Additionally, the related word ba-sa-ni-stes," "tormentor,"is used in the Bible to mean "jailer." (Matthew 18:34, Kingdom Interlinear) In harmony with this, Satan will be imprisoned in the lake of fire forever; he will never be released. Finally, in the Greek Septuagint which was well known to John, the related word ba'sa-nos is used to refer to humiliation that leads to death. (Ezekiel 32:24, 30) This helps us to see that the punishment that Satan undergoes is a humiliating everlasting death in the lake of fire and sulfur. His works him die with him. - 1 JOHN 3:8.
Again, the demons are not mentioned in this verse. Will they be released with Satan at the end of the thousand years and then undergo the punishment of everlasting death along with him? The evidence answers yes. In the parable of the sheep and the goats, Jesus said that the goats would go off "into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his angels." (Matthew 25:41) The expression "everlasting fire" must refer to the lake of fire and sulfur where Satan is to be hurled. The Devil's angels were cast out of heaven with him. Evidently, they went into the abyss with him at the beginning of the Thousand-Year Reign. Consistently, the, they will also be destroyed with him in the lake of fire and sulfur. -MATTHEW 8:29.
Next time: Chapter Forty/Crushing the Serpents' Head - Tortured Day and Night Forever - Conclusion
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