When was satan bound

Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. This is the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.

Summary After Christ returns, Satan will be released for a short time to deceive the nations. As to why, we are not told.

Some Christians see this release before the coming of Christ rather than after He returns. Donate Contact. Blue Letter Bible is a c 3 nonprofit organization. APA Format. Chicago Format. SBL Format. Share This Page. Follow Blue Letter Bible. Blue Letter Bible. Login To Your Account. Check your email for password retrieval Enter Your Email or Username. Login [? Did you forget your password? Register a new BLB account. Complete the form below to register [? First Name.

Password Must be at least 6 characters. Re-type Password. Thank you for registering. A verification email has been sent to the address you provided. Please enter your account email below. Continue Cancel. Remind Me. Old Testament. Back Psalms 1. In the OT salvation was confined to Israel, and the nations of the world were deceived. Now the gospel is believed in all nations, and thus Satan no longer deceives the nations as he did in the OT era.

Unbelievers are still deceived by Satan, but the deception over all nations that characterized the OT period is now lifted, so that some believe from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation.

Satan was bound at the cross Matt. John ; Col. He sees thrones, and those who sit on them are given the responsibility of judging. In a sense, the entire church is viewed as a martyr church, as those who have given their lives for Jesus Christ. They did not worship the beast or its image, or receive the mark on their hand or forehead. John has earlier made it very plain that those who worship the beast or its image or receive the mark will suffer torment forever Rev. On the other hand, the saints triumph over the beast and its image Judgment and reward belong to faithful believers, to those who give their lives to Jesus and overcome until the end.

In other words, eternal rewards are granted to all true believers. Premillennialists understand this passage to refer to the physical resurrection. Those who were martyred are vindicated by God and come to life again. Scholars holding this view point out that this is the only verse referring to the resurrection of believers in the book, and that seeing this as a reference to the resurrection shows the victory of the saints more fittingly than the amillennial reading, which sees the saints reigning in heaven during this present evil age.

Furthermore, the notion of souls coming to life supports the notion that souls are raised to a life new and better than mere existence in the intermediate state. In other words, coming to life here refers not to physical resurrection but to life in the intermediate state. We see in Revelation that death is blessed for believers as they are given the crown of life for persevering until the end Other amillennialists understand the coming to life here to be conversion — those who are converted are now raised with Christ Eph.

The rest of the dead do not come to life until the thousand years have ended. If only martyrs come to life in , the remainder of the dead includes all unbelievers and all other believers. If refers to all believers, the rest of the dead refers only to unbelievers. It is much more likely, as argued above, that the latter view is correct, as the entire church is viewed as a martyr church without requiring the idea that all are literally put to death.

Premillennialists understand the first resurrection to refer to physical resurrection. Unbelievers are raised from the dead after the thousand-year reign of Christ, but this is distinguished from the first resurrection, which refers to the physical resurrection of the martyrs and believers mentioned in verse 4.

Indeed, there is no clear example of it not referring to physical resurrection. Also, the sequence here presents a good argument for premillennialism, for the rest who come to life a thousand years later do not experience a different kind of resurrection. Almost all agree that the rest experience a physical resurrection, but if that is the case, the first resurrection is likely physical as well.

We have not two different kinds of resurrection here but two stages in which the dead are raised physically. The message in Psalms 50 and 68 is one of fullness, and it is the same in Revelation One day, the fullness of the elect will be brought into the church, and then the end will come.

It is not a matter of literally one thousand years, but of God's secret timing as to the gathering of His people into union with Christ, however long that may take from our human perspective. Although the evil one still has limited power in a fallen world, it is far less than what he had when he was able to bind and blind all nations outside Israel.

And believers can still overcome even Satan's limited power, for James commands us, "Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Teaching Series. Conference Messages. Tabletalk Magazine. Gift Certificates. Ligonier Ministries.

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