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Organizing Now for the Thousand Years to ComeThe Watchtower—1989 | September 1
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5. What will be the state of Satan and the demons during the Thousand Year Reign of Christ?
5 The expression “a thousand years” at Revelation 20:4 is not symbolic but refers to a thousand solar years. During that Millennium, Satan the Devil and his demon hordes will be in the abyss, for just before telling about Christ’s Thousand Year Reign, the apostle John said: “I saw an angel coming down out of heaven with the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. And he seized the dragon, the original serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. And he hurled him into the abyss and shut it and sealed it over him, that he might not mislead the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After these things he must be let loose for a little while.”—Revelation 20:1-3.
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Organizing Now for the Thousand Years to ComeThe Watchtower—1989 | September 1
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7. What does the Bible indicate about the time and nature of Jesus Christ’s Millennial Reign?
7 According to the Scriptures, however, the true Millennial Reign of Jesus Christ is still future. Present-day fulfillment of Bible prophecy shows that it is very close at hand. During the true Millennium, Satan and his demons will actually be abyssed, and Jesus Christ and his 144,000 joint heirs will reign over all mankind without interference from the Devil’s organization. The everlasting blessing of all redeemed mankind, in fulfillment of Jehovah’s covenant with his “friend” Abraham, will begin with the “great crowd,” who will survive the unparalleled “tribulation” with which this wicked system ends. It will extend to the billions of human dead ransomed by “the blood of the Lamb,” Jesus Christ. (James 2:21-23; Revelation 7:1-17; Genesis 12:3; 22:15-18; Matthew 24:21, 22) To this end, these will be resurrected from their death sleep in the memorial tombs to life on earth.—John 5:28, 29.
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