Satan Bound for 1000 Years
Revelation 20:1-3 · August 9, 2023
In “Why Would God Release Satan After the Millennium?” Pastor explores Revelation 20 and considers why God allows evil and releases Satan after his thousand-year imprisonment. The message reflects on free will, God’s purposes, and how the reality of evil makes the choice to follow God meaningful.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction: Why would God release Satan after the Millennium? Why did God create Satan in the first place? Why does God allow evil?
02:25 Satan is bound for 1,000 years (Revelation 20:1-3)
06:19 Satan is released from his prison (Revelation 20:7)
08:08 Who Satan is (Isaiah 14:12 NASB2020; Isaiah 14:12-16; Ezekiel 28:12-15)
20:07 God did not create evil (Isaiah 45:7)
23:01 If God is good, then why is there evil?
28:33 God's purpose for evil (Romans 8:28; Genesis 50:20)
32:08 The cross is the greatest example
32:30 One of the reasons there is evil is that God gave us free will
33:39 Another reason is that God has a purpose for evil
33:46 Having evil in the world creates a world where more people will turn to God
35:22 God has a purpose for Satan
36:39 The tempter is released to fill the purpose God has for him one more time
37:19 Satan’s fall and embracing of evil is like the fall of mankind and our embracing of evil
38:00 The choice to love God or love this world had to be a real choice; this choice would be the opposite
38:42 Knowing what we know about the world, Satan, and evil, what is your choice going to be?
40:35 Closing prayer
