Revelation 20 - The Millennium (notes)

The Millennium - Revelation 20

Angels

• Played a big part in the unfolding plan of redemption that God had for man.
• Also play a big part in the unfolding plan of God in the tribulation and after.

Events

1. John sees an angel who came down from heaven with a key to the abyss with a great chain in his hand.
2. He takes the devil and bound him for a thousand years in the abyss and shut it and sealed it.
3. After the Millennium the devil is loosed for a short period of time.

Different Types of Books In The Word of God:

1. The book of works.
2. The book of life.
3. A book God has written.
4. A book of wanderings and tears.
5. A book of the living.
6. A book containing the names of faithful Jews.
7. A book of remembrance.
8. A book of idle words.
9. A list of our works.

Five Resurrections

1. The Old Testament saints who are raised when Jesus rose from the dead. (Matt. 27:52-53)
2. Believers at the rapture. (I Thess. 4:13-18)
3. The two witnesses in the tribulation who were killed by the antichrist. (Rev. 11:11-12)
4. The tribulation saints who are killed during the tribulation. (Rev. 20:4-6)
5. The unbelievers at the great white throne judgment. (Rev. 20:11-15)

Revelation 20

Contains some major doctrinal events that confirm these events in other portions of the Word.

1. The binding of satan for a 1,000 years.
2. The millennium.
3. The great white throne judgment.

Each Group

Saved during the different dispensations of time has different roles to perform. The church is the bride of Christ and will enjoy the 1,000 year honeymoon upon the earth. (Rev. 20:4) They reign as rulers, kings, priests (I Peter 2:9 & Rev. 1:6). The 144,000 serve as bodyguards of the bride and the Lamb. (Rev. 14)

At That Time

The Millennial Temple is erected and the Gentiles serve. Under the reign of the antichrist there was little food and one had to take the mark of the beast to obtain food. The believers mentioned here had refused to take the mark had to suffer during that time, now with the Lord in their midst have changed. From this time on, the people of God from all dispensations enjoy the presence of God. Their days of suffering are over, tears wiped away and all memories of the past pain obliterated from their minds.