Revelation 20:2
SATAN; though his agents, the beast, the false prophet, and those who cooperated with them, had been destroyed, Satan still lived, and if permitted, would tempt men to persecute the church.... [ Continue Reading ]
SATAN; though his agents, the beast, the false prophet, and those who cooperated with them, had been destroyed, Satan still lived, and if permitted, would tempt men to persecute the church.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT HE SHOULD DECEIVE THE NATIONS NO MORE; not be permitted to have influence over men, to seduce them into error, tempt them to sin, or afflict them by persecution. HE MUST BE LOOSED; again suffered to tempt men, excite their evil passions, and influence them to array themselves against Christ an... [ Continue Reading ]
THRONES, AND THEY SAT UPON THEM; representing the exalted and favored state of the friends of God. THE SOULS OF THEM; that were put to death for their attachment to Christ. THEY LIVED; best understood figuratively as meaning that they lived in the persons of their successors, as Elijah came and li... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REST OF THE DEAD LIVED NOT AGAIN; those who were put to death for their opposition to Christ being destroyed by him, chap Revelation 19:20-21, there would be none to persecute the followers of Christ till the close of the thousand years; then such men would again be found, as described in verses... [ Continue Reading ]