RevelationChapter 20

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¹Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven. He had the key to the Abyss. In his hand he held a great chain. ²He grabbed the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan. He tied him up for a thousand years. ³He threw him into the Abyss. Then he shut it and sealed it over him. This was so he could not fool the nations anymore until the thousand years were over. After that, he must be set free for a short time. ⁴Then I saw thrones. Those sitting on them had been given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those whose heads had been cut off. They were killed for their testimony about Jesus and for the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image. They had not taken its mark on their foreheads or hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. ⁵The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years were over. This is the first resurrection. ⁶Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them. They will be priests of God and of Christ. They will reign with him for a thousand years. ⁷When the thousand years are over, Satan will be set free from his prison. ⁸He will go out to fool the nations in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog. He will gather them for battle. There are as many of them as the sand on the seashore. ⁹They marched across the wide earth. They surrounded the camp of God's people and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and burned them up. ¹⁰The devil, who had fooled them, was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur. The beast and the false prophet had already been thrown there. They will be tormented there day and night forever and ever. ¹¹Then I saw a great white throne and the One sitting on it. Earth and heaven ran away from him. No place was found for them. ¹²I saw the dead, great and small, standing in front of the throne. Books were opened. One of them was the Book of Life. The dead were judged by what they had done, as it was written in the books. ¹³The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. Each person was judged by what he had done. ¹⁴Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. ¹⁵If anyone's name was not found written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.