some angels are already bound in Revelation 9:14?


Do you believe Christ will be conducting funeral services for 1000 years after His Second Coming?


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Thats not true. Satan attacks believers all the time
He also attempts to beguile the church of Jesus Christ all the time too, just as he beguiled Eve in the garden.

Eve was the prototype of the bride, Adam of the groom. Our groom is Christ and cannot be beguiled by Satan - but the bride can.
 
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The first thing we should take note of is that the New Testament was first written in ancient Greek; and in the Greek, χιλιάς chiliás = a thousand (one thousand); and every time the word "thousand" appears in Revelation chapter 20, it's a translation of the Greek word χιλιάς [ chiliás ].

A thousand (one-thousand): χιλιάς chiliás.

Two-thousands: δισχίλιοι dischílioi (example Mark 5:13).

Three-thousands: τρισχίλιοι trischílioi (example Acts 2:41).

Four-thousands: τετρακισχίλιοι tetrakischílioi (example Matthew 15:38).

Seven-thousands: ἑπτακισχίλιοι heptakischílioi (example Romans 11:4).

Five-thousands: πεντακισχίλιοι pentakischílioi (example Matthew 14:21).

Five thousand: (five times a thousand) Five (πέντε pénte) times a thousand (χιλιάς chiliás, one thousand) = pénte chiliás, five thousand (example Acts 4:4).

Ten thousand: (ten times a thousand) Ten (δέκα déka) times a thousand (χιλιάς chiliás, one thousand) = déka chiliás, ten thousand (example Luke 14:31).

Ten-thousands: μύριοι mýrioi (example 1 Corinthians 4:15).

Twelve thousand: (twelve times a thousand) Twelve (δώδεκα dṓdeka) times a thousand (χιλιάς chiliás, one thousand) = dṓdeka chiliás, twelve thousand (example Revelation 7:5).

Twenty thousand: Twenty (εἴκοσι eíkosi) times a thousand ((χιλιάς chiliás, one thousand) = eíkosi chiliás, twenty thousand (example Luke 14:31).

Fifty thousand: Five (πέντε pénte) times ten-thousands (μυριάς myriás) = pénte myriás, fifty ten-thousands (example Acts 19:19).

Thousands: μυριάς myriás (example Acts 21:20). It's also used for ten-thousands, and for an innumerable number, for example:

Revelation 5:11
"And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten-thousands (μυριάς myriás) times ten-thousands (μυριάς myriás), and a thousand (χιλιάς chiliás) times a thousand (χιλιάς chiliás)".

Every time the word "thousand" appears in Revelation chapter 20, it's a translation of the Greek word χιλιάς [ chiliás ] - one thousand only.

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The second thing we should take note of, is that Revelation chapter 20 verses 1-3 clearly speaks of Satan being bound and locked up in the bottomless pit:

"And I saw an angel come down from Heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand (χιλιάς chiliás) years. And he cast him into the abyss and shut him up and set a seal on him, that he should deceive the nations no more until the thousand years should be fulfilled. And after that he must be loosed a little time."

Yet in his letter to the Christians in Corinth, Paul states, "But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them." (2 Corinthians 4:3-4).

So is Satan bound (or partially bound, or restricted) right now, and has he been over these last 2,000 years?

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In order to answer this question, the third thing we should take note of, is that Revelation chapter 12 speaks of Satan's ability to accuse the brethren before God having been completely destroyed; and we know this is by the cross of Christ because we are told that "they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony. And they did not love their soul to the death." (Revelation 12:11).

Therefore Satan, the accuser, had no legal right to appear in the court room anymore.

Immediately after this we are told that the devil has been cast out of heaven, and has come down to the earth and the sea "having great wrath, knowing that he has but a little time." (Revelation 12:12). We are then told about Satan going to war against "the woman" who had given birth to the Messiah, and then against "the rest of her seed, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." (Revelation 12:13-17), which of course, refers to Satan's war against the churches of Christ.

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The fourth thing we should take note of, is that both Jesus and His apostles taught, by implication of the things they said to the churches, that Satan is very active in the world:-

In Revelation 2:12 Jesus tells the church at Pergamos, "I know your works, and where you live, even where Satan's seat is. And you hold fast My name and have not denied My faith, even in those days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwells."

In Revelation 2:9-10 Jesus tells the church in Smyrna, "I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.".

In his letter to the Christians in Corinth, Paul states, "But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them." (2 Corinthians 4:3-4).

In Ephesians 6:11-12 Paul tells the Christians in Ephesus to "put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil", and then continues to say, "because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places".

In Acts 26:17-18, we read of Jesus telling Paul that He was sending Paul to the Gentiles ""To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me."

In Acts 5:3 we read that Peter said to a man named Ananias, "why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?"

In Romans 16:20, Paul tells the church in Rome that "And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly."

In 1 Corinthians 5:5 Paul tells the church in Corinth to deliver the person who had sinned grievously unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus."

In 1 Corinthians 7:5 Paul says to the married couples in the same church, "Do not deprive one another, unless it is with consent for a time, so that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer. And come together again so that Satan does not tempt you for your incontinence."

In 2 Corinthians 2:11 Paul tells the same church to forgive the person who sinned "Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices."

In 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 Paul refers to teachers of false doctrines who sought to beguile Christians as "false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ", and then goes on to say, "Did not even Satan marvelously transform himself into an angel of light? Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works." (2 Cor 11:14-15).

So Paul was calling the teachers of false doctrine "ministers (servants) of Satan".

