Correct.  Keep up the good work!

"And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them. Revelation 20:9 (NAS)

The Revelation records no battle, and no struggle.  Instead, fire was sent from heaven to devour the nations that surrounded the camp of the saints.

Let's look at what the Revelation says again:

1. Satan will be released from his prison:

And when the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison...  Revelation 20:7 (NAS)

2. Satan will come out to deceive the nations, Gog and Magog:

...and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog... Revelation 20:8a (NAS)

In the Old Testament, the Lord set His face against Gog and Magog (see Ezekiel 38:2-3). Gog and Magog were evil and devised evil plots against innocent people (see Ezekiel 38:10-12). The Lord promised that He would destroy Gog and Magog and feed their flesh to animals and birds (see Ezekiel 39:1-4). The Lord would send fire on them and destroy them...and the servants of the Lord would bury them for seven months to cleanse the land (see Ezekiel 39:5-16).  It appears that Gog and Magog are used in the Revelation to symbolize all those who are against the Lord.

3.  Satan will gather them (the nations, Gog and Magog) for war:

...to gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the sand of the seashore. ⁹And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city... Revelation 20:8b-9a (NAS)

4.  But fire came down from heaven and devoured them:

As we noted above...although Satan deceives and prepares people to war against the Lord and the saints of the Lord, when Satan and these armies surround the camp of the saints...there is no record of any battle with the saints...no record of any conflict. The only thing that is recorded is:

...and fire came down from heaven and devoured them. Revelation 20:8b-9 (NAS)

How does it make you feel that God continues to protect His saints...devouring His enemies with fire from heaven?

Click on the next question to continue...