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The Judgment of Satan Revelation 20:7-10

7 When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—and to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore. 9 They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God’s people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. 10 And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

This passage raises a profound question: if a thousand years of peace, justice, and God's visible reign cannot convince humanity to remain faithful, what does that say about free will?

The fact that multitudes still rush to rebellion the moment Satan is released suggests that the greatest threat to mankind is not the devil himself, but humanity's persistent willingness to follow deception despite having every reason to know better.

mysticwarrior:
This passage raises a profound question: if a thousand years of peace, justice, and God's visible reign cannot convince humanity to remain faithful, what does that say about free will? The fact that multitudes still rush to rebellion the moment Satan is released suggests that the greatest threat to mankind is not the devil himself, but humanity's persistent willingness to follow deception despite having every reason to know better.

What God wanted to do is preserve the few ones who have the same mentality like Jesus. Jesus is the first creature God made and for untold years they've been together until God decided to create more life but it was in the process that God discovered that it's not all intelligent creatures that will be as graceful as His only begotten Son.
By the time God began creating other intelligent creatures Satan proved to be different, he just wasn't satisfied with being one of God's children rather he wanted more than that! Isaiah 14:12-14
Afterwards many intelligent creatures preferred being like Satan {Genesis 3:15} in fact ⅓ of the angels in heaven followed him to rebel against God! Revelation 12:4
God Himself later realized that most of the intelligent creatures are wicked! Genesis 6:5-6
That is why He declared that He will only allow those who are like his first spirit son to continue living! John 3:16