Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Seals » Illustrative of » Restraint
and threw him into the abyss, and shut [it] and sealed [it] above him, in order that he could not deceive the nations again until the thousand years are completed. After these [things] it is necessary [for] him to be released [for] a short time.
[He is the one] who commands the sun, and it does not rise, {and he seals up the stars}.
{he stops all human beings from working} {so that everyone whom he has made may know it}.