Revelation 20
Title: “The Score Will Be Settled”
Theme: Resurrection, Judgment, the Millennium and Beyond
Text: “And I saw thrones…” (Revelation 20:4)
I. And I saw and angel come down from heaven (v.1-3)
A. Having the key to the bottomless pit and a
great chain in his hand
B. And
he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan
C. And
bound him one thousand years
D. And
cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him
E. That
he should deceive the nations no more
F. Till
the thousand years be fulfilled
G. And
after that he must be loosed a little season
II. And I saw
thrones (v.4a)
A. And
they that sat upon them (Twelve Apostles-Matthew 19:28; Luke 22:30)
B. And
judgment was given unto them
III. And I saw the souls of them that were beheaded
(v.4b-6)
A. For
the witness of Jesus
B. And
for the Word of God
C. Who
had not worshipped the beast
1. Neither
his image
2. Neither
had received his mark upon their foreheads
3. Neither
had received his mark in their hand
D. They
lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years
E. But
the rest of the dead [the wicked] lived not again until the thousand years were
finished
F. This
is the First Resurrection:
1. Part
One: Christ the Firstfruits (I Corinthians 15:20)
2. Part
Two: They that are Christ’s at His Coming/Rapture (I Corinthians 15:23, 51, 52;
I Thessalonians 4:13-18)
3. Part
Three: The beheaded martyrs/70th Week Saints/Day of the Lord Saints
(Revelation 20:4-6; Daniel 12:3)
4. Part
Four: The Millennial Saints (Isaiah 65:20)
G. Blessed
and holy is he that has part in the First Resurrection:
1. On such the Second Death has no power
2. But they shall be priests of God and of
Christ
3. And
shall reign with Him a thousand years
IV. And when the thousand years are expired (v.7-10)
A. Satan
shall be loosed out of his prison
B. And
shall go our to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth
1. Gog
and Magog [Prophetic/Biblical Title given to rebellious Gentile nations]
2. To
gather them together to battle the number of whom is as the sand of the sea
3. And
they went up on the breadth of the earth
4. And
compassed the camp of the saints about and the beloved city [Jerusalem]
5. And
fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them
C. And
the devil that deceived them
1. Was
cast into the lake of fire and brimstone
2. Where
the beast and the false prophet are
3. And
shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever
V. And I saw a Great White Throne and Him that sat on it
(v.11-15)
A. From
Whose face the earth and heaven fled away
B. And
there was found no place for them
C. And
I saw the dead small and great stand before God
1. And the books were opened
2.
And another book was opened which is the Book of Life
3. And the dead were judged our of those
things which were written in the books according to their works
4.
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it
5. And death and hell delivered up the dead
which were in them
6. And they were judged every man according to
their works
VI. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire
A. This
is the Second Death
B. And
whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of
fire
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