and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea.
Christ Himself is the Angel who binds Satan with chain and key, for none but He has power over the strong man armed. The dragon's strength and subtlety cannot save him from Christ's hands; cast down to his prison with just vengeance, he is shut up and stripped of his old liberty to disturb the churches and deceive the nations.
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Commenting on Revelation 20:1-10
Satan comes out of his prison to deceive the nations as he did before the thousand years, walking the earth like a deceitful serpent. He will gather Gog and Magog, the enemies of God's people at that time, not against each other but against the saints in the beloved city. Their number is beyond counting, like sand on the seashore.
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Satan will appeal to the wicked passions of mankind, exciting a hope they might yet overthrow God's kingdom. The deception spreads across all four quarters of the earth because, though the gospel prevails, the native character of the human heart remains unchanged. Man, under powerful temptation, remains liable to be deluded by the master spirit of corruption.
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