Fri.’s Devo - The End of Satan

Read: Zechariah 14:1-21; Revelation 20:1-15; Psalm 148:1-14; Proverbs 31:8-9 There will come a day when the nations would all gather to fight against Jerusalem. Jerusalem would be plundered and half of the people taken into captivity. The rest would be left to live among the ruins. God would go out to fight against those nations. His feet will stand on the Mt. Of Olives, east of Jerusalem and the mountain will split apart making a wide valley for the people to flee through. Then the Lord will return with his holy ones with him. *** The sun and moon will not give light and yet there will be light all the time. Life-giving waters will flow out from Jerusalem continually all year long. The Lord will be king over all the earth and He will be the only Lord. The land all around Jerusalem will become a flat plain but Jerusalem will be lifted up and filled with people. They will live there in safety and blessings. *** God will send a plague on all the nations that fought against Jerusalem and the people will become like zombies. They will fight their neighbors and their gold and silver and fine clothing will be captured. The plague will extend to their animals. *** The ones who survive the plague will go up to Jerusalem each year to worship the King, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. Any nation that refuses to come will not get rain that year. *** The horses will have the words “Holy to the Lord” on them. All the cooking pots in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. They will use these pots to boil their sacrifices in to the Lord. *** In Revelation John saw an angel come from heaven with the key to the bottomless pit in one hand and a chain in the other. He seized the dragon and bound him in chains for a thousand years. He was thrown into the bottomless pit and the door shut and locked. Satan would not be able to deceive the nations anymore until the thousand years were over. Then he would be released for a little while. *** The martyrs of the world were given authority to judge from positions of authority. The rest of the dead did not come back to life. *** When the thousand years is over, Satan will be let out of his prison to go try to deceive the nations called Gog and Magog. They will be gathered from the four corners of the earth for battle against Jerusalem and God’s people. But God will send fire from heaven and consume his enemies. Satan will be thrown into the fiery lake of burning sulfur, joining the beast and the false prophet. They will be tormented forever. *** God will sit on his great white throne and the books will be opened. This is the Great White Throne judgment. Everyone will be judged throughout eternity. Those written in the Book of Life will be rewarded and those not written in the Book of Life will be judged according to their deeds. Death and the Grave will be thrown into the lake of fire along with anyone whose name is not in the Book of Life. *** Lord, thank you for your plan. We have so many good things to look forward to. You are so good!