(v. 23), so there is an interval of time between Christ’s second coming and “the end” (v. 24), when Christ delivers the kingdom to God after having reigned for a time and put all his enemies under his feet. 3. With the background of a number of other passages that hint at or clearly suggest a future time far greater than the present age but short of the eternal state, it is appropriate then to look at Revelation 20 once again. Several statements here are best understood as referring to a future earthly