Revelation 20

¹ I saw an angel coming down from heaven, with the key to the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

² He seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

³ He threw him into the abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could no longer deceive the nations until the thousand years were completed. After that, he must be released for a short time.

⁴ I saw thrones, and those who sat on them were given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

⁵ The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.

⁶ Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them; they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for the thousand years.

⁷ When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison.

⁸ He will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, and gather them for war; their number is like the sand of the sea.

⁹ They marched across the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and devoured them.

¹⁰ And the Devil, who was deceiving them, was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

¹¹ I saw a great white throne and the one seated on it. The earth and heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.

¹² I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was also opened, the book of life. The dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds.

¹³ The sea gave up the dead in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead in them; each one was judged according to their deeds.

¹⁴ Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death: the lake of fire.

¹⁵ And anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

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