NOTE.—The word rendered “bottomless pit” in this text is _abusos_, the Greek term employed by the Septuagint in Gen. 1:2, as the equivalent of the Hebrew word rendered “deep” in our English versions. A more literal translation would be “abyss.” It is a term applied to the earth in its desolate, waste, chaotic, dark, uninhabited condition. In this condition it will remain during the one thousand years. It will be the dreary prison-house of Satan during this period. Here, in the midst of the moldering bones of wicked dead, slain at Christ’s second coming, the broken-down cities, and the wreck and ruin of all the pomp and power of this world, Satan will have opportunity to reflect upon the results of his rebellion against God. But the prophecy of Isaiah says, “After many days shall they be visited.” 13. The righteous dead are raised at Christ’s second coming. When will the rest of the dead, the wicked, be raised? “The rest of the dead lived not again _until the thousand years were finished_.” Verse 5. NOTES.—From this we see that the beginning and the close of the millennium, or one thousand years, are marked by the two resurrections. The word millennium is from two Latin words, _mille_, meaning a thousand, and _annus_, year—a thousand years. It covers the time during which Satan is to be bound and wicked men and angels are to be judged. This period is bounded by distinct events. Its beginning is marked by the close of probation, the pouring out of the seven last plagues, the second coming of Christ, and the resurrection of the righteous dead. It closes with the resurrection of the wicked, and their final destruction in the lake of fire. See diagram on page 356. 14. What change is made in Satan’s condition at the close of the one thousand years? “After that _he must be loosed a little season_.” Verse 3. NOTE.—At the close of the one thousand years, Christ, accompanied by the saints, comes to the earth again, to execute judgment upon the wicked, and to prepare the earth, by a re-creation, for the eternal abode of the righteous. At this time, in answer to the summons of Christ, the wicked dead of all ages awake to life. This is the second resurrection, the resurrection unto damnation. The wicked come forth with the same rebellious spirit which possessed them in this life. Then Satan is loosed from his long period of captivity and inactivity. 15. As soon as the wicked are raised, what does Satan at once proceed to do? “When the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to _deceive the nations_ which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, _to gather them together to battle_: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.” Verses 7, 8. 16. Against whom do the wicked go to make war, and what is the outcome?