Revelation 20

Millennium – the thousand year reign of Jesus
1.A-millennialism – 1,000 years are symbolic
2.Pre- Millennialism – Christ comes before the
1000 year reign
3.Post – Millennialism - Christ comes after the
1,000 year reign

Satan – his activities and power:
• Satan wants to accuse us in front of God
• Satan is a murderer and the Father of lies
• Satan confuses the minds of men to keep
them from God
• Satan is lawless – he works against God’s
laws and is able to produce false signs,
wonders and miracles

You can’t whitewash your sins and get by
with it; you find mercy by admitting and
leaving them.
Proverbs 28:13
The Message

Recapitulation –
A recapitulation, or "recap," is a summary,
review, or restatement. The purpose of a
recapitulation is to remind your reader or
audience of your main points. There's no new
information in a recapitulation, just the same
information in a smaller, more condensed
form. The prefix re- is a signal that a
recapitulation involves repeating something.

Revelation 12:7-11 Revelation 20:1-6
Heavenly scene (7) Heavenly scene (1)
Angelic battle against Satan (7-8) presupposed battle with Satan(2)
Satan cast to earth (9) Satan cast into the Abyss (3)
4-fold description (9) 4-fold description (2-3)
Satan’s great wrath (12) Satan released (3)
Satan’s fall/Christ’s rule (10-11) Satan’s fall/Christ’s rule (4)
Saint’s rule based on Satan’s fall, Saint’s rule based on Satan’s fall,
Christ’s victory and their Christ’s victory and their
faithfulness (11) faithfulness (4)

A-millennialism – 1,000 years are symbolic
• The entire time between the first Advent – Christ coming to
earth and the second Advent – the second coming.
• “One thousand is a symbolic number; it stands for God’s
perfect timing”
• Perfect mercy – extended time to repent
• Satan bound for a thousand years: figurative language that
the devil’s power is curtailed and limited. Satan’s power is
curtailed because of the presence of the Incarnate One –
Jesus.

Pre- Millennialism – Christ comes before the
1000 year reign
• A time of heaven on earth: Christ is physically present again
and the entire world enjoys the benefits of the perfect
earthly king.
• Tend to have a negative view of the world, things are really
bad and will continue to get worse until Christ comes again.
• The role of the church is to warn people of God’s coming
judgment

Historic Pre- Millennialism – the historic teaching of the
church fathers.
• Christ second coming will usher in a literal 1,000 year reign
on earth after conquering the anti-Christ and Satan –
• The Second coming is 1-event with 2 resurrections – the
righteous and the wicked.
• This is the most straightforward reading of the text;
required to fulfill various OT prophecies.

Dispensational Pre- Millennialism –
• The appearance of the Anti-Christ, the tribulation, the rapture all take place
before Christ coming in victory.
Second coming is 2 events
1. Rapture – in secret
2. In Victory – visible.
4 resurrections
1. Rapture
2. 7 years later the tribulation saints (144,000) at the beginning
of the millennium
3. OT & Saints after the millennium
4. Final resurrection of the wicked
3 judgments
1. Raptured Saints
2. The nations
3. The wicked at the end of the millennium

Millennium – the thousand year reign of Jesus
Post – Millennialism - Christ comes after the
1,000 year reign
• Tend to a more optimistic view, the gradual, progressive
transformation of culture and society in preparation for the
return of Christ.
• The role of the church is to live lives of spiritual integrity
and social concern effectively binding Satan’s power on
earth and allowing God’s kingdom now.

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