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Revelation 20 (New International Version
1984, ©1984)
Revelation 20
The Thousand Years
1 And I saw an
angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and
holding in his hand a great chain. 2 He seized the dragon, that ancient
serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand
years. 3
He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep
him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were
ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.
4
I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority
to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of
their testimony for Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not
worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark 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
Blessed and holy are those who have part in the first resurrection. The
second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God
and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.
Satan’s Doom
7 When the
thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison 8
and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the
earth—Gog and Magog—to gather them for battle. In number they are like
the sand on the seashore. 9
They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of
God’s people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and
devoured them. 10
And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning
sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They
will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
The Dead Are Judged
11
Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and
sky fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. 12
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and
books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life.
The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the
books. 13 The sea
gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead
that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had
done. 14 Then death
and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the
second death. 15 If
anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown
into the lake of fire.
From BibleGateway.com:
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20&version=NIV1984