When the righteous descend to earth in the Holy City and the wicked are resurrected, “Satan will be released.” He again has the wicked to lead and the righteous as his target. Not wasting a moment, He immediately begins to organize the wicked into a vast army.

This seems a perfect opportunity to Satan. The Holy City is not fortified, its inhabitants are not armed. Deciding to take it by force and plunder its riches, he convinces his followers that, because they outnumber the righteous, victory is certain.

Satan can plot strategy with military geniuses from all periods of earth’s history. Generals who’ve conquered empires can organize his armies. Scientists can try to create new weapons of mass destruction. This second resurrection reveals a sad reality: in death the characters of the wicked have experienced no change. They come from the grave with the same ambitions, the same selfish desires.

Finally, Satan gives the command to march against the city. The vast multitude moves with military precision to claim this glittering metropolis from outer space as their capital. Satan and the wicked lay siege to the New Jerusalem; this is their last chance to sabotage Jesus’ plan to rescue humanity forever from the curse of sin. But as they take up positions around the New Jerusalem, a horrible truth begins to sink into their hearts: “We’re on the outside! We’re outside in the dark!” The wicked catch a glimpse of the real horror of being lost—lost forever.