March 5, 2015
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Today's Article: #54 Doomsday for Satan and his Remaining Followers

By Dr. Stephen Phinney     

 

"When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison, and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the sand of the seashore. And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them. And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever" (Rev 20:7-10).

 

This may sound a bit odd, but at the end of the thousand years, Satan will be released from his prison to, again, deceive the nations.

 

This collective group of nations from the four corners of the earth will be placed under the banner of Gog and Magog. The reason for this is the entire world, and its nations, will side with either Gog (northern) or Magog (southern). Gog, from the Hebrew, means "rebellious sons of Israel." Abraham and Magog, in Hebrew, mean "sons of Japheth." The historical note here is the nations that gather with Gog are the direct descendants of Ishmael (Muslim), and the descendants of Japheth are a people not directly related to the seed of Abraham. Japheth is known for settling in the northern region known as Europe (white and yellow-skinned people). The best way to remember these are: Gog is the Islamic nation, and Magog is the European Union.

 

Satan's purpose in deceiving the nations is no different than it has always been - to get the people to come against God. His plan will be no different than what it was in the Garden with Eve, to deceive humans into thinking they can be little gods. As baffling as it is, Satan just doesn't seem to get it - he loses. His methods of madness include the accusation of ultimately accusing God of being the One who is restrictively jealous and not wanting humans to have the knowledge of self-independence. In reality, Satan is the one who is jealous and desirous of starving the humans of the real knowledge - the knowledge of the Holy.

 

When Satan unfolds his plan, millions (the number of whom is as the sand of the sea) will be deceived. Obviously, this number is made up of the people born during the Millennium, since Israel and other nations will be in their natural bodies during the thousand year reign. These Millennial-born people will have never have known temptation, because Satan was in the pit for those thousand years. This will give Satan a new market of...Read More Here

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Doomsday for Satan and his Remaining Followers. Copyright � 2015 IOM America. Permission to reproduce for educational purposes. Please keep author's name intact.  
 
All Scriptures, unless otherwise stated, are taken from the New American Standard Bible, � Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.
    

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