"And the Devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and Brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet were . And he will be tormented day and night forever and ever." (Revelation 20:10). "And the Devil who deceived them"- Before Satan was bound, that is, his power was curtailed and restrained; now, he is cast into the lake of fire, his power being totally taken away. "Was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone" - In Revelation 19:20, it is said of the beast and the false prophet that they were “cast alive into a lake of fire, burning with brimstone.” Satan, on the other hand, instead of being doomed at once to that final ruin, was confined for a season in a dark abyss, (Rev. 20:1-3). As the final punishment, however, he is appropriately represented as consigned to the same doom as the beast and the false prophet, that those great enemies of God, that had been associated and combined in deceiving the nations, might share the same appropriate punishment in the end. "And he will be tormented day and night forever and ever" -All the great enemies of the Church are destroyed, and henceforth there is to be no array of hostile forces; no combination of malignant powers against the Kingdom of God. The Gospel triumphs; the way is prepared for the final consummation.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 10:01:17 +0000
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