(Rev
20:1-3)And I saw an angel[Jesus Christ: Rev 1:18] come down from heaven, having the key
of the bottomless pit[Gk:
the
abyss] and a great chain
in
his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent,
which
is the Devil, and Satan, and bound
him a thousand years,
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut
him up, and set a
seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations
no more, till the
thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that
he must be loosed
a little season.
(Rev 1:17,18)And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he
laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear
not; I am the first and the last: I
am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold,
I am alive for evermore, Amen; and
have the keys of hell and of death.
(Rev 20:4-6)And I
saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment
was given unto
them: and I saw the souls of
them that were beheaded[died] for the witness of Jesus, and
for the
word of God, and which had not worshipped
the beast, neither his
image, neither had received his
mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands;
and they lived
[were resurrected] and
reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest[Gk: the remaining] of the dead [i.e.,
the
unsaved]lived not again
until the thousand years were finished [at the advent of the second resurrection which is
the “second death”
v.6]. This is the first resurrection. Blessed
and holyis he that
hath
part in the first resurrection: on such the
second death[i.e., the
second resurrection of the dead]hath
no power, but they shall be priests
of God and of Christ, and shall reign[as “kings and priests” Rev 1:6; 5:10 over the
unsaved] with him a
thousand years.
(Rev 20:7-10)And
when the thousand years are expired [Gk: completed],
Satan
shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to
deceive the [unsaved] 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. And they
went up on the breadth [Gk: width] of the earth, and compassed[Gk: encircled, surrounded]the camp of the saints about, and
the beloved city [i.e., Jerusalem]: and fire came down from God out of
heaven, and devoured them
[typified
by 1 Kings 18:30-38]. And the
devil that deceived them [with
“strong delusion” 2 Thes 2:11] was
cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the
beast[the ungodly person
having the most power
and authority in the world, the Antichrist: Rev 13:1] and the false prophet[the
secular news media: “the man that bare the shield” 1 Sam 17:7, 41; and
Rev
13:11]are,
and shall be tormented day and night for
ever and
ever.
(1 Kings 18:38)Then the fire of the LORD fell, and
consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the
dust, and licked up the water that was
in the trench.
(Mat 25:41)Then shall he [Jesus]
say also unto them on the left hand, Depart
from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the
devil and his angels
[i.e., fallen angels]:
(Rev 12:9)And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent,
called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out[of
“heaven” Rev 12:8]into the earth,and his angels were cast out
with him.
(Rev 19:9,10)And he saith unto me,
Write, Blessed are
they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me,These
are the true sayings of God. And
I fell at his feetto worship him. And he
said unto me, See thou do it
not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy
brethren that have the testimony of Jesus:
worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is
the spirit of prophecy.
(Rev 22:8,9)And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel
which shewed me these things. Then saith he unto me, See thou do it
not: for I am thy
fellowservant, and of thy
brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the
sayings of this book[i.e.,
“have the testimony of Jesus” Rev 19:10]: worship
God.
THE BOOK OF LIFE
(Rev
20:11-15)And I saw a great white
throne,
and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled
away; and
there was found no place for them. And I saw the[remaining (unsaved)]dead, small and great, stand before
God; and the books were opened: and
another book was opened,
which is the book of
life:
and the dead were judged out of those things which
were written in the
books, according to their works. And the
sea gave up the dead
which were in it; and death and hell delivered up
the dead which were in
them: and they were judgedevery manaccording to their works.
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is
the second death.
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was
cast into the
lake of fire.
Commentary: “the
books were opened” = “the [remaining
(unsaved)] dead were judged out of those things which were
written in the books, according to
their works.
Commentary: “and another
book was opened, which is the
book of life” “and whosoever was not found written
in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
(Phip 4:3)And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those
women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are
in the book of life.
(Rev 3:5)He that overcometh,
the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and
I will not blot out his name out of the
book of life, but I will confess his name before my
Father, and before his angels.
(Rev 13:8)And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the
book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation
of the world.
(Rev 17:8)The beast [the Antichrist]
that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the
bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth
shall wonder, whose names were not
written in the book of life
from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was,
and is not, and yet is.
(Rev 20:12)And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God;
and the bookswere
opened: and another book was opened,
which is the
book of life: and the dead were judged
out of those things which were written in the
books, according to their works.
(Rev 20:15)And whosoever was not found
written in the book of life
was cast into the lake of fire.
(Rev
21:27)And
there shall in no wise enter into it[new, holy Jerusalem]
any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever
worketh abomination, or maketh
a lie: but they which are written in the
Lamb's book of life.
(Rev
22:19)And
if any man shall take away from the words of
the book of this prophecy, God shall take
away his part out of the book of life,
and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in
this book.
NEW HOLY JERUSALEM IS A
1500 MILES
LONG, 1500 MILES WIDE, 1500 MILES HIGH CUBE
(Rev
21:15-17)And he that talked with mehad a golden reed
to measure the
city [“new Jerusalem” v.2; “holy Jerusalem”
v.10], and
the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. And the city lieth foursquare,
and the
length is as large as the breadth: and
he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs[x 1/8 mile = 1500 miles]. The length and the breadth and the height
of it are equal[i.e,
a cube,
as is the Most
Holy Place
in the Tabernacle, and in the Temple].
And he measured the wall thereof, an
hundred and forty and four cubits,according
to the measure of a man, that is, of
the angel.
Amplified Bible: “And he measured the
wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits (about
seventy-two yards) by a man’s measure [of a cubit from his elbow to his
third finger tip] which is [the measure] of the angel.” [thus
making the “wall” about 216 feet or two thirds of a football field
thick]
(Rev 21:18-27)And the building of the wall
of it was of
jasper: and the city was pure
gold, like unto clear glass. And the [twelve]foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of
precious stones. The first foundation was
jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an
emerald;
The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the
eighth,
beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a
jacinth;
the twelfth, an amethyst. And the twelve
gateswere
twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and
the street of the city was
pure
gold, as it were transparent glass. And
I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the
temple
of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the
moon, to shine
in it: for the glory of God
did
lighten it, and the Lambis
the light thereof. And the nations
of them which are saved shall walk in the
light of it: and the kings
of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. And the gates of
it shall
not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no
night there. And they shall bring the glory and honour of the
nations into it. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing
that
defileth, neither whatsoever
worketh abomination, or maketh
a lie: but they which are written in the
Lamb's book of life.