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Bible Question: I
lean very much toward being premillennial. However, 2 Thessalonians
2 makes it clear that the lawless one will be revealed and destroyed
at Christ's coming. One might say that the lawless one is a man
or a prophet (being in the flesh) but it is also Satan. If Satan
is bound for 1,000 years and then released after the 1,000 years
for a short moment, does this mean that the battle with Gog and
Magog will not take place before the coming of the Lord? Compare
Revelation 20:7-10.
Bible Answer: Yes,
the battle of Gog and Magog occurs after Jesus' Second Coming.
Revelation 20:7-10 describes what happens after Jesus' kingdom has
lasted for 1,000 years.
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And
when the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released
from his prison, and will come out to deceive the nations
which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog,
to gather them together for the war; the number of them is
like the sand of the seashore. And they came up on the broad
plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints
and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and
devoured them. And the devil who deceived them was thrown
into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and
the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day
and night forever and ever. (NASB) Revelation 20:7-10 |
After the kingdom has lasted for 1,000 years, after the world has
been able to experience peace on earth, after the world has been
able to live with God for a while, the human race will finally prove
they really do not want God and they do not want peace. When Satan
is released, they will join him and attempt to unseat Jesus Christ
as King of kings and Lord of lords. We are told that Gog and Magog
represent the nations of the world rather than one or more specific
nations. All of the nations of the world will attempt to defeat God.
But they will fail.
Conclusion: The
book of Revelation is a prophecy that all should read. It
is the word of the Lord.
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Blessed
is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy,
and heed the things which are written in it; for the time
is near. (NASB) Revelation 1:3
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It describes the Second Coming of Jesus, the judgments of every man
and woman, and where each of us will spend eternity. Come quickly
Jesus! Come! |
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