“And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,”
He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years - Satan, identified by his accumulated titles (dragon, ancient serpent, devil, Satan), is bound for a millennium. The thousand years represents a long but limited period; Satan's binding is not eternal but temporal.
Church Fathers on Revelation 20:2
“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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