At the end of his thousand-year imprisonment, Satan ”will come out to deceive the nations.” He will find fertile soil in which to sow his seeds of rebellion, for many descendants of those who entered the millennial kingdom in their physical bodies (all of whom will be redeemed) will love their sin and reject Christ. When Satan is loosed, he will provide the supernatural leadership needed to bring to the surface all the sin and rebellion left in the universe. He will pull together all the rebels, revealing the true character and intent of those Christ-rejecting sinners, making it evident that God’s judgment of them is just.
John MacArthur
