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SATAN IS BOUND FOR A THOUSAND YEARS;

AND THE SAINTS AND MARTYRS REIGN

IN THE HEAVENLY JERUSALEM,

NOW DESCENDED INTO THE AIR OUT OF HEAVEN.

Isa. xxvi. 21. Behold! The Lord cometh out of His Place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall discover her bloods, and shall no more cover her slain.

Isa. xxiv. 21, 22. And it shall come to pass in that Day, that The Lord shall punish [visit upon] the host of the high ones that are on high,

["The Prince of the power of the air, the Spirit that now worketh in the Children of disobedience" (Eph. ii. 2; John xiv. 30): "principalities, powers" (Eph. i. 21; Col. ii. 15); "the rulers" [power (Heb. ii. 14; 1 Pet. ii. 9; Col. i. 13; Luke xxii. 53;)-angels, ministers, or messengers of the principalities, powers, dominions, Eph. i. 21] "of the darkness of this world, against wicked spirits in heavenly places:" Eph. vi. 12.]

and the kings of the earth upon the earth.

[Daniel had experience of the active opposition of the "rulers of the darkness-the dark kingdoms and places-of this world," when The Lord's Messenger, sent to answer his prayer, was hindered 21 days by the "prince" of the kingdom of Persia: Dan. x. 1, 2-13. So also Paul in his work was "hindered:" 1 Thes. ii. 18.]

And they shall be gathered together as prisoners are gathered in the pit [dungeon], and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited

[Found wanting:-be judged and receive the sentence which they had awaited in the prison.]

Isa. xxvii. 1. In that Day, The Lord, with His sore and great, and strong Sword [Rev. xix. 15, i. 16; Eph. vi. 17; Heb. iv. 12; 2 Thes. ii. 8] shall punish leviathan, the piercing [crossing like a bar] Serpent, even leviathan that crooked Serpent; and He shall slay the Dragon that is in the sea.

Rev. xx. 1-6. And I saw an Angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the Dragon, that old Serpent, which is the Devil and Satan [Gen. iii. 1-5, 22-24 (Matt. iv. 1-11; Luke iv. 13; John xiv. 29, 30; Matt. xxvi. 38; Luke xxii. 44; Matt. xxvii. 46; Heb. v. 7; ii. 14, 15) Rev. xii. 3, 9], and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the [those 3, 5, 7] thousand years should be fulfilled :

And after that he must be loosed a little season.

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them and I saw the souls [persons, Acts xxvii. 37, men, of spirit and body, such as were the merchandise of "Babylon " Rev. xviii. 13] of them that were beheaded [Gk. sig. "stroke of the axe," beheading with the axe, peculiarly characteristic of the Romans] for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and who had not worshipped the Beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived

[noav, returned to life (Rev. i. 18); "in that manner in which the rest of the dead lived not again (xx. 5) before the general resurrection.” and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

But the rest of the dead lived not until those thousand years were finished.

This is the first resurrection [Ps. i. 5; xlix. 14; Isa. xxvi. 14, 19; 1 Cor. xv. 23; 1 Thes. iv. 16]. Blessed

[μakápios "is with great propriety applied to him over whom the second death has no power; for it is derived from μǹ kǹp, so that it denotes one who is immortal."]

and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection :

[The Ethiopian Version, according to John de la Haye, has, "on that Day which precedes His Coming."]

on such the Second Death hath no power, but they shall be Priests of God and of Christ [i. 5, 6], and shall reign with Him a thousand years [2 Tim. ii. 11, 12].

Psalm i.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly [wicked],

Nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of scorners; But his delight is in The Law of The Lord;

And in His Law doth he meditate day and night.

He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water [Ezek. xlvii. 12; Rev. xxii. 2; Jer. xvii. 7, 8], that bringeth forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not wither [fade]; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

For The Lord knoweth the way of the righteous:

The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away [Matt. iii. 12].

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand [rise up: Heb., also LXX.] in The Judgment, nor sinners in The Congregation of the Righteous.

but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

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Isa. xxvi.

19. Thy dead shall live, My dead Body shall they arise [Ezek. xxxvii. 10, 13]. Awake, and sing, ye that dwell in dust! for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

14. Dead, they shall not live; deceased, they shall not rise [xliii. 17]; therefore hast Thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

THE KINGDOM OF THE MESSIAH:

PROMISES OF THE GLORIOUS REIGN OF DAVID'S SON AND LORD

GIVEN TO THE JEWS,

(Matt. xxii. 41-46),

-WHO FOR A TIME HAVE STUMBLED AT

THE ROCK OF OFFENCE-THE CHIEF-CORNER-STONE.

(Rom. xi. 25-29; Isa. lix. 20, 21; Ps. cxviii. 22; Matt. xxi. 42, 44; Eph. ii. 20).

Thy Kingdom come!

Matt. vi. 10.

Thy will be done upon the earth, as it is in heaven!

Isa. ix. 6, 7.

Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given:

And the Government shall be upon His shoulder:

And His Name shall be called Wonderful [Secret: Judg. xiii. 18], Counseller, The Mighty God,

The Father of The Everlasting Age, The Prince of Peace.

Of the increase of His Government and Peace there shall be no end, Upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom,

To order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice From henceforth even for ever.

The zeal of The Lord of Hosts will perform this.

Jer. xxx. 9.

They shall serve The Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

He shall be great,

Luke i. 32, 33, 68, 69, 72, 73.

And shall be called The Son of The Highest [The Son of The Blessed One, Mark xiv. 61]:

And The Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His Father

David:

And He shall Reign over the house of Jacob for ever;

And of His Kingdom there shall be no end.

Blessed be The Lord God of Israel !

For He hath visited and redeemed His people:
And hath raised up a Horn of Salvation for us
In the house of His servant David.

To perform the mercy promised to our fathers,
And to remember His holy Covenant;

The oath which He sware to our father Abraham.

Luke xix. 12:

IN TYPE BY SOLOMON :

2 Sam. vii. 12-18; 2 Chron. v.-ix.

IN PARABLE:

A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return: 13-27, 28.

IN FACT:

Acts ii. [29-31] 32-36. This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. Therefore being by The Right Hand of God exalted, and having received of The Father The Promise of The Holy Spirit, He hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, "The Lord said unto my Lord,' Sit Thou on My Right Hand, until I make Thy foes Thy footstool!" Ps. cx. 1, 5, xlv. 6, 7 margin: 1-4.

Therefore, let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus [Acts i. 11], Whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

Rev. i. 6, 7. To Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever! Behold He cometh with clouds [Acts i. 9-11; Mark xiv. 61, 62;

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