Revelation 20:1-15.
Revelation 20:1-15 (GNT)
1 "Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand
the key of the abyss and a heavy chain. 2 He seized the dragon, that
ancient serpent—that is, the Devil, or Satan—and chained him up for a
thousand years. 3 The angel threw him into the abyss, locked it, and
sealed it, so that he could not deceive the nations any more until the
thousand years were over. After that he must be set loose for a little
while. 4 Then I saw thrones, and those who sat on them were given the
power to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been executed
because they had proclaimed the truth that Jesus revealed and the word
of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image, nor had they
received the mark of the beast on their foreheads or their hands. They
came to life and ruled as kings with Christ for a thousand years. 5
(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years
were over.) This is the first raising of the dead. 6 Happy and greatly
blessed are those who are included in this first raising of the dead.
The second death has no power over them; they shall be priests of God
and of Christ, and they will rule with him for a thousand years. 7
After the thousand years are over, Satan will be set loose from his
prison, 8 and he will go out to deceive the nations scattered over the
whole world, that is, Gog and Magog. Satan will bring them all
together for battle, as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. 9
They spread out over the earth and surrounded the camp of God's people
and the city that he loves. But fire came down from heaven and
destroyed them. 10 Then the Devil, who deceived them, was thrown into
the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had
already been thrown; and they will be tormented day and night forever
and ever. 11 Then I saw a great white throne and the one who sits on
it. Earth and heaven fled from his presence and were seen no more. 12
And I saw the dead, great and small alike, standing before the throne.
Books were opened, and then another book was opened, the book of the
living. The dead were judged according to what they had done, as
recorded in the books. 13 Then the sea gave up its dead. Death and the
world of the dead also gave up the dead they held. And all were judged
according to what they had done. 14 Then death and the world of the
dead were thrown into the lake of fire. (This lake of fire is the
second death.) 15 Those who did not have their name written in the
book of the living were thrown into the lake of fire."
God bless you.
1 "Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand
the key of the abyss and a heavy chain. 2 He seized the dragon, that
ancient serpent—that is, the Devil, or Satan—and chained him up for a
thousand years. 3 The angel threw him into the abyss, locked it, and
sealed it, so that he could not deceive the nations any more until the
thousand years were over. After that he must be set loose for a little
while. 4 Then I saw thrones, and those who sat on them were given the
power to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been executed
because they had proclaimed the truth that Jesus revealed and the word
of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image, nor had they
received the mark of the beast on their foreheads or their hands. They
came to life and ruled as kings with Christ for a thousand years. 5
(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years
were over.) This is the first raising of the dead. 6 Happy and greatly
blessed are those who are included in this first raising of the dead.
The second death has no power over them; they shall be priests of God
and of Christ, and they will rule with him for a thousand years. 7
After the thousand years are over, Satan will be set loose from his
prison, 8 and he will go out to deceive the nations scattered over the
whole world, that is, Gog and Magog. Satan will bring them all
together for battle, as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. 9
They spread out over the earth and surrounded the camp of God's people
and the city that he loves. But fire came down from heaven and
destroyed them. 10 Then the Devil, who deceived them, was thrown into
the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had
already been thrown; and they will be tormented day and night forever
and ever. 11 Then I saw a great white throne and the one who sits on
it. Earth and heaven fled from his presence and were seen no more. 12
And I saw the dead, great and small alike, standing before the throne.
Books were opened, and then another book was opened, the book of the
living. The dead were judged according to what they had done, as
recorded in the books. 13 Then the sea gave up its dead. Death and the
world of the dead also gave up the dead they held. And all were judged
according to what they had done. 14 Then death and the world of the
dead were thrown into the lake of fire. (This lake of fire is the
second death.) 15 Those who did not have their name written in the
book of the living were thrown into the lake of fire."
God bless you.
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