'Rev 20:7-10

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Defeat of Satan (Rev 20:7-10)

At the end of the time of Christ’s reign Satan is released, but he soon shows that he has not changed his ways. As usual he deceives people and incites them to rebel against God (cf. Rev 16:12-16; Gen 3:1-6). Rebels across the world unite against God and his people.

As in a similar apocalyptic vision in the Old Testament, the anti-God leader is symbolized by a man called Gog who lives in the land of Magog. But, as in the Old Testament vision, Satan is allowed to draw all the rebels together so that God might destroy them all at the same time in one decisive act of judgment (Rev 20:7-9; cf. Ezek 38:1-9,16,18; 39:1-8).

God then throws Satan into the lake of fire to join the antichrist and the false prophet. This is an imprisonment from which there is no release. It is the final punishment (Rev 20:10).