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And I saw an angel come downfromheaven,having the key of the bottomless pitand a greatchaininhishand.
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And he laid hold on the dragon, that oldserpent,whichis the Devil,andSatan,andboundhim a thousandyears,
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Andcasthiminto the bottomless pit,andshuthimup , and set a sealuponhim,that he should deceive the nationsnomore,till the thousandyears should be fulfilled : andafterthathemust be loosed a littleseason.
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And I sawthrones,and they satuponthem,andjudgment was given unto them:and I saw the souls of them that were beheadedfor the witness of Jesus,andfor the word of God,andwhichhadnotworshipped the beast,neitherhisimage*, neither had received his markupontheirforeheads,orintheirhands;and they livedandreignedwithChrist a thousandyears.
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But the rest of the deadlivednotagainuntil the thousandyears were finished . This is the firstresurrection.
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Blessedandholy is he that hathpartin the firstresurrection:onsuch the seconddeathhathnopower,but they shall bepriests of Godand of Christ,and shall reignwithhim a thousandyears.