Why is Satan bound and sealed for the thousand years in Revelation 20?
Scripture says the angel casts Satan into a special pit, not hell or the lake of fire, shuts him up, and seals him so that he should deceive the nations no more until the thousand years are fulfilled. After that thousand years, Satan is going to be released again.
Les explains that the angel will cast Satan, bound, into a special place—not hell, not the lake of fire, but a pit of some kind. He is shut up and sealed so he should deceive the nations no more until the thousand years are fulfilled. Les emphasizes that the repetition of the thousand years is for emphasis: this Kingdom rule and reign of Christ will be a thousand years. After the thousand years, Satan is going to be released again, and Les says he will give the reason later when he comes to it. The resurrected believers are then shown living and reigning with Christ for that same thousand years.
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
More Questions
How long is Satan bound before he is released?
Satan remains locked up until the thousand years are fulfilled, and after that he must be loosed for a little season.
When does Satan have to be loosed for a little season?
Satan is bound while Christ's perfect thousand-year reign comes in, and after that reign he must be loosed for a little season.