William Hendricksen – ‘…the binding of Satan and the fact that he is hurled into the abyss to remain there for a thousand years indicates that throughout this present Gospel Age, which begins with Christ’s first coming and ends just short of his Second, the devil’s influence on the earth is curtailed so that he is unable to prevent the extension of the Church among nations by means of an active missionary programme. During this entire period he is prevented from causing the nations—the world in general—to destroy the Church as a mighty, missionary institution… Only the individual who lacks the historic sense and is, therefore, unable to see the present in the light of conditions which prevailed throughout the world before Christ’s ascension, can fail to appreciate the glories of the millennial age in which we are now living.’ – More Than Conquerors (pp. 188-190). * See; Attached PDF outline