Revelation 20:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

And compassed

Matthew 16:16

Luke 19:43

Luke 21:20

The camp

Hebrews 13:13

And fire

2 Thessalonians 1:8

General references

Matthew 12:29

Bible References

And compassed

And Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ [i.e., God's specially chosen one], the Son of the living God."

For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build a dirt wall around you, surrounding you, and hemming you in on every side.

"So, when you see Jerusalem surrounded by [Roman] armies, then you will know that her total destruction is near.

The camp

So, we should go out to Him, outside of the camp [Note: This probably signifies separating from the whole system of Judaism, as well as full commitment to Christ], bearing the abuse that He suffered.

And fire

And if anyone wants to harm them, fire will come out of their mouths and consume their enemies. And if anyone tries to harm them, he must be killed in the same way.

And he [i.e., this second beast] performs great [miraculous] signs, including making fire come down from heaven to earth in [full] view of people.

And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said [to Him], "Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to burn them up?"

But on the day that Lot left Sodom, fire and sulphur rained down from the sky and consumed them all.

He will inflict punishment on those people who do not know God [as Savior], and on those who do not obey the Gospel message of our Lord Jesus.

General references

Or, how can someone enter a strong man's house and steal his belongings unless he first ties up the strong man? Only then will he be able to steal [his belongings] from his house.