Revelation 20
20
1And I saw a messenger coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his hand,
2and he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, who is Devil and Adversary, and did bind him a thousand years,
3and he cast him to the abyss, and did shut him up, and put a seal upon him, that he may not lead astray the nations any more, till the thousand years may be finished; and after these it behoveth him to be loosed a little time.
4And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not bow before the beast, nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand, and they did live and reign with Christ the thousand years;
5and the rest of the dead did not live again till the thousand years may be finished; this [is] the first rising again.
6Happy and holy [is] he who is having part in the first rising again; over these the second death hath not authority, but they shall be priests of God and of the Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
7And when the thousand years may be finished, the Adversary shall be loosed out of his prison,
8and he shall go forth to lead the nations astray, that are in the four corners of the earth — Gog and Magog — to gather them together to war, of whom the number [is] as the sand of the sea;
9and they did go up over the breadth of the land, and did surround the camp of the saints, and the beloved city, and there came down fire from God out of the heaven, and devoured them;
10and the Devil, who is leading them astray, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where [are] the beast and the false prophet, and they shall be tormented day and night — to the ages of the ages.
11And I saw a great white throne, and Him who is sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven did flee away, and place was not found for them;
12and I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and scrolls were opened, and another scroll was opened, which is that of the life, and the dead were judged out of the things written in the scrolls — according to their works;
13and the sea did give up those dead in it, and the death and the hades did give up the dead in them, and they were judged, each one according to their works;
14and the death and the hades were cast to the lake of the fire — this [is] the second death;
15and if any one was not found written in the scroll of the life, he was cast to the lake of the fire.
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Revelation 20
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Satan Bound
1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the abyss # Ps 140:10; Lk 8:31; Rm 10:7; Rv 9:1,11; 11:7; 17:8 and a great chain # Ps 107:10; 149:8; Jr 39:7; Ezk 7:23 in his hand. 2He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the Devil and Satan, # Other mss add who deceives the whole world # Rv 12:9 and bound # Is 24:22 him for 1,000 years. 3He threw him into the abyss, closed it, and put a seal on it # Dn 6:17; Mt 27:66 so that he would no longer deceive the nations # Rv 12:9 until the 1,000 years were completed. After that, he must be released for a short time.
The Saints Reign with the Messiah
4Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. # Dn 7:22; Mt 19:28; 1Co 6:2-3; Rv 3:21; 6:9 I also saw the people # Lit souls # Rv 6:9 who had been beheaded # All who had given their lives for their faith in Christ because of their testimony about Jesus # Rv 1:2,9; 12:11,17; 19:10 and because of God’s word, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. # Rv 7:3; 9:4; 13:12-16; 14:1; 22:4 They came to life # Is 25:6-8; Mt 9:18; 26:29; Lk 13:29; Rv 2:8; 13:14 and reigned with the Messiah for 1,000 years. # 2Tm 2:12 5The rest of the dead did not come to life until the 1,000 years were completed. This is the first resurrection. 6Blessed # Rv 1:3; 14:13; 16:15; 19:9; 22:7,14 and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! The second death # Rv 2:11; 20:14; 21:8 has no power # Or authority over them, but they will be priests of God and of the Messiah, and they will reign with Him for 1,000 years. # Rv 1:6; 5:10
Satanic Rebellion Crushed
7When the 1,000 years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison 8and will go out to deceive the nations # Gn 3:13; 2Co 11:3; 1Tm 2:14; 2Jn 7; Rv 12:9; 18:23; 19:20 at the four corners of the earth, # Is 11:12; Ezk 7:2; Rv 7:1 Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle. # Ezk 38–39 Their number is like the sand of the sea. # Gn 32:12; Is 10:22; Jr 33:22; Hs 1:10 9They came up over the surface of the earth and surrounded the encampment of the saints, the beloved city. # Ezk 38:16; Jl 3:2,11-12; Zch 14:2 Then fire came down from heaven # Other mss add from God and consumed them. # 2Kg 1:10,12; Ezk 38:22; 39:6; Lk 9:54 10The Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet are, # Rv 19:20 and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. # Mt 25:41
The Great White Throne Judgment
11Then I saw a great white throne and One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them. # Is 51:6; Mt 24:35; 2Pt 3:10; Rv 18:21 12I also saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. # Dn 7:10 Another book was opened, which is the book of life, # Is 4:3; 34:16; Dn 12:1; Rv 3:5; 13:8; 17:8; 20:15; 21:27 and the dead were judged according to their works # Ps 62:12; Jr 17:10; Rm 2:6; 1Pt 1:17 by what was written in the books.
13Then the sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades # Rv 1:18; 6:8 gave up their dead; all # Lit each were judged according to their works. 14Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. # Is 25:7-8; 1Co 15:26 This is the second death, the lake of fire. # Other mss omit the lake of fire 15And anyone not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
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