Satan's action with humans; and his Destiny!
Question: Are Matthew 12:43-45, 2Thessalonians 2:7 and Revelation 20:1-7 referring to the same event?
They are dealing with the same origin/source of all evil; i.e. Satan and his many attempts to ruin the lives of all mankind; and have as many people in his “capture” for when he thinks he will rule the world!!
When reading each of the refs. you have quoted, you will see those in Matt. are events that directly affect Satan’s efforts against humans!
In the 2Thess. ref., it applies to that time in the future when the Holy Spirit the “Restrainer” will be removed; and Satan will have freedom to activate more evil than at this present time, during his build up to Christ’s 2nd Advent; and his imprisonment for 1000 years!
The Rev. 20 ref. is in the below; which is taken from our notes on Revelation; which is in the below Link!
V.1 (a)And I saw an angel come down from Heaven, having the key of the (b)bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
V.2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years.
V.3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and (c)set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the Nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: (d)after that he must be loosed a little season.
(a) Satan is then helpless to fight or resist after his time has expired. This angel is fixed in purpose, the binding of Satan with chains, and locking him away, in the “bottomless pit”!
(b) This translation in Interlinear as "abyss", i.e. "depths", but with the same meaning.
(c) This banishment/imprisoning of Satan, clearly has profound purpose. The remaining population of the world is about to experience 1000 years of freedom from his constant assault, temptation and deceit. Justice, fairness and truth, are all about to be meted out on the world's peoples, from Christ at Jerusalem, and Satan cannot be blamed for any of the misdeeds of the population during this period. The fallen nature of mankind is still in place during this period, and is clearly being highlighted for a purpose, see: Millennial Purpose (See also Rev. 9:1,2,3 & 11 and notes).
(d) The fact that Satan is released again for a short time, at the end of the 1000 year period, clearly is again for purpose. Heavenly Creation especially, as well as human kind, have to be reminded of the utter devastation of Satan's deceit, falsehood and lies, as 1000 years is a long time, and human memory short. (See Chp. 12:12(a) (b) (c)).
V.4 And I saw thrones, and (a)they sat on them, and judgement was given to them; and the (b)souls of them that were beheaded 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 on their foreheads, or on their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
V.5 (c)The rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
V.6 (d)Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power. (e)But they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.
(a) "They sat on them"; (Dr. Bullinger Comp. page 1920, "The Father and Christ, Chp. 3:21, and Heavenly beings associated with them as assessors, Chp. 1:4)".
(b) "Souls"; Interlinear 5590, derived from 5594; which is by implication "SPIRIT", as opposed to "a living soul", which is body + spirit of life = soul! These are the "Overcomers", of Chp. 2:26.
(c) This resurrection is the first of the Millennial period, it concerns the "Overcomers", of the early Chapters of Revelation and probably those of Dan. 12:2, and in the opinion of the writers is a totally separate event to the "translation", of believers (Christ - ones), prior to the wrath of God, (1Thess. 4:13-17), (2Thess. 2:7-9) & (Phil. 3:11).
(d) See 20:14.
(e) See Rev. 5:10.
V.7 (a)And when the thousand years are over, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison.
V.8 And shall go out to deceive the Nations which are in the four quarters of the Earth, (b)Gog and Magog, to gather them together to (c)battle: the number of whom is the sand of the sea.
(a) Satan allowed again to do his worst, for a defined period (short).
(b) Gog and Magog, apparently an inclusive term for all Gentile Nations; East (Gog), West (Magog).
The destruction of GOG and MAGOG, Ezk. 39, is pre-millennial, (see Ezk. 39:25) (Comp. p. 1911), therefore the post Millennial comment here, as mentioned are certainly the descendants of the original Gog and Magog! See: Gog and Magog.
(c) Again against Israel, and again attempting to deceive the Nations of the world, and is a reminder to the Nations that Satan is destruction, deceit, pain, anguish, and all evil of every sort, inflicted on humankind, and Heavenly Creation!
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