The unsaved are all dead and the saved are all in heaven. Satan is вЂњtied downвЂќ because he has no people to deceive. A super-natural being cannot be confined with a literal chain. Answer: The chain is symbolic-a chain of circumstances. The earth, in a torn-up, darkened condition, is the вЂњbottomless pitвЂќ where Satan will be forced to stay during the 1,000 years. Also, Isaiah 24:22 speaks of Satan and his angels during the 1,000 years as вЂњgathered in the pitвЂќ and вЂњshut up in the prison.вЂќ So the battered, dark earth with no people alive will be called the bottomless pit, or abyss, during the 1,000 years, just as it was in the beginning before Creation was completed. Jeremiah, in describing this earth during the 1,000 years, used virtually the same terms as these in Genesis 1:2: вЂњwithout form, and void,вЂќ вЂњno light,вЂќ вЂњno man,вЂќ and вЂњblackвЂќ (Jeremiah 4:23, 25, 28). That same word is used in Genesis 1:2 in the Greek version of the Old Testament in connection with the creation of the earth, but there it is translated вЂњdeep.вЂќ вЂњThe earth was without form, and void and darkness was on the face of the deep.вЂќ The words вЂњdeep,вЂќ вЂњbottomless pit,вЂќ and вЂњabyssвЂќ here refer to the same thing-the earth in its totally dark, disorganized form before God made order of it. till the thousand years were finishedвЂќ (Revelation 20:1вЂ“3).ДЄnswer: The word for вЂњbottomless pitвЂќ in the original Greek is вЂњabussos,вЂќ or abyss. He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years and he cast him into the bottomless pit. вЂњI saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit.

The Bible says that Satan will be bound in the вЂњbottomless pitвЂќ during the 1,000 years. (See Study Guide 8 for more on the second coming of Christ.)Д§. ScholarsвЂ™ estimates of the weight of a talent vary from 58 to 100 pounds!ДЄnswer: Other momentous events that take place as the 1,000 years begin are: the most devastating earthquake and hailstorm in history strike the earth Jesus returns in the clouds for His people and all the saints are caught up into the air to meet Jesus. And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone about the weight of a talentвЂќ (Revelation 16:18, 21). вЂњThere was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the airвЂќ (1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17). вЂњThe Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout. вЂњBehold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see HimвЂќ (Revelation 1:7).

What other momentous events take place when the 1,000 years begin?

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