Revelation 20

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Revelation

Millennium – the thousand year reign of Jesus

1.A-millennialism – 1,000 years are symbolic

2.Pre- Millennialism – Christ comes before the 1000 year reign

3.Post – Millennialism - Christ comes after the 1,000 year reign

Satan – his activities and power:

• Satan wants to accuse us in front of God

• Satan is a murderer and the Father of lies

• Satan confuses the minds of men to keep them from God

• Satan is lawless – he works against God’s laws and is able to produce false signs, wonders and miracles

You can’t whitewash your sins and get by with it; you find mercy by admitting and leaving them.

Proverbs 28:13 The Message

Recapitulation –A recapitulation, or "recap," is a summary, review, or restatement. The purpose of a recapitulation is to remind your reader or audience of your main points. There's no new information in a recapitulation, just the same information in a smaller, more condensed form. The prefix re- is a signal that a recapitulation involves repeating something.

Revelation 12:7-11 Revelation 20:1-6

Heavenly scene (7) Heavenly scene (1)

Angelic battle against Satan (7-8) presupposed battle with Satan(2)

Satan cast to earth (9) Satan cast into the Abyss (3)

4-fold description (9) 4-fold description (2-3)

Satan’s great wrath (12) Satan released (3)

Satan’s fall/Christ’s rule (10-11) Satan’s fall/Christ’s rule (4)

Saint’s rule based on Satan’s fall, Saint’s rule based on Satan’s fall, Christ’s victory and their Christ’s victory and theirfaithfulness (11) faithfulness (4)

Millennium – the thousand year reign of Jesus

1.A-millennialism – 1,000 years are symbolic

2.Pre- Millennialism – Christ comes before the 1000 year reign

3.Post – Millennialism - Christ comes after the 1,000 year reign

A-millennialism – 1,000 years are symbolic

• The entire time between the first Advent – Christ coming to earth and the second Advent – the second coming.

• “One thousand is a symbolic number; it stands for God’s perfect timing”• Perfect mercy – extended time to repent

• Satan bound for a thousand years: figurative language that the devil’s power is curtailed and limited. Satan’s power is curtailed because of the presence of the Incarnate One – Jesus.

Pre- Millennialism – Christ comes before the 1000 year reign

• A time of heaven on earth: Christ is physically present again and the entire world enjoys the benefits of the perfect earthly king.

• Tend to have a negative view of the world, things are really bad and will continue to get worse until Christ comes again.

• The role of the church is to warn people of God’s coming judgment

Historic Pre- Millennialism – the historic teaching of the church fathers.

• Christ second coming will usher in a literal 1,000 year reign on earth after conquering the anti-Christ and Satan –

• The Second coming is 1-event with 2 resurrections – the righteous and the wicked.

• This is the most straightforward reading of the text; required to fulfill various OT prophecies.

Dispensational Pre- Millennialism – • The appearance of the Anti-Christ, the tribulation, the rapture all take place

before Christ coming in victory.

Second coming is 2 events 1. Rapture – in secret2. In Victory – visible.

4 resurrections3. Rapture4. 7 years later the tribulation saints (144,000) at the beginning

of the millennium5. OT & Saints after the millennium6. Final resurrection of the wicked

3 judgments7. Raptured Saints8. The nations9. The wicked at the end of the millennium

Millennium – the thousand year reign of Jesus

Post – Millennialism - Christ comes after the 1,000 year reign

• Tend to a more optimistic view, the gradual, progressive transformation of culture and society in preparation for the return of Christ.

• The role of the church is to live lives of spiritual integrity and social concern effectively binding Satan’s power on earth and allowing God’s kingdom now.