Okay, Revelation, chapter 20 starting at verse 1. Now, this is at the ending hours of the Tribulation and the battle of Armageddon has just been fought, Christ against the anti-Christ and his armies.


Revelation 20:1

"And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand" Now, it's not necessarily an iron chain, but it's a chain of something that will confine an angelic being, such as Satan.


Revelation 20:2

"And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him (how long?) a thousand years." All right, now, let's just see how often Scripture repeats this number -- 1000 years. All right, come on down to verse 3.


Revelation 20:3

"And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until (that's a time word) the thousand years are fulfilled: (Now, there's twice in two verses that it's a thousand years.) and after that he must be loosed a little season." Now, a lot of people wonder, and a lot of people write, after we got that rascal tied up and he's off the scene, he's not hurting anybody, why does God bring him back?