How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord is made for your faith in his excellent word.

Well, we've come a long way in our studies through the book of Revelation.

Welcome to Through the Bible.

Our teacher is Dr. J. Vernon McGee, and I'm Steve Schwartz, your host, on this five-year journey through God's Word.

Now, in recent studies, we've witnessed the end of the devastating great tribulation and the victorious return of Jesus to Earth.

Now, in chapter 20, we've got a true peace on earth as he reigns for

a thousand years. But when those thousand years come to an end, what happens next? Well, as Dr. McGee

leads us through Revelation 20 verses 9 to 13, we'll learn about an unbelievable rebellion. And despite

the peace on earth, those who still don't know the Lord

will rebel at the end of the millennium when Satan is released from prison. And there's no doubt

that Satan is alive and active on the earth today. I think most of us see that. Just look at the

news headlines today. You'll get a glimpse into some of the spiritually dark regions under Satan's control.

Yet we know that no darkness is so thick that God's light of God's word can't penetrate it.

So find your seat on the Bible bus and buckle up. We're in for quite a ride in today's study.

But before we begin, Greg and I have got some letters that we want to read, this time from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Yeah, and you talk about parts of the world where there's

been spiritual darkness. Central Europe or Eastern Europe was under the grip of communism for

decades. And of course, it was godless communism. It was telling people there is no God and

repressing and oppressing people.

And then this region has also been a subject of tremendous wars and ethnic strife.

And traditionally, the Bosniaks are Muslim, the Serbs are Eastern Orthodox, and the Croats are Roman Catholic.

That's a party.

Yeah, and religion in that part of the world is an integral part of each group's national identity and culture, and that a lot of the strife has been between these groups.

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