Revelation 20-1-3-Christ has Bound Satan----I. The Binding of Satan -vv. 1-3a--o Contextual Keys- key, the Dragon, bound, threw-cast---o The bigger picture -1-8- 3-7- 12-1-17- Heb. 2-14-15---And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out- Therefore they will be your judges. But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. Or how can someone enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man---Mt. 12-27-29--Now is the judgment of this world- now will the ruler of this world be cast out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.--Jn. 12-31-32---II. The Nature of the Binding -v. 3--o That he might not deceive the nations -12-9-10- Ps. 2-8---the deceiver of the whole world-he was thrown down to the earth.--Rev. 12-9b---o We live in the age of un-deception -Acts 13-47- 14-16- 17-30---I am sending you -to the gentiles- to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.--Acts 26-17-18---III. The Encouragement for the Church NOW--o Things are not what they seem----o Because Jesus reigns, the pressure is off you-