Revelation 20:7-10
“And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations... Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle... And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone...”
King James Version
After the thousand years, Satan is loosed, gathers Gog and Magog against the saints, and is cast forever into the lake of fire — the final defeat of evil.
Fulfillment References
Ezekiel 38-39 Revelation 20:1-6 2 Thessalonians 2:8 Revelation 19:20
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalThe deceiver is cast forever into the lake of fire by the one Lord — evil's final, total defeat at the hand of God.
JewishGog and Magog (from Ezekiel 38-39) became, in later Jewish thought, the archetypal final assault on God's people before the age to come.
CatholicThe final loosing and defeat of Satan; the millennium read largely amillennially in Catholic tradition.
ProtestantThe decisive, final defeat of Satan — the interpretation of the 'thousand years' divides the millennial views.
OrthodoxThe final overthrow of the devil before the general resurrection and judgment.
DispensationalSatan loosed after a literal earthly millennium, gathering a final revolt, then judged (premillennial).
AcademicRevelation 20 is the storm-center of millennial debate; Gog-Magog derives from Ezekiel 38-39 as a symbol of the nations' final hostility.
Scholarship & Sources
Revelation 20:1-10 is the single most contested eschatological passage, dividing premillennial, amillennial, and postmillennial readings over whether the 'thousand years' is future, present, or a coming gospel age. 'Gog and Magog' is drawn from Ezekiel 38-39. See the multi-view volume 'The Meaning of the Millennium: Four Views' (ed. Robert Clouse), and Beale, Mounce.
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