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Rev 20:2-3
2 >And he laid hold of the dragon, that old serpent, which is the devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 >And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should not deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled, and after that he must be loosed a little season.
A seal is an official instrument to be opened by the receiver, or opened at a set time by reason of its terms.
Therefore a metaphoric 1000 yr seal in this clear legal context (to bind Satan) by order of God Himself, would be exactly the same as a literal 1000 yr seal because its only possible use/function/meaning is always the same...to be opened under set terms (by whom and when).
Is the angel with the key metaphoric?
Is God described here metaphorically?
Or Satan?
Is it being metaphoric about the seal?..... It Wouldn't matter...
The seal guarantees it's literal meaning.
We will have a future 1000 years where Satan will be locked up when Jesus returns.
A literal 1000 year guarantee sealed within a metaphoric 1000 year seal.
2 >And he laid hold of the dragon, that old serpent, which is the devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 >And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should not deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled, and after that he must be loosed a little season.
A seal is an official instrument to be opened by the receiver, or opened at a set time by reason of its terms.
Therefore a metaphoric 1000 yr seal in this clear legal context (to bind Satan) by order of God Himself, would be exactly the same as a literal 1000 yr seal because its only possible use/function/meaning is always the same...to be opened under set terms (by whom and when).
Is the angel with the key metaphoric?
Is God described here metaphorically?
Or Satan?
Is it being metaphoric about the seal?..... It Wouldn't matter...
The seal guarantees it's literal meaning.
We will have a future 1000 years where Satan will be locked up when Jesus returns.
A literal 1000 year guarantee sealed within a metaphoric 1000 year seal.