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The European Union in Prophecy
scapegoat was sent away into a land not inhabited, so Satan will be banished to the
desolate earth, an uninhabited and dreary wilderness.
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.
That the expression "bottomless pit" represents the earth in a state of confusion
and darkness is evident from other scriptures. Concerning the condition of the earth
"in the beginning," the Bible record says that it "was without form, and void; and
darkness was upon the face of the deep."[The Hebrew word here translated ‘deep’ is
rendered in the Septugint Greek Translation of the Hebrew Old Testament by the
same word redered ‘bottomless pit’ in Revelation 20:1-3]
Genesis 1:2. Prophecy teaches that it will be brought back, partially at least, to
this condition. Looking forward to the great day of God, the prophet Jeremiah declares:
"I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they
had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved
lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were
broken down." Jeremiah 4:23-26.
Here is to be the home of Satan with his evil angels for a thousand years. Limited
to the earth, he will not have access to other worlds to tempt and annoy those who
have never fallen. It is in this sense that he is bound: there are none remaining, upon
whom he can exercise his power. He is wholly cut off from the work of deception and
ruin which for so many centuries has been his sole delight. The prophet Isaiah,
looking forward to the time of Satan's overthrow, exclaims: "How art thou fallen from
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