1. Satan is bound and the Saints Reign and Resurrect. 20:1-6 V.1 a) Great chain of the angel - I. The Angel of Authority - The Sheriff with the key and handcuff. II. Authority to: A. Cast into the pit. B. Chain unto powerlessness. III. This angel possesses 2 things that the Devil fears: A. A key that lucks him inside a scary place called the Bottomless Pit. 2.Peter 2:4 B. A chain that luck him to a limited place by Binding him Powerless. V.2 b) Gloom day of Satan - I. Characteristic of Satan: A. The great dragon (Gr. drakon) - Refer to him as a wild Ancient beast. B. The Devil (Gr. diabolos) - Refer to him as an Accuser and slanderer. C. Satan (Gr. satanas) - Refer to him as an Adversary. II. Caught the Dragon. A. It didn’ t need God to capture the Devil just an angel, B. Notice the response of man to this little creature called Lucifer in Isaiah 14:16 III. Chained the Devil. He is chained during the 1000 thousand years reign of Christ on the earth. V.3 c) Great peace on the earth - I. Shut up. A. The bottomless pit is a place lower than Hades, where God has imprisoned the special disobedient fallen angels. (High Evil Contamination) Jude 6-7 1. This place is called in Greek: Tartaros 2.Peter 2:4 2. The angels that are in Tartaros are imprisoned. 2.Peter.2:4; Jude 6 3. Tartaros is not Hades but a place that is bottomless: 4. Hades is the place of imprisonment of human spirits. 5. Tartaros is the place of imprisonment of fallen angels. B. The fallen angels that are imprisoned in Tartaros, are connected to some extreme sexual sins on earth. Jude 6-7; Gen.6:1-7 C. Demons fear the bottomless pit. Luke 8:31 D. The beast will ascend from the bottomless pit. 11:7; 17:8 E. Satan will be locked up in this place for a thousand years. Rev.20:1-3 F. The fallen angels will also be thrown into the bottomless pit with Satan. Isaiah 24:21-23 II. Sealed in. A. When Christ was put into the grave the soldiers sealed Him inside the grave, but He broke the seal after 3 days Matt.27:66, the Devil cannot break loose but has to wait to he is released after the Millennium. B. If the Millennium period had already begun then the Devil’ s chain is very long. C. Millennium is a Latin word, mille means 1000 and annum means year. III. Purpose - Stop deceiving. Satan is sealed up in this place so that deception will not be released upon the earth. IV. Prophecy - Short time afterward to deceive. The people that are borne during the Millennium, has not had the chance to choose between God or the Devil, therefore God is releasing him for a little season, so that those that does not want God get a chance to say no to Him. V.4 d) Government of the saints on the earth - I. Two qualities of: A. The Saints that came with Christ. 1. Rule in righteousness. The saints that descend from heaven with Christ are given the authority to judge nations and people. Luke 19:11-27 2. Reign with Christ. a. The saints will be reigning with Christ on the earth during the Millennium. b. All those that are a part of the first resurrection are “ They” referred to in this verse. (The Old Testament saints, the Church and the tribulation martyrs and saints) Dan.7:9-10, 22; Matt.19:28; 1.Cor.6:2; Rev.2:26-27; 5:10 c. The reign of Christ will be on this earth during the Millennium. 2.Sam.7:10-16; Psalms 2:8; Isaiah 65:17-66:24; Dan.7:27 B. The Souls that are martyrs of God. Rev.6:9-11; 7:9-17; 15:1-4 1. Kept the Word of God. 2. Knelt not in Worship of the beast. The martyrs comes to live, they are resurrected at the beginning of the Millennium. John 11:25 II. The Millennium period: A. Scriptures referring to the 1000 years of Christ’ s reign on the earth. Psalm. Ch.2; 24; 45; 72; 96; 110; Isaiah. 2:1-5; 4:1-6; 9:6-7; 11:1-9; 12:1-6; 30:18-26; 35:1-10; 60, 61:3-62; 63:1-6; Ch.65-66; Jer.23:3-8; 30:8-11; 32:37-44; Ezek. Ch.40-48; Dan. 2:44-45; 7:13-14; 12:2-3 Hosea 3:4-5; Amos 9:11-15; Micah 4:1-8; Zeph.3:14-20; Zech. 8:1-8; 12:10-14:21; Matt.19:28; 25:31-46; Acts 15:16-18; Rom. 11:25-27; Jude 14-15; Rev.2:25-28. B. Will last for 1000 years. Rev.20:4 C. Only the book of Revelation describes the length of the reign of Christ on earth during the Millennium. D. Age of man will be long on the earth during the Millennium. Isaiah. 65:20 E. The earth will experience a physical change. Isaiah 35:1-10 F. The curse of the earth will be taken away. Isaiah 11:6-9 V.5 e) Groups of resurrection - I. The last resurrection of the unbelievers. All the unbelievers will not be resurrected until they are going to be judged, this resurrection is the 2nd resurrection. II. The first resurrection of the believers. A. All believers throughout all the ages until after the Millennium are a part of the 1st resurrection. Dan.12:2; John 5:28 B. The first resurrection is also called in Scripture: 1. Resurrection of the just. Luke 14:14 2. Resurrection from the dead. Luke 20:34-36 3. Resurrection of life. John 5:29 C. There are 6 resurrections of Scripture in the 1st resurrection: 1. Christ was first resurrected. 1.Cor.15:23 2. Some Old Testament Saints resurrected right after His resurrection. Matt.27:52-53 3. The Church during the Rapture. 1.Thess.4:13-18 4. The 2 witnesses will be resurrected. Rev.11:11-12 5. The tribulation martyrs and the Old Testament saints will be resurrected at the beginning of the Millennium. Rev.20:4 6. After the Millennium the believers who came to faith during the Millennium will be resurrected. 20:12 V.6 f) Glad Day of the saints - I. The 1st resurrection - Eternal living. A. Partakers of the 1st resurrection - Resurrection. 1. They are blessed by being a part of this resurrection. 2. They are holy because of accepting Christ’ s sacrifice. B. Priests to God - Relationship. The saints will eternally be priests before God. C. Power with Christ - Reigning. The saints will share the power of Christ during the Millennium. II. The 2nd death - Eternal dying. D. Powerlessness of death - Rescue. The eternal dying called the 2nd death and the lake of fire has no power to Cast or Condemn them into it. John 5:24; 8:51