In 1 Thessalonians 2:18 Paul tells the Christians in Thessaloniki that he had and those who accompanied him on his journeys tried to come to them, "but Satan hindered us."

In 1 Timothy 5:15 Paul says that some Christians "have already turned aside after Satan."

In 1 Timothy 3:6-7 Paul says that anyone desiring the office of a Bishop should "not a novice, lest being puffed up he may fall into the condemnation of the Devil; and it behoveth him also to have a good testimony from those without, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the devil."

James tells Christians, "Therefore submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." (James 4:7).

Peter tells Christians to "Be sensible and vigilant, because your adversary the Devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking someone he may devour; whom firmly resist in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions in the world are being completed in your brotherhood." (1 Peter 5:8-9).

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Over and over again, the activities of Satan in the world, whom Paul calls "the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not," is referred to in the New Testament, and Christians are warned and exhorted to be aware of this, and of the wiles of Satan, and to resist him.

In stark contrast to this, not once - not ever - does the New Testament outside of Revelation chapter 20 speak of Satan being bound, nor "partially bound" by having his activities in the earth restricted (any more than his activities in the world have always been restricted to an extent by God, from the time of the fall of Adam onward, throughout the Bible, where many times we read of cases where the activities of Satan in the world were restricted).


Therefore in my opinion, the only Biblical conclusion we can come to regarding the one thousand year period written about in Revelation chapter 20, is that this period has not yet come.

In my opinion, this should not be surprising to any Christian who reads the book of Revelation and learns from the Revelation that at the time the Revelation was penned, "the beast" (which the Revelation states will ascend from the abyss and be defeated by Christ at the time of His return, and then be destroyed by Christ in "the lake of fire burning with brimstone") "was" (existed at one time), "is not" (does not exist anymore), "and will ascend out of the abyss, and go to perdition".

The Revelation teaches that Satan will likewise be destroyed in the lake of fire after a thousand years - where the beast and and its false prophet (already) are.

In my opinion any eschatology ("end-times theology) presented by any church which teaches that Satan is (already) currently bound in some manner, is therefore patently false, and is probably based on a theological castle of sand built on the sea's side of the high tide mark.

Of course satan is not currently bound - he’s busy being god of this world, and looking for whom he may devour - his reign ends only when Jesus returns.
 
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Is Satan one of the angels that sinned?
Were those angels chained in some manner in the verse below?

2Pe_2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
No 2 Peter 2:4 is very clearly (very clearly) speaking of angels who were bound at a time which was already ancient history to the apostle Peter's day. They are not the same angels that were cast down to earth with Satan when he was cast out of heaven and down to the earth.
Does Christ give His followers power over the enemy?
The power to overpower or overcome, but it's not the same as binding.

Check for yourself if the Revelation speaks of the binding of Satan at any time before the death, resurrection and ascension of Christ.
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Do you deny that Satan is the king of the angels of the bottomless pit in Revelation 9:11?

Do you deny that some angels are already bound in Revelation 9:14?
You've already asked those questions in a long, long, long post earlier in this thread and I've already answered each one of your many questions in the long, long, long post you placed.

READ what you have already asked in a thread and what has already been replied to you before you ask the same dumb questions again (yes- DUMB - because when you ask a question and receive a reply to it, and then you ask the same question again, then you are playing whatever children's game you invented along the way).

Answer the questions I've already asked you which you have avoided replying to, and speak on the facts in the OP of this thread, because if you don't do both, I will ignore your posts also. I thought we made a deal in this thread after your first post.
 
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Of course satan is not currently bound - he’s busy being god of this world, and looking for whom he may devour - his reign ends only when Jesus returns.
Some Amills, I see, even attempt to use the fact that Satan was overpowered by both Christ and His apostles when demons were being cast out by them, as "support" for their theory that Satan is bound - but the poor fellas forget that the Revelation doesn't even speak about the binding of Satan as something which occurs at any time before the death, resurrection and ascension of Christ.

They confuse themselves in their desperate attempts to find scriptural support for something they have absolutely zero scriptural support for.
 
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I could be wrong but I have always taken it to be literal. Kinda like the 7 day week , 6 days work 7th day rest.
Somewhere Jesus had said , "They shall not enter my rest" , Which I have always assumed is the one thousand years.

Barnabus taught in his epistle, that the early church believed in the sabbath-millennium doctrine, that God took six days to create the world and rested on the 7th day, as a prophetical timeline of their being six thousand years - or days - between Adam and the second coming of Jesus, with the millennium being the 7th day, aka Gods rest for His people, spoken of in Hebrews 4.
 
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agreed

Mankind will not be enjoying an earthly 1000 year period of time on Earth following the second coming.

Scripture states Jesus will return physically to earth, the same way He left, and to the same place He left from - the mount of Olives.

He will split it in two, then destroy all the nations armies that are attacking Jerusalem.

He will rule the nations with a rod of Iron, and believers will reign and rule with Him, on the earth.

However long you wish to claim the time period will be after His second coming, it’s crystal clear, that the above events haven’t happened yet.
 
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No 2 Peter 2:4 is very clearly (very clearly) speaking of angels who were bound at a time which was already ancient history to the apostle Peter's day. They are not the same angels that were cast down to earth with Satan when he was cast out of heaven and down to the earth.


There is nothing in the Bible which proves what you are claiming above.
Do you think Satan now lives in heaven with God, and Christ?


Do you think Satan was in heaven after Genesis chapter 3?


The protoevangelium is found below in verse 15.
God promised Satan the seed of the woman would destroy him.

Gen 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

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