“And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.”
And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain - the angel, equipped with the key to the Abyss and a great chain, prepares to bind Satan himself. The chain symbolizes restraint and divine control over the demonic realm.
Church Fathers on Revelation 20:1
“And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a chain in his hand. And he held the dragon, that old serpent, which is called the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and cast him into the abyss, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be finished: after this he must be loosed a little season.” Those years wherein Satan is bound are in the first advent of…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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