Satan Chained to Earth
for One Thousand Years

When the 1,000 years begin, the righteous have all gone to heaven and the wicked are all dead. What will happen on this world during the 1,000 years?

“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.”
—Revelation 20:1-3.

At Jesus’ coming Satan is bound and will remain in chains during the 1,000 years. Where is Satan imprisoned? In the “Abyss,” the English equivalent of a Greek word that is translated from a Hebrew word which means “very deep” or “bottomless.” The word used for “Abys” appears in the Septuagint (the Greek Version of the Old Testament which was translated from Hebrew in pre-Christian times). In Genesis 1:2 the Septuagint uses the word “Abyss” to describe the earth in its undeveloped state before the days of creation began. It seems clear then that our earth is the Abyss where God imprisons Satan.