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Revelation 20:1-7
I want someone to explain these verses according to the church...
Revelation 20:1-7 (King James Version)
1And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
4And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the 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 upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
5But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
6Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
7And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
FROM
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=revelation 20:1-7;&version=9;
Are only matryrs reigning with Christ? or also other faithful believers? I also want an explanation for verse 5
Is satan bound now because he has not power over us anymore to make us sin since Jesus died (and maybe since he rose too) ?
and because we have power to resist him?
but could not the old testament people resist satan? was not David and Moses holy and did they not resist sin?
Those who accept Antichrist as God will they have no chance to repent?
I think the church might teach that.. im not sure.
Will antichrist be born of a virgin?
Revelation 20:1-7 (King James Version)
1And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
4And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the 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 upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
5But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
6Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
7And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
FROM
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=revelation 20:1-7;&version=9;
Are only matryrs reigning with Christ? or also other faithful believers? I also want an explanation for verse 5
Is satan bound now because he has not power over us anymore to make us sin since Jesus died (and maybe since he rose too) ?
and because we have power to resist him?
but could not the old testament people resist satan? was not David and Moses holy and did they not resist sin?
Those who accept Antichrist as God will they have no chance to repent?
I think the church might teach that.. im not sure.
Will antichrist be born of a virgin?