Revelation 20 (New International Version)

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The Thousand Years

1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven,¹ having the key² to the Abyss³ and holding in his hand a great chain. 2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan,⁴ and bound him for a thousand years.⁵ 3 He threw him into the Abyss,⁶ and locked and sealed⁷ it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations⁸ anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time. 4 I saw thrones⁹ on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge.¹⁰ And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded¹¹ because of their testimony for Jesus¹² and because of the word of God.¹³ They had not worshiped the beast¹⁴ or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands.¹⁵ They came to life and reigned¹⁶ 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.¹⁷ 6 Blessed¹⁸ and holy are those who have part in the first resurrection. The second death¹⁹ has no power over them, but they will be priests²⁰ of God and of Christ and will reign with him²¹ for a thousand years.

Satan's Doom

7 When the thousand years are over,²² Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will go out to deceive the nations²³ in the four corners of the earth²⁴--Gog and Magog²⁵--to gather them for battle.²⁶ In number they are like the sand on the seashore.²⁷ 9 They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded²⁸ the camp of God's people, the city he loves.²⁹ But fire came down from heaven³⁰ and devoured them. 10 And the devil, who deceived them,³¹ was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur,³² where the beast³³ and the false prophet³⁴ had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.³⁵

The Dead Are Judged

11 Then I saw a great white throne³⁶ and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence,³⁷ and there was no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small,³⁸ standing before the throne, and books were opened.³⁹ Another book was opened, which is the book of life.⁴⁰ The dead were judged⁴¹ according to what they had done⁴² as recorded in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades⁴³ gave up the dead⁴⁴ that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done.⁴⁵ 14 Then death⁴⁶ and Hades⁴⁷ were thrown into the lake of fire.⁴⁸ The lake of fire is the second death.⁴⁹ 15 If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life,⁵⁰ he was thrown into the lake of fire.

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1. Revelation 20:1 - Rev 10:1; 18:1

2. Revelation 20:1 - Rev 1:18

3. Revelation 20:1 - S Lk 8:31

4. Revelation 20:2 - S Mt 4:10; Rev 12:9

5. Revelation 20:2 - Isa 24:22; S 2Pe 2:4

6. Revelation 20:3 - ver 1

7. Revelation 20:3 - Da 6:17; Mt 27:66

8. Revelation 20:3 - ver 8,10; Rev 12:9

9. Revelation 20:4 - Da 7:9

10. Revelation 20:4 - Mt 19:28; Rev 3:21

11. Revelation 20:4 - Rev 6:9

12. Revelation 20:4 - S Rev 1:2

13. Revelation 20:4 - S Heb 4:12

14. Revelation 20:4 - S Rev 13:12

15. Revelation 20:4 - S Rev 13:16

16. Revelation 20:4 - ver 6; Rev 22:5

17. Revelation 20:5 - ver 6; Lk 14:14; Php 3:11; 1Th 4:16

18. Revelation 20:6 - Rev 14:13

19. Revelation 20:6 - S Rev 2:11

20. Revelation 20:6 - S 1Pe 2:5; Rev 1:6

21. Revelation 20:6 - ver 4; Rev 22:5

22. Revelation 20:7 - ver 2

23. Revelation 20:8 - ver 3,10; Rev 12:9

24. Revelation 20:8 - Isa 11:12; Eze 7:2; Rev 7:1

25. Revelation 20:8 - Eze 38:2; 39:1

26. Revelation 20:8 - S Rev 16:14

27. Revelation 20:8 - Eze 38:9,15; Heb 11:12

28. Revelation 20:9 - Eze 38:9,16

29. Revelation 20:9 - Ps 87:2

30. Revelation 20:9 - Eze 38:22; 39:6; S Rev 13:13

31. Revelation 20:10 - ver 3,8; Rev 12:9; 19:20

32. Revelation 20:10 - S Rev 9:17

33. Revelation 20:10 - Rev 16:13

34. Revelation 20:10 - Rev 16:13

35. Revelation 20:10 - Rev 14:10,11

36. Revelation 20:11 - S Rev 4:2

37. Revelation 20:11 - S Rev 6:14

38. Revelation 20:12 - S Rev 19:5

39. Revelation 20:12 - Da 7:10

40. Revelation 20:12 - ver 15; Ex 32:32; Dt 29:20; Da 12:1; Mal 3:16; Lk 10:20; Rev 3:5; 21:27

41. Revelation 20:12 - Rev 11:18

42. Revelation 20:12 - Jer 17:10; S Mt 16:27; Rev 2:23

43. Revelation 20:13 - Rev 1:18; 6:8

44. Revelation 20:13 - Isa 26:19

45. Revelation 20:13 - S Mt 16:27

46. Revelation 20:14 - 1Co 15:26

47. Revelation 20:14 - ver 13

48. Revelation 20:14 - S Rev 19:20

49. Revelation 20:14 - S Rev 2:11

50. Revelation 20:15 - S ver 12

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