SATAN, BOUND & CAST OUT by the LORD JESUS, part 1/5

Send us Fan MailA key to the bottomless pit and a chain strong enough to hold the dragon is not subtle imagery. We open Revelation 20:1–3 and ask the question that decides everything else: what kind of authority is being shown here, and who actually holds it?We work through the symbols slowly, because apocalyptic literature rewards patience. The group pushes hard on the meaning of the key and chain, then turns to the flashpoint: the text says “an angel,” but can any created angel lay hold of Satan when other passages show even mighty angels treating him with caution? Along the way we confront a problem almost every Bible reader faces: the “things we’ve always heard” that feel biblical until you try to find the verse. If we can’t show it in Scripture, we don’t get to preach it as truth.Then the debate widens to the big interpretive frameworks people bring to Revelation. We talk about the book being “signified” by signs, how that shapes a responsible reading, and why dispensational assumptions can steer the conversation before the text even gets a hearing. The looming question remains: is the binding of Satan a future event, or has it already begun in a real but qualified sense?Subscribe for more text-driven conversations, share this with someone who loves Revelation, and leave a review with your answer: who is the angel in Revelation 20, and why?Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!