Revelation 20:9

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. ON THE BREADTH OF THE EARTH - completely overspreading it. Perhaps translate, ' ... of the (holy) land.' THE CAMP OF THE SAINTS ... AND THE BELOVED CITY - the camp of the saints encircling the beloved city, Jerusalem ( Sir 24:11 ). Contrast "hateful" in Babylon, (; 'Jacob, the beloved,' ; Septuagint) Ezekiel's prophecy of Gog and Magog refers to the attack on Israel before the millennium; but this attack is after the millennium; so that "Gog and Magog" represent the final adversaries led by Satan. Ezekiel's Gog and Magog come from the north, but those h...

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 the glory be to himself....

Verse Revelation 20:9. _THE BELOVED CITY_] Primarily, Jerusalem, typically, the Christian Church....

AND THEY WENT UP ON THE BREADTH OF THE EARTH - They spread over the earth in extended columns. The image is that of an invading army that seems, in its march, to spread all over a land. The reference here is to the hosts assembled from the regions of Gog and Magog; that is, to the formidable enemies of the gospel that would be roused up at the close of the period properly called the “millennial” period - the period of the thousand years. It is not necessary to suppose that there would be “literally” armies of enemies of God summoned from lands that would be called lands of “Gog and Magog”; but all that is necessarily implied is, that there will be a state of hostility to the church of Christ which would be well illustrated by such a comparison with an invading host of barbarians. The expression “the breadth of the land” occurs in Habakkuk 1:6, in a description. of

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...

AND THEY WENT UP ON THE BREADTH OF THE EARTH,.... Either the whole earth, in the several parts of which they will be raised; or the land of Israel, where Christ and his people will be; and so the wicked being raised, will come up from the several parts of the world, and spread themselves over the holy land; just as Gog and Magog are said to cover the land of Israel, as a cloud, Ezekiel 38:16 and it may be observed, that the very phrase of רחב ארצך, "the breadth of thy land", is used of Immanuel's land, or the land of Israel, in Isaiah 8:8 AND COMPASSED THE CAMP OF THE SAINTS ABOUT; these are the blessed and Holy Ones, who have part in the first resurrection, even all the saints; not only the martyrs under the Heathen persecutions, and the confessors of Christ under the Papacy, but all the sa

REVELATION 20:9 evk tou/ ouvranou/ {A} Among the seven variant readings evk tou/ ouvranou/ has in its favor the preponderant weight of external evidence (A about 25 minuscules copbomss Tyconius Augustine Primasius _al_). The reading evk tou/ ouvranou/ avpo. tou/ qeou/ (046 and about 120 minuscules) appears to be an expansion introduced by copyists in imitation of Revelation 21:2 and Revelation 21:10. The other variants involve deliberate or accidental modifications of the pre...

CHAPTER S 20:7-22:5 After the Thousand Years and the New Jerusalem _ 1. Satan's last revolt (Revelation 20:7)_ 2. The great white throne (Revelation 20:11) 3. The eternal state (Revelation 21:1) 4. The vision of the holy city (Revelation 21:9) 5. The glories of the redeemed (Revelation 22:1) Revelation 20:7 . Satan who was put into the abyss a thousand years before, is

THE RELEASE OF SATAN AND THE FINAL CONFLICT. Revelation 20:8. Gog and Magog: the names are taken from Ezekiel 38 f., where Gog is the name of a prince and Magog the name of his country. The reference is to an attack by hostile nations, but we have no means of further identification. Revelation 20:9. the beloved city: Jerusalem. Revelation 20:10. the final overthrow of Satan is here described. BEAST AND FALSE PROPHET: REVELATION 13:11 *, Revelation 16:13 *....

THE THOUSAND YEAR REIGN OF CHRIST AND THE SAINTS (Revelation 20:1-15) Since the great importance of this chapter is that it is what might be called the foundation document of Millennarianism or Chiliasm, it will be better to read it as a whole before we deal with it in detail. 1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven with the key of the abyss, and with a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold of the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a 3 thousand years, and cast him into the abyss, and locked him in, and set a seal over him, that he might no longer deceive the nations, until the thousand years were completed. After that he must be set free for a little time. 4 And I saw thrones, and those who had received the privilege of judgment sat upon them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their witness