Bible Handbook

Third Fall of Satan

• Revelation 20:1-3. It does not take Christ or a host of angels to overcome Satan; one angel binds him. BHB 105.16

• Revelation 20:3. He is confined to his own territory. BHB 105.17

• Jeremiah 4:23-26; Isaiah 24:19-21. Sin has made the earth a dark abyss. BHB 105.18

• 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17. Righteous in heaven. BHB 106.1

• Jeremiah 25:31-33. Wicked all dead. BHB 106.2

• Revelation 20:3. Satan is alone with the evil angels for 1000 years. He is bound by circumstances; the righteous are in heaven, the wicked dead, there is no one for him to tempt. BHB 106.3

• Revelation 20:5. The wicked live again at the end of 1000 years. BHB 106.4

• Revelation 20:7. This gives Satan work, and he is said to be “loosed.” BHB 106.5

• Revelation 20:8. Deceives the wicked. BHB 106.6

• Revelation 20:9. As they gather for battle all are destroyed. BHB 106.7

• Hebrews 2:14. Christ died to destroy Satan. BHB 106.8

• Revelation 20:10. As long as Satan lives in the fire he suffers torment, but as sure as Christ died, Satan will die when he has suffered the penalty for sin. BHB 106.9

• Ezekiel 28:18, 19. Satan becomes ashes on the earth in the sight of the righteous. The Desire of Ages, 490. BHB 106.10

• Malachi 4:1-3. Ashes on the new earth is all that remains of Satan and sinners. BHB 106.11