Warm-up: When was the last time that you read from the Book of the Revelation?

Discussion:

1. Read Revelation 20:1-10. What do you see in this Passage that excites you?

And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time. I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years. The Judgment of Satan when the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison 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. They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God’s people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

-Revelation 20:1-10

  

2. What do you see as being evil in our world today?

  

  

3. How can we defeat this evil? What Scripture is relevant to your answer?

  

  

4. What phrase from Isaiah 54:17 speaks to you the loudest?

...no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from me,” declares the LORD.

-Isaiah 54:17

  

5. Why does Revelation 20 get Pastor Jeff Vines pumped up?

  

  

6. In what ways does Pastor Jeff’s message cause you to “wake up?”

  

OPTIONAL

7. Why doesn’t God just kill the devil and rid the world of this evil?

  

  

8. What is the biggest passion in your Christian life?