TRADITION VS SCHOLARSHIP

In Revelation 19:21, "the rest were killed" by the rider's sword. In chapter 20, how many nations does Satan gather for battle?

The answer

Nations "as numerous as the sands of the sea" (Revelation 20:8). After the thousand years, Satan gathers Gog and Magog from "the four corners of the earth" for battle, though chapter 19 ended with "the rest were killed" (19:21).

Why it’s interesting

The New Oxford Annotated Bible calls the nations' return curious after so many deaths. Some interpreters read the battle of chapter 19 as a preview of this one.

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