Revelation Chapter 20
LESSON 1
Part A
THE TRIUMPH OF JESUS
REVELATION 19:11 to 20:1-10
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse;
and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True,
and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head
were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man
knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood:
and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon
white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with
it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them
with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the
fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written,
KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a
loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of
heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper
of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains,
and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of
them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and
bond, both small and great.
19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies,
gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,
and against his army.
20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought
miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the
mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were
cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse,
which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with
their flesh.
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.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil,
and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And 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.
4 And 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.
5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were
finished. This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed 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.
7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the
earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is
as the sand of the sea.
9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the
saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven,
and devoured them.
10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone,
where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night
for ever and ever.
Our world is dying. Have you noticed it?
* When you look at the pollution of our World,
* When you hear as we did this week that 10% (or 866 species)
of the world’s trees are going to be extinct this decade,
* When the oceans are depleted of their abundant harvests of fish
* When the birds of Mexico City fall from the smoke laced skies
in death
* When industrial wastes have cast a blanket of death across the
farms and forests of eastern Europe . . .
But God has some great plans for the future of this planet. Have you
studied them? The Lord is preparing to restore Paradise on Earth again.
He has planned for a whole new World. Far beyond anything we could ever
plan or do, He is preparing. Just a few of His plans are:
* A complete return to a global climate of mild weather with no storms,
droughts and catastrophes.
* A renewing of the abundant harvests of land and sea
* The return of animals to non-poisonous, non-carnivorous states
* The transformation of spiders and snakes to beauty and wonder
* And dozens of other promised changes until the World blossoms like a
rose garden with no blight and no bugs.
* When?
Revelation 20 is the step between Earth, as we know it and Heaven for Eternity.
It declares that the golden age will arrive . The armies of the nations have
been disbanded, and the great military academies have fallen into ruin and decay.
The machinery of war has all been smelted down and converted to the implements
of peace. Jerusalem has become the world’s capital. The throne of David is
there, and the twelve apostles are there judging the twelve tribes of Israel,
for Israel rules the World. The millennial Temple has been built to crown
Moriah’s brow, and the nations of the Earth come there to worship the living God.
Prosperity is evident from pole to pole. Poverty is unknown. Every man has all
that his heart can desire. There are no prisons, no hospitals, no mental
institutions, no barracks, no saloons, no houses of ill repute, no gambling dens,
and no homes for the aged and infirm. Such things belong to a past and lesser age.
The bloom of youth is on everyone’s cheek, for a man is a stripling at a hundred
years of age. Cemeteries are crumbling relics of the past, and tears are rare.
The wolf and the lamb, the calf and the lion, the cow and the bear, the child and
the scorpion, all are at peace. Jesus has come, and the millennium is here. The
golden age, so frequently heralded by the prophets of Israel’s past, has dawned at
last, and the Earth is filled with the knowledge of God. Jesus is Lord, and He
rules the nations with a rod of iron. His reign is righteous, and the nations obey.
The principles of the Sermon on the Mount are the laws of the Kingdom, and men obey
them because infractions are not allowed. Sin is visited with swift and certain
judgment. The era lasts for a thousand years.
Let’s read Revelation 20:1-10.
In Revelation 19:11- 20:10, we see in three distinct strokes, God’s mighty plan.
* First of all 19:11-21 – THE RETURN of the King of Kings.
* Secondly 20:1-3 – THE RESTRAINT of the adversary.
* Finally 20:4-10 – THE RULE of the Messiah. Let’s plunge into the first phase –
the return of the King of Kings.
“Only one life to live and soon is past
Only what’s done for Christ will last!”
Hoping to make the time I have left count for the glory of God.
Revelation Chapter 20 LESSON 1 Part A