And cast him into the bottomless pit, and
shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations
no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he
must be loosed a little season.--Rev 20:3
There shall be no more thence an infant
of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall
die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall
be accursed.--Isa 65:20
And there are seven kings: five are fallen,
and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must
continue a short space.--Rev 17:10
"Isa. 65:17-19, speak of the new earth.
Isa. 65:20, is here quoted from the Hebrew translation by Isaac Lesser.
"There shall no more thence an infant of few days, nor an old man that
shall not have the full length of his days; for as a lad shall one die
a hundred years old; and as a sinner shall be accursed he who (dieth) at
a hundred years old." It seems this translation makes the meaning of the
verse just a little plainer than the King James'. The scripture speaks
of the time at the end of the 1000 years (millennium) after the resurrection
of the wicked. At that time there will not be any births to infants. "There
shall no more thence an infant of days." The lesson therefore is not so
difficult for one to comprehend. All the wicked are called forth in the
second resurrection, whether old or young (at the time of death). All come
up at the same time. This hour becomes the birth of all the wicked in the
second life. There is to be no natural, or unnatural death, for all must
live to the time of the second death, which is by "fire come down from
God out of heaven and devoured them." Read Rev. 20:7-10. "And as a sinner
shall be accursed he who (dieth) at an hundred years old." This scripture
predicts the span of life of the wicked after they are resurrected as being
100 years. "For as a lad shall one die a hundred years old; and as a sinner
shall be accursed he who (dieth) at a hundred years old." During this 100
year period, the wicked make preparation for their attack on the holy city.
Read Rev. 20:8, 9.
"Isa. 65:21-25, speak of the saints in
the earth made new. Here is another evidence that the chapter is intended
for the people at the time of the end, for the closing verses speak of
the earth made new." SR vol 1 p. 164-65
"15. That for a little season (Rev. 20:3),
a hundred years (Isa. 65:20), after the millennium, the wicked shall live
again and then finally be destroyed by fire (Rev. 20:9), whereupon all
things shall be renewed, and God's original plan shall proceed to perfect
fulfillment in an uninterrupted eternity of heavenly joy (Rev. 21:4)."
2TG No. 10p.31
"The revelator foretells the banishment
of Satan and the condition of chaos and desolation to which the earth is
to be reduced, and he declares that this condition will exist for a thousand
years. After presenting the scenes of the Lord's second coming and the
destruction of the wicked, the prophecy continues: 'I saw an angel come
down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain
in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is
the devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into
the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should
deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled:
and after that he must be loosed a little season.' Revelation 20:1-3."
Great Controversy p. 658.2
"For a thousand years, Satan will wander to and fro in the desolate earth, to behold the results of his rebellion against the law of God. The Revelator, after presenting the scenes of the Lord's second coming and the destruction of the wicked, prophesies of Satan's imprisonment, and declares that 'he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled; and after that he must be loosed a little season.'" The Southern Watchman, 03-14-05, par. 09