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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 5 of 5
Revelation 19:17-21; ; Revelation 20:1-6
In contrast with the "marriage supper of the Lamb", here we see what is ironically called "the great supper of God" (end of v. 17 JND trans.; Psalms 2:4-5; Zephaniah 1:7). The final confrontation between the armies of the Son of God and those of the Beast will result in the total annihilation of the latter. Without any other judgment, the beast and the false prophet will be cast alive into hell (cf. Numbers 16:33; Psalms 55:15). Then God deals with their master, Satan. Ch. 12 showed him being cast out of heaven. Here a symbolic chain and key put the great murderer where he can do no harm. Finally v. 10 shows him, after the thousand years, rejoining his two accomplices in the lake of fire (Matthew 25:41). No wonder then that the devil fears the book of Revelation more than any other book in the Bible. To prevent people from reading it he convinces even believers that it is difficult to understand.
With Satan bound, there is no longer anything which is opposed to the glorious reign of the Lord. We have seen that this reign, contrary to what many people think, will not be brought about by a continual improvement of the world, but by judgments. Dear children of God, Christ wants to share His authority with us (Daniel 7:18). Let us not associate today with a world which we are going to judge tomorrow (1 Corinthians 6:2).
