Bible Passage Scripture Block

And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them, and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

The armies of Satan marched over the earth and surrounded the saints and the city of God, but fire came from heaven and consumed them. Satan, who had deceived those armies, was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and false prophet had already been thrown and where they would be tormented for eternity.

The book of Revelation is what John saw and was told to write down (1:1-2). Using “in the Spirit” as a structural marker, the book can be sectioned into four visions in particular:

• Vision One (1:9-3:22) – Jesus speaking to the seven churches
• Vision Two (4:1-16:21) – Seven seals, seven trumpets, seven bowls of wrath; “one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls” introduces the last two (and therefore possibly connected):
  • Vision Three (17:1-21:8) – Babylon the Harlot
  • Vision Four (21:9-22:5) – Jerusalem the Bride

In chapter 17, we begin to see judgment for “the prostitute” and the city “Babylon the great” and the “marriage supper of the Lamb” in heaven. In chapter 20, several images or statements are presented that occur only in this chapter of Revelation (listed below). The clear and final defeat of Satan in 20 follows with the ultimate and glorious victory of God in 21 and final warnings and a call to return in 22. The exclusive terms and concepts of Revelation chapter 20:

• the “thousand years” of Satan chained (vss 2-3, 7) and saints reigning with Christ (vss 4-6),
• the “first resurrection” (vss 5-6),
• the “second death” (vs 6, 14),
• the “great white throne” (v 11)