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Expositor's Bible Commentary - Revelation 20:1-15

CHAPTER XVI.JUDGMENT OF SATAN AND OF THE WICKED.Revelation 20:1-15.IN now approaching chap. 20, with its yet unsolved difficulties of interpretation, it is of essential importance to observe, in the first place, the relation of the chapter to what immediately precedes. The Seer is not entering upon an entirely new subject. He distinctly continues, on the contrary, the prosecution of a theme he had before begun. In the previous portion of his book three great enemies of the saints of God had... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Revelation 20:7-15

CHAPTERS 20:7-22:5 After the Thousand Years and the New Jerusalem 1. Satan’s last revolt (Revelation 20:7-10 ) 2. The great white throne (Revelation 20:11-15 ) 3. The eternal state (Revelation 21:1-8 ) 4. The vision of the holy city (Revelation 21:9-27 ) 5. The glories of the redeemed (Revelation 22:1-5 ) Revelation 20:7-10 . Satan who was put into the abyss a thousand years before, is now loosed out of his prison. God permits him to come forth once more. Who would have ever thought of... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Revelation 20:9

20:9 And they went up on the {b} breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and {17} fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.(b) As if he said, in so much that the whole face of the earth, however great it is, was filled.(17) The wrath of God, consuming the adversaries, and overthrowing all their enterprises; Hebrews 10:27 . This is the second part mentioned see Geneva "Revelation 20:7", in the overthrow of Satan. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 20:1-15

Satan Bound for 1000 years Though the Beast and the False Prophet have been (inRevelation 19:1-21; Revelation 19:1-21) consigned to the Lake of Fire, the wicked spirit Satan who influenced them is not immediately sent there. Rather an angel (not the Lord) is delegated to take Satan captive and to secure him in the pit of "the abyss" for the specified time of one thousand years (vv. 1-3). A seal is set upon him: there is no possibility of escape. The object of this limited imprisonment is that... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Revelation 20:1-15

THE SEVEN DOOMS CONTINUED Continuing the last lesson we begin this with what we have come to recognize as the Parenthesis (Revelation 19:1-10 ), and which in this case is composed simply of four “alleluiahs.” Two are retrospective and refer to the fall of Babylon, and two are prospective, touching on the marriage supper of the lamb and the inauguration of the kingdom. The Lamb’s wife (Revelation 19:7 ) is the bride (Revelation 21:9 ) or the church, identified with the “heavenly Jerusalem”... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Revelation 20:7-10

(7) And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, (8) And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. (9) And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. (10) And the devil that deceived them was cast... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 20:7-10

7-10 While this world lasts, Satan's power in it will not be wholly destroyed, though it may be limited and lessened. No sooner is Satan let loose, than he again begins deceiving the nations, and stirring them up to make war with the saints and servants of God. It would be well if the servants and ministers of Christ were as active and persevering in doing good, as his enemies in doing mischief. God will fight this last and decisive battle for his people, that the victory may be complete, and... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Revelation 20:1-99

Revelation 20 IT IS REMARKABLE that while our Lord will deal personally with men, it is an angel, a spirit being, who will deal with the great spirit being, who is the originator of all the evil. He is described in a fourfold way so as to identify him without a doubt. As Satan he is the adversary. As the devil he is the accuser. He is the old serpent of the opening book of the Bible, and the dragon of the closing book. All through the ages his aim has been to “deceive the nations,” as Rev_20:3... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Revelation 20:7-10

The release of Satan and the coming of Gog and Magog: v. 7. And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, v. 8. and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. v. 9. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Revelation 20:6-10

III. THIRD OR GENERAL END-JUDGMENT. JUDGMENT UPON SATAN AND ALL HIS COMPANY. THE SECOND DEATHRevelation 20:6-10A.—HEAVENLY PROGNOSIS OF THE LAST GENERAL JUDGMENTRevelation 20:6-86Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on [over] such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and [ins. they] shall reign with him a [the]8 thousand years. 7And when the thousand years are expired [finished], Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8and... read more