Chapter Four: Postmillennialism (8): Hoeksema’s Interpretation of the Loosing of Satan

Previous article in this series: May 15, 2010, p. 368. The explanation of the loosing of Satan, in Revelation 20:7-9, that I have given differs from that of Herman Hoeksema. Whereas I understand the loosing of Satan as Christ's freeing him to unite the nations under Antichrist in a worldwide assault upon the true church, Hoeksema explained it as referring to the battle of Armageddon. The battle of Armageddon, mentioned only in Revelation 16:16, will be a physical war between two distinct...