Revelation 20:1-10 interpretation
Revelation 20
Description
This chapter describes Satan being bound for the Millennium, his release for a short time at the end of it, and his final defeat and punishment. The first and second resurrections are described, after which people face judgment in each case.
Commentary
The Thousand Year Millennium (v1-6)
Verses 1 to 3 say, "Then I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain. He seized the dragon – the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan – and tied him up for a thousand years. The angel then threw him into the abyss and locked and sealed it so that he could not deceive the nations until the one thousand years were finished. (After these things he must be released for a brief period of time)".
John saw an angel with the key to the Abyss in Revelation 9:1, at the time of the 5th trumpet. Perhaps this is the same angel. The Abyss is the deepest part of Hell, also known as Tartarus in Gr
Baptist commentary on revelation.