“And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.”
and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth - Gog and Magog - and to gather them for battle; in number they are like the sand on the seashore - Satan's deception (his only remaining power) gathers the nations from all regions (Gog and Magog, from Ezekiel 38-39, represent the final anti-God powers). Their number is incalculable, suggesting the magnitude of rebellion.
Church Fathers on Revelation 20:8
“And they went up upon the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city; and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil who seduced them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where both the beast and the false prophet shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.” This belongs to the last judgment. And after a little time the earth was made holy, as being at least that wherein lately had…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a reflection on this verse
No reflections on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!