By Skip Heitzig for
Harbinger's Daily
If you were to study all the texts of Scripture about the coming millennial kingdom, you would be at it for months and months. In fact, you could even argue that this kingdom is the overarching grand theme of the Bible. But if there is going to be a thousand years of peace on earth, Satan must first be dealt with.
Throughout history, the Devil has been wreaking havoc. And one of the biggest lies that many people—even Christians—believe is that Satan is the opposite of God. They believe there’s a cosmic battle of good and evil, and sometimes the Devil wins. Are you kidding me? Satan couldn’t go one round with God. He is a created being. He is not omnipresent, omniscient, or omnipotent. The opposite of Satan is more like Michael the archangel, certainly not God.
Well, we read in Revelation 20:1-3 that the Devil is finally taken care of: “I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished.”
My guess is that this angel is Michael, who has a history of contending with Satan (see Jude 1:9 and Revelation 12:7). At the end of the tribulation, when Jesus comes back to set up His kingdom, this is the perfect time for Michael to step in: “At that time Michael shall stand up, the great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people” (Daniel 12:1).
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Harbinger's Daily
If you were to study all the texts of Scripture about the coming millennial kingdom, you would be at it for months and months. In fact, you could even argue that this kingdom is the overarching grand theme of the Bible. But if there is going to be a thousand years of peace on earth, Satan must first be dealt with.
Throughout history, the Devil has been wreaking havoc. And one of the biggest lies that many people—even Christians—believe is that Satan is the opposite of God. They believe there’s a cosmic battle of good and evil, and sometimes the Devil wins. Are you kidding me? Satan couldn’t go one round with God. He is a created being. He is not omnipresent, omniscient, or omnipotent. The opposite of Satan is more like Michael the archangel, certainly not God.
Well, we read in Revelation 20:1-3 that the Devil is finally taken care of: “I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished.”
My guess is that this angel is Michael, who has a history of contending with Satan (see Jude 1:9 and Revelation 12:7). At the end of the tribulation, when Jesus comes back to set up His kingdom, this is the perfect time for Michael to step in: “At that time Michael shall stand up, the great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people” (Daniel 12:1).
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