Revelation 20

The Thousand Years

1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. 2#2 Pet 2.4; Jude 6; Rev 12.9He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years 3#Dan 6.17; Rev 12.9and threw him into the pit and locked and sealed it over him, so that he would deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be let out for a little while.

4 # Dan 7.9, 22, 27; Rev 6.9; 13.12, 15, 16 Then I saw thrones, and those seated on them were given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony to Jesus#20.4 Or for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its brand on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection. 6#Rev 1.6; 2.11; 14.13; 21.8Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. Over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him a thousand years.

Satan’s Doom

7When the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison 8#Ezek 38.2; 39.1; Heb 11.12; Rev 16.14and will come out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, in order to gather them for battle; they are as numerous as the sands of the sea. 9#Ezek 38.9, 22; 39.6They marched up over the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from heaven#20.9 Other ancient authorities read from God, out of heaven, or out of heaven from God and consumed them. 10And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

The Dead Are Judged

11 # Dan 2.35; Rev 4.2; 12.8 Then I saw a great white throne and the one who sat on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his#20.11 Gk the presence, and no place was found for them. 12#Mt 16.27; Rev 2.3; 22.12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Also another book was opened, the book of life. And the dead were judged according to their works, as recorded in the books. 13#Isa 26.19; Rev 2.23; 6.8And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and all were judged according to what they had done. 14#1 Cor 15.26; Rev 6.8Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire, 15and anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

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