Understanding the Millennial Kingdom

Revelation 20:1-10  Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.2 And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;3 and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time.

4Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

 5The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection. 6Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison,8 and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the sand of the seashore.

9 And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them.10 And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

 

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From Dr. Adrian Rogers

THE FINAL REBELLION OF SINNERS (Revelation 20:7-9)

 God, who is always sovereign, will release Satan from the pit for one final fling.

This is God's final testimony to the wickedness of the human heart. It is mankind's final test.

Latent sin will still be down in the human heart if it is not washed by the blood of Jesus.

God has many children but no grandchildren.

Just because your parents may have been Christians does not mean that you are a Christian.

In the Millennium, there will be God's children, but there will also be those who are children of God's children who have never been saved.

After a thousand years, these will rebel against God when Satan is let loose.

God is demonstrating two great principles during this final rebellion:

Punishment is not the final answer.

Prisons are necessary, but they are not the final answer.

Environment is not the final answer.

After one thousand years of peace and righteousness, latent sin down in the human heart bubbles forth.

It was in the Garden of Eden that man got into trouble in the first place.

Only Jesus is the answer.

 

THE FIXED RESOLUTION OF SIN (Revelation 20:9-10)

Satan is finally cast into the lake of fire.

Sin will be finished; the problem of sin will be fixed forever.

 The rebels in the final rebellion will experience a fiery death.

This is not Armageddon.

This is the final resolution of sin.

What does this mean to us?

It means encouragement. The Gospel has not failed. We are not trying to make the world better so that Jesus can come; we are waiting for Jesus to come.

It means anticipation.

Jesus Christ can come at any moment. Matthew 24:44

It means evangelism.

We need to tell people about Jesus.

It means examination.

Are you saved? You can be saved today. Ephesians 2:8-9

Grace is God, in love, reaching down to you. Faith is your hand reaching up to God. When you put your hand of faith into God's hand of grace, that is salvation.

 

 

• What do you see are some of the strengths and weaknesses of the premillennial view of the end times?
• What do you see are some of the strengths and weaknesses of the amillennial view of the end times?
• What do you see are some of the strengths and weaknesses of the postmillennial view of the end times?
• Do you agree that the premillennial position makes the most sense of the biblical data?
• How is God's sovereign power and authority shown in this passage?
• Why do people continue to sin even when Satan is bound?
• What does it mean that believers will reign with Christ? How will our reign relate to His?
• In what ways is the millennial reign like the garden of Eden before the fall?
• Why does God release Satan for a final rebellion?
• Is it just for God to punish someone (even Satan!) for eternity? Why?

Questions from Akin, A Christ-Centred Exposition of Revelation

 

Powerpoint adapted from Rick Griffith  Singapore Bible College

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