Revelation 20:2

And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, THAT OLD - ancient (). THOUSAND YEARS. As seven implies universality, so a thousand implies perfection, whether in good or evil, (Aquinas, on Revelation 11:1.) Thousand symbolizes the world is perfectly pervaded by the divine: since thousand is ten, the number of the world, raised to the third power, the number of God (Auberlen). It may denote literally a thousand years....

1-3 Here is a vision, showing by a figure the restraints laid on Satan himself. Christ, with Almighty power, will keep the devil from deceiving mankind as he has hitherto done. He never wants power and instruments to break the power of Satan. Christ shuts by his power, and seals by his authority. The church shall have a time of peace and prosperity, but all her trials are not yet over....

Verse Revelation 20:2. _THE DRAGON_] Revelation 12:9, Revelation 12:9. _THAT OLD SERPENT, WHICH IS THE DEVIL, AND SATAN_] He who is called the _old serpent_ is the DEVIL-the _calumniator_, and SATAN-the _opposer_. He who supposes that the term _old serpent_ here plainly proves that the creature that tempted our first parents was actually a _snake_, must enjoy his opinion; and those who can receive such a saying, why let them receive it. _Selah_. _A THOUSAND YEARS_] In what this _binding_ of Satan consists, who can tell? How many visions have been seen on this subject both in ancient

AND HE LAID HOLD ON - Seized him by violence - ἐκράτησεν ekratēsen. The word denotes “the employment of strength” or “force”; and it implies that he had power superior to that of the dragon. Compare Matthew 14:3; Matthew 18:28; Matthew 21:46; Matthew 22:6; Matthew 26:4. We can at once see the propriety of the use of this word in this connection. The great enemy to be bound has himself mighty power, and can be overcome only by a superior. This may teach us that it is

EXPOSITION REVELATION 20:1 AND I SAW AN ANGEL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN; _coming down out of heaven. _The usual mode of introducing a new vision (cf. Revelation 4:1, etc.). On account of Revelation 1:18, some have considered this angel to be Christ himself; but this is incorrect. As in Revelation 12:7, an angel is the immediate agent in this expulsion of Satan (_vide infra_)_._ HAVING THE KEY OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT; _the abyss; _as in...

Ver. 2 AND HE LAID HOLD ON THE DRAGON,.... By whom is meant not Paganism, for that was destroyed in the Roman empire under the sixth seal, and was the consequence of the war between Michael and his angels, and the dragon and his; and before this time it will be destroyed in other parts under the sixth and seventh vials, when the kings of the earth, being gathered together at Armageddon, will be slain, and the cities of the nations will fall, not only Papal, but Pagan, and Mahometan; and what will not will be converted, for before this time the kingdoms of this world will become the kingdoms of Christ: but the devil himself is intended, so called, partly because of his great power, authority, and cruelty he has exercised in the world; and because of the venom and poison of idolatry, superstition, false doctrine, and worship, with which he has infected the inhabitants of it. THAT OLD SERP...

THOUSAND YEARS The duration of the kingdom of heaven in its mediatorial form. (_ See Scofield) - (1 Corinthians 15:24). _...

REVELATION 20:2 o` o;fij o` avrcai/oj After to.n dra,konta the Textus Receptus, following most witnesses (a 046 P most minuscules), reads to.n o;fin to.n avrcai/on, thus avoiding the inconcinnity of the nominative o` o;fij o` avrcai/oj (A 1678 1778 2080). The latter reading is in accord with the linguistic usage of the book of Revelation, which employs the nominative case for a title or proper name that stands in apposition to a noun in an oblique case. Eleven minuscules accidentally omit to.n o;fin and read only to.n avrcai/on....

CHAPTER S 19-20:6 The Manifestation of the King and the Millennium _ 1. Heavenly hallelujahs and the marriage of the Lamb (Revelation 19:1)_ 2. Heaven opened and His visible manifestation (Revelation 19:11) 3. The battle of Armageddon (Revelation 19:17) 4. The binding of Satan (Revelation 20:1) 5. The thousand-year reign (Revelation 20:4) Revelation 19:1 . Once more w

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MILLENNIUM. Revelation 20:1. key of the abyss: Revelation 9:1 *. CHAIN: _i.e_. manacle or handcuff. Revelation 20:2. dragon: Revelation 12:3 *. Revelation 20:4. thrones: the imagery is suggested by Daniel 7:9. THEY SAT: the subject of the sentence is omitted, and we do not know who are here denominated as judges; probably, however, the saints and martyrs referred to in the subseq