Chapter Forty/Crushing the Serpent's Head - Satan Abyssed

 What, then, is in store for Satan himself and his demons? John tells us: "And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven with the key of the abyss and great chain in his hand. And he seized the dragon, the original serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. And he hurled him into the abyss and shut it and sealed it over him, that he might not mislead nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After these things he must be let loose for a little while." - REVELATION 20:1-3. 

Who is this angel? He must have tremendous power to be able to able to dispose of Jehovah's archenemy. He has "the key of the abyss and a great chain." Does this not remind us of an earlier vision? Why, yes, the king over the locusts is called "the angel of the abyss"! (Revelation 9:11) So here we again observe Jehovah's Chief Vindicator, the glorified Jesus Christ, in action. The archangel that cast Satan out of heaven, that judged Babylon the Great, and then disposed of "the kings of the earth and their armies" at Armageddon would surely not step aside to let a lesser angel deliver the masterstroke in abyssing Satan. 

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