Examine Revelation 20:1-3 to determine if Christ's millennial reign is literal or symbolic, drawing on conservative evangelical scholarship for detailed analysis.
THE THOUSAND-YEAR REIGN OF CHRIST: Is It  Premillennialism, Postmillennialism, and Amillennialism?
Most Christian millennialist thinking is based upon the Book of Revelation, specifically Revelation 20, which describes the vision of an angel who descended from heaven with a large chain and a key to a bottomless pit and captured Satan, imprisoning him for a thousand years.

