The Thousand Years
1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven,
1holding in his hand the key to
2the bottomless pit and a great chain.
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And he seized
3the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and
4bound him for a thousand years,
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and threw him into
5the pit, and shut it and
6sealed it over him, so that
7he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.
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Then I saw
8thrones, and
9seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw
10the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those
11who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands.
12They came to life and
13reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
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The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection.
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14Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such
15the second death has no power, but they will be
16priests of God and of Christ, and they
17will reign with him for a thousand years.
The Defeat of Satan
7 And when the thousand years are ended,
18Satan will be released from his prison
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and will come out
19to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth,
20Gog and Magog,
21to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea.
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And
22they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded
23the camp of the saints and
24the beloved city, but
25fire came down from heaven and consumed them,
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and the devil
26who had deceived them was
27thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where
28the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
Judgment Before the Great White Throne
11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence
29earth and sky fled away, and
30no place was found for them.
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And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and
31books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is
32the book of life. And
33the dead were judged by what was written in the books,
34according to what they had done.
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And the sea gave up the dead who were in it,
35Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them,
36according to what they had done.
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Then
37Death and Hades
38were thrown into the lake of fire. This is
39the second death, the lake of fire.
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And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life,
40he was thrown into the lake of fire.